Hello and welcome to this week's edition of The Independent's lifestyle newsletter.
It's easy to spot the signs of the bank of mum and dad. You know, that sense of things not quite adding up. Perhaps you have a friend with a low-paid creative job who can still afford to rent their three-bedroom apartment in east London. Or maybe a freelance acquaintance who complains about constantly being broke, yet is suddenly a homeowner at the ripe old age of 28.
This is the modern conundrum of the bank of mum and dad, when parental financial assistance is, realistically, the only means for a modern young person to get on the property ladder (unless they win an Omaze house, that is). Right now, the bank of mum and dad is among the top 10 mortgage lenders in the UK, but that is only a portion of the influence that parents have on the housing market: some are going to extreme lengths to support their adult children, like transferring equity from their properties to their offspring – and bankrupting themselves in the process. Find out more, here.
In other news this week, Helen Coffey wrote this brilliant piece about why it's time to reclaim a bad breakup song, according to scientists, who say that "actively engaging" with music associated with negative memories can change the narrative. She writes: "I only have to hear the tinkling harp of a particular Florence and the Machine song to be instantly transported back to my first proper heartbreak, the memory almost as high-definition as the original experience when it's amplified by a musical resonator."
Elsewhere, Olivia Petter explores why British people are constantly overusing the word sorry – but remain awful at actually apologising. "It has become diluted beyond recognition, and now we're unsure how to apologise properly for something that actually warrants remorse. How can any of us truly be sorry if we don't know how to say it? If we're saying it too much, does the word even mean anything any more?" Read more here.
In this week's newsletter you can expect:
- The secret rise of the bank of mum and dad
- How women became 'too eligible' to date
- Why it's time to reclaim that bad breakup song rather than avoiding it
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