Why you only want to go on walking dates from now on

Let me get straight to the point: this whole corona crisis is crap. I can't really describe it any other way. I could elaborate much longer, endlessly complain, and tell you what we are all not allowed to do for the time being, but you already know that and I'm actually a bit tired of corona too. Especially from all the speculation. When will schools reopen? When will the hospitality industry reopen? I. Don't. Know. Well, I'm not omniscient, but if Mr. Rutte doesn't know either, we can safely say that absolutely no one knows. And speculating is mainly depressing. Am I wasting a lot of words on it again, huh? Corona is crap. End of statement.

But there is one advantage to it. Yes, regarding the whole crisis, I have been able to discover exactly one plus point. And that is dating. Dating in quarantine is possible, at a distance of one and a half meters. Tinder and Happn dates are still taking place en masse, and not indoors, but on the streets. In the parks. Along the canals. Yes yes, walking as a date is totally hot and happening in 2020 and I am very satisfied with that.

Because I don't find dating that much fun (I'm not good at it either, which has a lot to do with it). Sitting statically across from each other in a pub or restaurant and just kind of interrogating each other. So forced. But walking is very different. I don't know if this is just me, but I tend to chat very casually while walking. Anything but forced. And you don't have to look at each other, which makes it all a lot more relaxing. Walking is generally very relaxing, and I totally don't associate relaxation with dating. But walking makes dating fun.

And the whole difficult issue of whether or not to kiss on the first date, second date, it doesn't matter at all, because it can't happen anyway. One and a half meters apart, right? But you do know right away where you stand. And how nice when that tension becomes very big that you both really want it. Guaranteed fireworks when that one and a half meter rule is lifted.

So here is my plea to keep walking as a date after corona. No fuss about who pays the bill or whether you split it. Just no fuss. Walking and chatting. It can be that simple that even a dating amateur like me dares to try it. Well, maybe. I will give it a shot.