Dating During Covid-19

 Author: Cynthia Abraham

 While the pandemic has taken a toll on the health of masses and fear rages across the globe, the precautionary measures have surely raised a lot of obstacles in the dating world. The social restrictions have only increased our desire to intermingle and fueled the loneliness to a greater extent. But in these stressful times, love is needed just as much as those vitamins we keep taking to amplify our immune system.

To bring light into the darkness, we have listed a few ways you can continue to date without endangering your health.

Online dating has been in the dating scene for quite a while now and its popularity only seems to be growing considering the current state as it is the only safe option to meet new people. Having a greater outreach while maintaining a level of privacy according to your personal preference is possible with online dating. Not to mention the time and money you save which is usually invested at bars and clubs. Here you can meet a number of candidates and quickly decide whether you can proceed or not. Now that is an opportunity not to be missed even during the post-pandemic period.

Fortunately or unfortunately, you and your partner will be hanging out with each other on online platforms for most part of your relationship during the covid times. But you can make the most out of this by trying a bunch of interesting stuff.

You could both watch a movie together by playing it simultaneously on a screen and be on video call or an audio call with each other. This way you can share emotions invoked by the movie together and feel closer. Book reading can also be tried.

Your partner can be a part of your daily routine, if you both cook together while setting your camera on one side of your kitchen and share all that is going on or maybe learn a few tips from your partner. In addition to that, you can work out together and get those muscles pumping to stay fit.

Online gaming is a fascinating option and you can both escape into a new dimension, back each other up through challenges which help strengthening your relationship.

Despite the limitations, the yearning to be in the physical presence of your partner can be overwhelming. By practicing certain protective measures you can arrange a date. Before agreeing to meet a new partner ensure that they have been spending most of their time within the confines of their home and to get the correct idea about that, a considerable amount of time should have passed since you got to know each other. Choose an open air space where you can practice social distancing. A fun idea could be a picnic at a beach or a park, but remember to bring your own cutlery, your own mat and stay at a distance. You can make food for your partner but make sure you sanitize the packaging which should be disposable and leave it at a spot from which they can pick up after you have moved away.

This might appear to be frustrating but it could be a fun little story to recall later in life about how love bloomed in times of Corona.