How was your dating life during COVID-19?

[Twalli]

This includes if you had a partner. My girlfriend and I were unable to go on dates, and at that point, we had pretty much been with each other every weekend. When COVID-19 hit, we couldn't see each other for about 2 months (the second half of March, all of April, and the first half of May). Since then we've been spending weeks together, or a week, whenever she's free. Around last January my dad mentioned how my girlfriend and I never went on any dates when I mentioned that we really wanted to go on one again, but we couldn't due to COVID-19 and my low antibody levels. I then reminded him that we did go on dates quite a bit, and actually had plans for all of March 2020's weekends and some of April's. We also planned to go to other places when the weather warmed up (although we hadn't set up any dates).
So how was your romantic life affected when COVID-19 hit?

[SphynxUK]

It didn’t go well. I worked all the way through it which was bad enough, but he was home doing nothing all day on furlough. Then after a few months they asked him to come into central London one day a week to help out. He did because there was only work at the depot. That changed to him commenting every day to and from London, 3 hours each way. Early start, home late. Never saw him and his mental health suffered badly as his father was also sick and he was unable to travel to see him. Nightmare. This was 2020. We split in 2021. Not just as a result of covid… He is my best friend now, so..

[Agirlinneedhelp]

Nonexistent. Right before Covid hit I was in a situation ship with a friend that used to travel back and forth to the city I was working at and we'll hang out after work everyday and he even told a friend that he liked me and wanted to take a step forward.

Covid came right in the middle of this whole thing and I had to move back to my parents house and we were all so worked up and worried about health and work and everything that this whole thing just went away. It's fine though, we were a bad match for anything more than friends!

[coachTanthony]

I went on 20 virtual dates in 60 days. I made all the dates, scheduled all the activities and it was a great time. We cooked together, played name that tune, name that movie scene, played board games... it was a lot of fun. I tell all my clients to use technology to their advantage no matter a pandemic or not.

[SnowedIn]

We started actually dating each other at home and grew closer. Significantly invested in our non-sex intimacy (though that improved very much too). We just did more together and talked more and learned to be together.

The kids thought it was "ewwww" but I think they secretly liked it.

[JCT666]

Non-existent. I had went through a bad breakup right at the same time as the start of the pandemic. I stopped dating for about 2 years, the lockdowns during the time didn't give me any reason to seek out, plus I just wanted to have my own company for a while.

[JBlade]

Not affected at all. Nonexistent just like before... my life is overall better though because I didn't and still don't have to be around people much.

[NathanDavis]

I didn't even try... I had many other things to care of first

no time for relationships, lol

[Phoenix98]

Unlike most people I was working throughout the entire pandemic and we were quite busy so no time for it.

[Mangospacho]

It was pretty bad. My wife wouldn’t let me date anyone even though there was a pandemic.

[Twalli]

I think it was because there was s pandemic

[Mangospacho]

Oh definitely. It was hard for all of us.

[poneglyphs]

Zero, never dated like at all. Didn't talk to anyone and I still don't get dates

[Nikki1989]

Nothing changed.

[moviedude714]

Was non-existent in 2020

[Agape93]

Not affected

[Akam93]

Boring.