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Young women struggling with debt and burnout need a better vision than getting a rich man to pay the bills

A month ago, I decided to wrap up work early and have a little treat. I took myself out to a hotel bar and sat alone reading in the sun, while people socialised in twos and threes around me. Someone bought me a drink, and a little while later, a woman leaned over to me on her way out and said: Sprinkle sprinkle."

She was quoting the catchphrase of the YouTuber SheraSeven, the viral sensation and self-styled financial adviser" whose advice I had inadvertently followed. The way to get wealthy men to buy you drinks, Shera says, is to go to high-end bars alone before the after-work rush.