How Social Distancing Could Force Us To Find Romance Again
I’m no mathematician. Truly, I’m not. I was a theater major, and my math class was called Survey of Mathematical Thought, and I made a C. But I think social distance, plus the benefit of having access to technology, plus time on our hands is the perfect equation for a budding romance.
As Emma Watson once put it, I am self-partnered, and as a self-partnered woman living in New Orleans, which has quite a high percentage of singles, I can’t help but wonder what social distancing will mean for the dating scene. Will people still meet up in person and risk the health of themselves and others? Will dating come to a screeching halt? Will potential matches understand when we declined their offers to grab a drink in favor of staying home in our sweatpants and screaming into the void as we watch This is Us? I mean, in favor of staying home and self-isolating?