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We had been together for more than eight years and always talked about getting married “someday.” Then, coronavirus hit.
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Instead, trying to remain positive about the coronavirus isolation, I created a quarantine bucket list. One item on it was to try online dating again and make more of an effort. I would try to make a real connection. -
At first corona-dating seemed like it might be fun. Distance builds interest, right? Wrong. There’s just so much sourdough and banana bread you can make. I need this to be over.
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How has COVID-19 shaped my dating landscape? For the better. And with the pressure to meet off the table, I gave myself full permission to be me. The conversations have flowed. They’ve been engaging, meaningful and playfully inappropriate.
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I had very likely met the only handsome, kind, Jewish-doctor-triathlete-handyman in L.A., if not the universe. And then we had a baby.
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For the first time in my dating history, the lack of a second date had nothing to do with its inevitable lack of sex. So why do I remember Anthony so fondly? He’s the boy who reminded me what I was worth, at the moment I desperately needed to hear it.
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We asked readers to share their experiences about what it’s like dating in the middle of a pandemic. Many hope the shutdown will lead to deeper connections, and love. One unexpected upside? You don’t need to wear pants -- or even shower -- for virtual dates. Here are some highlights.
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I would make the drive nearly every weekend, braving the Friday traffic and returning late Sunday night. I did this willingly and savored the time in L.A. with him. But how did he feel? Was I just an easy ride?
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What’s it like dating in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic? Tell us your story.
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I had a long list of “can’t date ifs.” I also wasn’t meeting the right guy. Could the two somehow be related? Nah.
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“Does loving your second child diminish the love you have for your first? Of course not.”
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There was only one way to avoid my coronavirus spiral, which had me thinking again and again about the end of “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World,” about waiting for an asteroid to destroy the planet.
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And maybe in today’s coronavirus climate, that’s a good thing.
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I wasn’t going to plead or beg her to stay. I felt my actions of the past week — and during the more than three years we had been together — had done all my talking for me.
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Together we had woven a 10-year on-again-off-again story so obnoxious, the jokes we made about being like a couple straight out of a sitcom started feeling like a twisted reality.
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