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Despite being the month of love, the volume of dating transactions fell by a third (33%) last month compared with February 2022, also falling by 7% by value, Nationwide Building Society found of its members' outgoings.
Meanwhile, spending on subscriptions fell by 6% annually by volume and 3% by value.
The value of households' spending on DIY also fell by 4% compared with February 2022, though the number of transactions increased by 3% annually.
The cutbacks were made as spending on several essential outgoings rocketed.
Compared with February last year, the value of spending on utility bills rose by around a third (34%).
Spending on mortgage payments jumped by 17%, rent payments were up by 11%, spending on loans increased by 8%, and spending on insurance increased by 7% annually by value.
Nationwide's monthly report analysed millions of debit card, credit card and direct debit transactions by its customers.
It comes as a survey of more than 2,000 people by Censuswide last month found that some two-thirds (63%) of people are worried about their personal finances and their ability to cover essential costs - slightly down on the 70% of people who said this in January.
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It also showed that nearly a quarter (23%) of people said they had already reduced or cancelled TV subscriptions, with a further 14% considering doing so, the survey commissioned by Nationwide found.
In the past six months, nearly two-fifths (38%) had used credit cards to cover essential items in order to bridge the gap to their next payday.
Mark Nalder, payments strategy and performance director at Nationwide, said: "Our research shows that while the number of people worried about their finances has fallen slightly, there are people relying on credit as a way of bridging the gap for essential bills.
"We'd urge anyone [who is] struggling to talk to their bank or building society as early as possible for support. We have a dedicated cost of living hotline to do just that."