Singles pay attention: love is in the air after this lockdown

Love was scarce in the air during this lockdown. Yes, it was certainly cozy to suddenly play office with your partner 24/7, but among singles, there was significantly less to flirt about. Not that the singles are feeling down, as they are more optimistic than ever about love.

How do we know that? Dating app Bumble wanted to find out how things were for them, so they conducted research. The findings are remarkable. Four million (!) Dutch people sought love online during lockdown times. I want to google right now how many singles there are in the Netherlands, but let me just try to believe in monogamous love for a moment.

Just after the intelligent lockdown, there was a worldwide increase of 38 percent in video calls. Part of this can be attributed to business zooming, but a lot of calls were also made for romantic purposes. This shows a remarkable trend: a stunning 61 percent of the Dutch now believe that they can fall in love without having seen someone in person. That's a score of almost 2 out of 3. Instead of the lockdown making it harder, it seems that falling in love online has only become easier.

But what now? The terrace is open a little bit again, so dating outside is an option once more. Singles are taking advantage of this, as almost half of the respondents are now quicker to seize the opportunity for love. So you have been warned: we predict a lot of love and flirting on the terraces. Love in the air, finally!

Source: Bumble