revealed 80% don’t feel present in social situations and 77% admitted holding back when meeting up with friends Mate, just go home (Image: Getty Images)

It's the long goodbye for bumbling Brits - who take an average of 12 minutes and 48 seconds to say cheerio. ‌

A new study has found we are a nation of lingerers who find it hard to let go. ‌

Millennials - those aged 27 to 42 - are the worst culprits at 15 minutes and 30 seconds. ‌

Booze brand Magners - who make Irish cider - conducted research into people socialising with pals.

It revealed 80% don’t feel present in social situations and 77% admitted holding back when meeting up with friends.

Magners said they wanted to gauge opinion on the so-called ‘Irish Exit’ - the act of leaving a social gathering without saying goo

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