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A Pandemic Oddity: ‘Turbo Relationships’
The global pandemic known as ‘COVID-19’ has certainly changed life as we know it. Every day there’s a little bit more information available and suggested tweaks to how we are doing things as a collective.
What I knew would shift in a big way was relationships. I just didn’t realize they would shift in this way. This is why I am always so excited to learn more and more about the human experience and our own individual ways of dealing with the same problems.
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Due to the nature of being on lockdown, people have been getting more creative with the way they are searching for human contact and relationships. There’s the nifty idea from the folks who brought is ‘Love Is Quarantine’ named aptly after the binge-worthy reality show Netflix released, ‘Love Is Blind’. It’s a dedicated Instagram page for singles who are looking to mingle during the pandemic. Then are people who are attending creative virtual dates together, one of my favorite being a Boozy Drag Brunch. Shockingly, even the popular dating app Tinder, removed their location based matching restrictions allowing users to look far and wide for a quarantine boo.
People are having to think outside the box with date night ideas, video chatting longer than usual, and bringing sexting to another level — all while still practicing…
