Heya playa, things are pretty weird right now. Schools are closed, people are told not
to go outside, you're supposed to be practice social distancing. But where does that leave
you with your crush? Where does that leave you with the person you want to talk to and
interact with and build a relationship with? In this video, I'm going to break down how
to work on still building a relationship with someone if you have to practice social distancing
with them. This is The Josh Speaks. You're watching The Josh Speaks. For those of you
that are new here, my name is Josh and every single week I make videos sharing tips, ideas
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the subscribe button and make sure to click on the notification bell. I've been getting
a lot of messages from people telling me that they can't interact with their crush now because
they're no longer going to see them in school or they just don't know what to do because
they never talked to them when they had the opportunity and now they just won't see them
again for the rest of the school year. So what can those people do, what can you do
to kind of work on building a relationship with your crush? Well, you're gonna have to
put the idea of interacting with them in person on hold for a bit and really really double
down on talking to them through social media. I know, in the past I never really recommended
starting a conversation over social media but let's be real, your options are limited
so there are really two kinds of scenarios here. One in which you've already started
talking to your crush and one in which you haven't so let's kind of break down both of
those and see what you can do. If your crush is someone that you have talked to before
in the past then I would recommend continuously messaging them and talking to them but here's
the thing you need to know. You're gonna need to switch up just sending them text messages.
Keep this in mind, everyone else around you is also prohibited from going outside and
interacting with them in person so they're probably also going to be messaging your crush.
They're going to be getting lots of different messages from different people so sending
a simple text message isn't going to do. You're gonna wanna change it up by recording a little
video of yourself or audio clip or send them a picture. Do something that's different from
everyone else because that's what's going to make your message stand out. Now given
everything that's going on, you might want to talk to them about that. Let them know
what precautions you're taking to stay safe and ask them what precautions they're taking
but don't keep the conversation there because a lot of people are probably going to talk
to them about that so talk about other things, talk about other interests you're pursuing,
other things you're doing while you're staying at home and can't go outside. But when it
comes to messaging someone you didn't really have the chance to talk to before you were
told you couldn't go to school and actually interact with them you're gonna have to be
a little more creative here. I think what you're gonna have to focus on here is interacting
with content that they're posting. See what pictures they're posting in the comments.
Whatever stories they post, ask questions on top of that. Be really engaged with what
they're producing and sharing about their lives because showing that interest is at
least going to put your foot in the door to show that you want to get to know who they
are. One important thing I want you to realize though is that there's no need to beat yourself
up for not taking the chance when you had it. Look, no one expected things to go down
the way that they did and the fact that now you can't interact with them in person, yeah,
it makes things harder but not impossible for you. Ok talking, you got that but when
it comes to dating, how do you ask them out on a date when you have limited to no options
for what you can do outside? I think you're going to have to change the concept of how
you actually go out on dates. Remember, the purpose of dating is to get to know them better.
To see what the two of you have in common to share some laughs, to flirt, to just see
how the two of you overlap and that's still possible but you might have to do it over
Facetime and video chatting instead. Think about it like this, having time with them
to talk face to face over the camera to see their expressions, to hear their voice is
going to be your most realistic option while dating when you're socially distancing. Some
of you might live in areas where it's not totally prohibited to go outside, even then
I still think what comes first is safety precautions. Don't do something that the government doesn't
recommend or people are telling you flat out not to do. But if you end up hanging out with
your crush, try doing it in a one on one environment where there aren't any people around. That
could be at your house, that could be at their house or somewhere where that's more neutral
and there aren't a lot of people. With everything going down, dating is going to be more difficult
but it's still possible to spend time getting to know someone, connecting with them and
seeing what the two of you have in common. As to whether or not you can have your first
in-person real date, yea that's going to be a bit delayed but don't lose hope, don't give
up just because you're probably not gonna see them for the rest of the school year or
you're not going to see them for months and month and months on end. You still have the
opportunity to reach out to them to try to make something work. What do you think though,
with everything going on and you having to practice social distancing has dating gotten
harder for you? Is it possible for you now to actually talk to or meet up with your crush?
Leave your comments down below and we'll talk about it. I think the video I have listed
over there on the side is gonna be super crucial for you to watch given everything that's going
down so check out the video and I want to give a special thanks to my patrons listed
up over here. Also, I want to link out my 20 ice breaker conversation starters. If you
don't know what to message your crush with this is the guide you need to check out to
have conversation topics on hand. Check out both of those links and I'll catch you next
time, as always, love and peace.