Small, trivial pleasures are often the last to go against a litany of high-priority needs. What’s more likely is that the longer-terms pleasures of, say, owning one’s own home fades; the new mattress gets put on hold; the long-awaited holiday is postponed; the accommodation is downgraded; porterhouse is replaced by chuck steak, planning a family is put on hold, the therapist appointment is postponed. The long black sticks around.