It’s the latest couples’ hack for the online age and involves splitting the evening into chunks – including one full hour without phones

Name: The three-hour night.

Age: Born on TikTok 18 months ago.

A three-hour night? I aim for seven: one hour plotting my enemies’ downfall, five poking my snoring partner, then one pressing “snooze” every eight minutes and cursing.

It’s evenings, really. Rachel Higgins, a TikToker in San Diego, came up with the “three-hour night” to make good use of the time she and her husband have between putting their young kids to bed and going to sleep themselves.