Not a trollpost this, but a genuine observation.
Your situation is starting to look to me just a teeny bit like ours did several years ago. The trend of the comments certainly is.
Ours was caused primarily by the music having to stop after several years of spending well beyond our means, and with heavy stadium and other costs building up. And look what happened to us
Maybe something similar - if likely not so drastic given you still have the sugar daddy we have always lacked - is at play here too?
As I said, serious question.