Love in a pandemic can be very similar to any Arthur C novel. Clarke, these encounters in which, after a few drinks, a few laughs and flirtations, the caresses and the first kiss arrive, are now hindered by a mask or even limited, until we have proof that we are free of coronavirus.
Thinking about a future with this panorama frightens us. And yet, it is already happening, reality evolves much faster than the hypotheses of the experts and, if there is one thing that rarely ends is our need to establish relationships, to seek love, regardless of context or scenario, human beings are able to design mechanisms, despite the walls and mazes that we have in our path.
- The original Love is Quarantine project is an example.
- Two young people from brooklyn created this platform to help people confined to the pandemic find a distant partner in the privacy of their home.
- What has been demonstrated by this idea is that.
- In the current context.
- People have a greater need to initiate relationships.
Loneliness and having more time to think about life lead us, more than ever, to use these online platforms to meet other people, to find the?Soul mate? In these difficult times and face other perspectives every day, with renewed dreams and hopes.
Love in times of pandemic makes its way through other means, with known mechanisms, but reformulating norms, spaces and moments. In addition, are new technologies always our tool to know, contact, converse, seduce, share?
However, now we extend the moment when we find ourselves face to face, skin to skin. The two-meter safety distance and hand sanitist don’t help, they’re not romantic and completely break the freedom we had before.
In addition, there is something curious in this scenario: love in times of pandemic refers us, in one way or another, to the relationships of past centuries, in which the letters that lovers sent to each other helped to create havens of intimacy and dates for get to know each other better. The first meeting between the couples could take months, but thanks to this long correspondence the attraction and affection had already been built.
If 19th century lovers were anxiously waiting for this letter in their mailbox, we are a little luckier, the deadlines are shorter and they only expect notification on the mobile phone.
Online dating apps are becoming increasingly popular and user activity has doubled in many cases. Is it boredom? The answer is no. It is a much deeper and psychologically more relevant phenomenon.
A lot of people live alone. Loneliness rates rise every year and this is not just a reality for older people. Younger people and millennials also suffer. During these weeks of confinement, do many need to find someone to talk to to start a relationship with?
Love in times of a pandemic diminishes what we call disposable relationships. One night’s sexual encounters and the silence that follows are fortemed by force. Fear of contagion will eventually create barriers to this spontaneity to physical contact, to the freedom to play without having. pre-clean with a good amount of gel alcohol.
It is not known how long this reality will last, but what is clear is that the urge to fall in love and find a partner does not stop, continue to expand and look for channels more than ever. and scenarios in which it can materialize.
In addition, we are seeing longer dating times, there is more time to talk, write, connect more intimately and share the moments we are living.
Now he? Video calls replace our meetings in cafes, restaurants or bars, we meet and seduce through a screen and, if it is true that this whole universe is not the same as before, it is all we have right now. You have to adapt, be creative, careful and skilled to take care of this relationship, so that, when possible, you can meet face to face, skin with skin.