By Crystal Cansdale at The Inner Circle
Relationships on Female First
There are very few, if any, positives about the Coronavirus. But if I really had to search for one, it would be how it’s changing the dating scene. The global pandemic may just help to overcome a dating epidemic.
The bad behaviour surrounding online dating has felt a bit like a virus. No one is taking the time to really get to know you and if you do manage to get to a first date, you’re left on edge while you wait for the inevitable ghosting. With millions of people on dating apps, the infinite choice has left people feeling disposable. It started to feel like there wasn’t a single person out there who was willing to put in the effort a serious relationship could require.
And then social-distancing and self-isolating happened.
By taking away the possibility of immediate human contact (and adding a sense of mortality), it seems people are starting to think differently about dating and how they treat other people. In times of trouble, we look to others for support and connection, and this may just be the wake-up call lackadaisical singles needed.
Memes circling on social media now reference how we shouldn’t settle for less than a real show of effort, phone calls are making a comeback and video calls are becoming the new hot spot for a first date.
I’ve already had friends tell me how they’re now in the throws of deep conversations with their matches, or how they’re talking to one match night after night and feel like they’re really getting to know each other. Where we previously would have sacked off a conversation with a match for a night at the pub, we now have the time to really consider if the people we talk to online could be someone we’d have a future with offline.
Maybe after 12 weeks of self-isolation we’ll see a flourish of couples who weathered the storm and made a genuine connection over the phone.
Coronavirus could see us all playing a game of apocalyptic Love is Blind.
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