Is slow dating the new normal?

Everyone has the right to complain in these times of Coroonies, but I do think that singles have it just a bit tougher. And then the singles without a fling, right. In terms of loneliness, that is really the toughest part. And I think this light lockdown will be even tougher in that regard than the previous one.

Why? My single girlfriends actually dated quite a bit during the last lockdown. Walking in the park was basically the standard go-to. You can keep your distance, it's responsible, and you can still get to know someone face-to-face. Because if you only text or maybe call for weeks, you probably get tired of it a bit faster. That walking can still happen of course, but it's just getting freezing cold outside.

. So then there's nothing left but to get to know that one swipe to the right better through the app. Or phone. In all sorts of ways except face-to-face. Is that so bad? According to various sexologists, not really. Because we can't meet each other in real life right away — and thus can't have sex — we would realize again that love is more important.

Sounds quite romantic like this, but I'm curious if it actually works that way in practice. Slow dating would thus become the new normal. First really getting to know each other and only then seeing each other in real life. And waiting even longer for sex. The latter might not be so bad, but I would still like to see someone. Imagine, you have a really good click with someone via text, and then you see him and get immediately annoyed by the little quirks that person has? Yeah sorry, that's pretty superficial; but that does happen.

Still, I do think that more romance will come out of this during this light lockdown. Hospitality closed, few to no people around... It can be quite lonely if you're single. And then you don't go on Tinder, Happn, or Inner Circle for a one night stand. Unless you don't care about the measures of course, but let's assume for convenience (and common sense) that you do take that into account. Then you start talking to people because you're really looking for a connection that lasts longer than just one evening. That goes beyond just the physical. And that is slow dating. Well, if you look at it that way, that's not a bad development at all, right?