Peter Rhodes on controlling cats, micro-managing dates and a puzzling question about a voice coach
Do you sometimes suspect that Generation Z, the ones who are now young adults, were put on this planet purely to amuse the rest of us?
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Take the latest survey of 18 to 24-year-olds on the subject of dating. Ninety per cent of them said they would not arrange a first date without checking out the other person's wealth, politics and family. Almost half of those questioned said they would end a relationship “at the first sign of incompatibility".
It may seem a bit extreme but lots of these kids are desperately frightened of accidentally doing something quite unspeakable and unpardonable. Such as kissing a Tory.