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>>> WE
>>> WE HAVE GENUINESTER STEYER, A RELATIONSHIP EXPERT AND HOST
OF THE PODCAST LOVABILITY TO
TALK TO US ABOUT THE AGE OF
DATING DURING COVID-19.
IT IS SUC+@H A STRANGE TIME TO
CONSIDER THIS.
CONSIDER THIS. WELCOME.
WELCOME.
WELCOME. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> BUT IT IS A BIG PART OF LIFE
SO IT GOES ON IN SOME FORM OF
FASHION.
FASHION.
FASHION. +@
FASHION. WHAT TIPS DO YOU HAVE FOR
COUPLES IN THE EARLY, AWKWARD
PART OF THE RELAT+@IONSHIP STIL
AND STRUGGLING TO FIND WAYS TO @
SPEND TIME WITH EACH OTHER
RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE OF
EVERYTHING GOING ON.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT IS
DEFINITELY CHANGING THE DATING
LAPPEDSCAPE.
LAPPEDSCAPE. RELATIONSHIP DATE LANDSCAPE.
RELATIONSHIPS ARE A WHOLE OTHER
DEAL.
DEAL.
DEAL. WE
DEAL. WE ARE SEEING ON ONE HAND
PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER MORE AND
ON THE OTHER HAND WE ARE SEEING
BREAK UP, DIVORCES AND
COUNSELING RIGHT NOW.
BUT FOR THE DATERS IT REALLY
CHANGED THINGS BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE AFRAID TO GET OUT THERE AND
FOR A LONG TIME COULD +@NOT.
ONLINE DATING PICKED UP.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH ONLINE
DATING, THOUGH, PEOPLE
STARTED CONNECTING AND MAKING
THE CONNECTION WITH ONE
+@
THE CONNECTION WITH ONE ANOTHER. +@
ANOTHER. +@ THEY HAD TO GO BACK TO A LITTLE
OLD SCHOOL DATING WHICH WAS
PHONE CALLS, FACE TIME AND ALL
OF THAT, BECAUSE THEY COULD
NOT MEET IN PERSON.
AND WHAT WE SAW, THOUGH, WAS
+@
AND WHAT WE SAW, THOUGH, WAS KIND OF RELATIONSHIPS AND
CONNECTIONS FIZZLING OUT
BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT MEET IN
PERSON
PERSON
PERSON >>
PERSON >> YOU CAN NEVER REACH THAT +@
NEXT LEVEL, THAT NEXT PLATEAU+@
WHICH +@IS WHAT YOU DO IN DATIN
AS YOU GO ALONG.
WHAT ABOUT COUPLES WHO HAVE
BEEN TOGETHER FOR A WHILE.
THEY KNOW EACH OTHER.
THEY ARE PAST NECESSARILY THE
AWKWARD PHASE, IF YOU REALLY
EVER GET OUT OF THE AWKWARD
PHASE.
PHASE.
PHASE. THE TIMES OF GOING OUT ON DATE
NIGHT HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD.
WHAT DO THEY DO TO KEEP THE
SPARK AL+@IVE AND KEEP THINGS
FROM GETTING DULL.
>> WELL, HONESTLY IT
STRENGTHENED A LOT OF
RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE THEY ARE
FORCED TOGETHER, TO SPEND
MORE TIME IN THE HOUSE,
COOKING TOGETHER IN THE HOUSE,
HAVING CONVERSATIONS TOGETHER.
I THINK THE BEST THING ABOUT
BEING KIND OF QUARANTINED, I
GUESS, AT HOME AND HAVING
LIMITED ACCESS TO OUTSIDE IS
THAT YOU ARE FORCED TO FOCUS
MORE ON THE RELATIONSHIP AND
HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND TALKS AND
GET TO KNOW YOUR PARTNER AGAIN.
FOR THOSE PEOPLE BUSY AND
TRAVELING OR THE HUSTLE AND
BUSTLE OF WORK, A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE HOME WORKING NOW.
IT IS ALLOWING SPACE, TRYING
TO FIND SPACE BECAUSE YOU DON'T
WANT TO BE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER
BEING SMOTHERED, BUT AT THE
SAME TIME HAVING QUALITY TIME
TOGETHER WITH FAMILY, IT CAN
STRENGTHEN THE BOND IF WE USE
IT CORRECTLY.
IT CORRECTLY. >> IT IS A GOOD POINT YOU MAKE
ABOUT BEING SO CLOSE TOGETHER
FOR SO LONG, IT CAN HIGHLIGHT
REAL DIVISIONS IF THOSE EXIST,
TOO, BUT VERY IMPORTANT FOR
COUPLES DATING AND MARRIED
COUPLE, AS WELL, IF THEY ARE
AROUND EACH OTHER SO MUCH AND
STUCK IN THE HOUSE, LIKE YOU
SAID TO HAVE THAT ALONE TIME
AND SEPARATE ACTIVITIES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AND AWAY FROM KIDS, BECAUSE I
KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS ARE HOME
SCHOOLING RIGHT NOW.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU +@TAKE THE
COUPLES TIME WHERE YOU PUT
PROPER BOUNDARIES UP WITH YOUR
CHILDREN AND PUT STRUCTURE IN
THEIR LIFE BECAUSE THIS HAS
BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD ON THE
KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN ISOLATED.
THIS IS NOT PSYCHOLOGICALLY
NORMAL FOR US.
WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT IT
IS VERY, VERY HARD ON OUR
KIDS, BUT IT CAN BE HARD ON
OUR RELATIONSHIP, TOO, SO I +@
AM MAKING SURE WE PRIORITIZE
EVERY RELATIONSHIP IN THE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. BUT IT IS A REAL+@LY COOL TIME
FOR COUPLES TO GET TO KNOW EACH
OTHER AGAIN AND HAVE THAT TIME
THEY MAYBE HAVEN'T HAD IN YEARS
+@
THEY MAYBE HAVEN'T HAD IN YEARS RAISING CHILDREN, TRAVELING
AND WORK AND EVERYTHING.
OPPORTUNITIES.
OPPORTUNITIES. >> IT WILL WITH A MEMORABLE
TIME IN RELATIONSHIPS NO MATTER
WHAT.
WHAT.
WHAT. AGAIN, THE PODCAST IS CALLED