Thirty-Plus? You Must Need a Man or a House ; City Lives

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LONDON'S thirtysomethings endure two great frustrations. Half of us cannot find a house, and the other half cannot find a man. While I fall into the category Bridget Jones labelled "smug marrieds", the rest are what I call "thirtysingles". But we lead parallel lives in pursuit of our prey. I dedicate evenings and weekends to house- viewing, and surf property websites by day, while my single friends waste no opportunity to seek a potential mate, at parties and clubs, or on dating websites.

To someone who exited the singles market on the cusp of 30, it's an alien world. I asked my friend Hannah why it's so hard. Her friends are all paired off, she said and she works in magazines, so rarely meets a man, professionally or socially. She worries that she's wasting her best years eating pizza and watching DVDs with her mates. But why would she want to enter the scary world of dating?

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Thirty-Plus? You Must Need a Man or a House ; City Lives

That's what Alice had to do when, at 38, she broke up with her long-term partner. At dinner she told how, as a manager, her female colleagues are all in...

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