- First dates are uncomfortable enough.
Why should we experience them with pants on?
- I have been single.
- I have been single for exactly one month.
- I think now that quarantine's actually in effect
any relationships that I'd started
are now at the place where it's,
hey how are you doing, every three days.
- I'm coming up on my first year single.
- I've been single for most of my 20s.
- I was dabbling in the dating world.
- Prior to social distancing
I went on a first date with somebody.
It went really well.
- I've been dating one person in particular
and then I started dating a second person.
Now that we're in quarantine
we're kind of like just pen pals.
- I had gone on a few dates with this woman.
She kind of called things off
and then this hits and it's like,
ah it would be nice if that would of worked out.
- I was dating so many guys
that I was starting to dump people and clear the decks.
It's crazy to think about that now.
- As of recently I was kind of planing
on really being vulnerable and putting myself out there
and trying to find someone to date,
but this has certainly put a halt on everything.
- We're sisters and we're both single.
We have definitely been swiping so much
that we've both gotten each others X's.
- Now I'm in my parents house and not dating at all.
There's no one.
- Moving back into my childhood bedroom
and still trying to maintain a semblance of adulthood
has really been interesting.
- I feel a ton of pressure to be dating all the time.
I've been forced to be super single.
It feels really good.
- When all the news was coming to light
and people were realizing that this was serious
I think there was a bit of a panic mode in a lot of us.
- Our apartment has become something
between a coworking space and a minimum security prison
and you know, the inmates are bonding.
- I'm living with my parents unexpectedly.
I left for college when I was 17
and I never thought I would live in this house again
and yet here we are quarantining together.
- I'm not seeing any friends.
I'm pretty much here at home by myself.
- I have been on the apps on and off
more often than I would if I wasn't stuck at home.
- I think I have two Tinder conversations going
and just real light hearted.
- Honestly when this first started
I was swiping right on so many people,
it was like, yeah it doesn't matter,
'cause we're not gonna be able to meet.
So let's just talk.
- I have heard of people that are doing Zoom
to have dates and stuff
and honestly, that's kind of adorable
and I would be into that.
- We have been texting basically every day
and decided to have our first virtual, Face Time date.
I put on my best sweatpants.
- I took a social distance walk with a boy and...crazy.
- He asked to hang out again.
We are gonna have a Face Time soon this week
and I'm actually, I'm weirdly nervous.
It's weird that I'm nervous, because we've already had sex.
- It's just gonna be a Face Time.
We're both gonna pour a glass of wine and then just chat.
- There are almost more opportunities to meet people
in sort of a low pressure video chat setting.
- I absolutely love Face Time flirting.
- Within the gay community
I feel like people are just talking more personally
than just like trying to hook up with them immediately.
- The only light of this whole situation is dating,
because I am able to really get to know people.
- I'm really interested to see
how dating changes after this.
- Once this is over
there's definitely going to be
some quarantine babies coming out of this
at the rate in which people are gonna start hooking up.
- I'm optimistic.
I feel like we're all just gonna be so happy
to have other humans touch us.
- I find myself fantasizing about shaking somebody's hand,
or giving a hug to a friend.
- I think what we may have thought was not acceptable before
may be more acceptable now.
- A lot of people have taken this opportunity
to create creative dating spaces
like dating happy hours, or speed dating that's like video
and I think that's really cool.
- I feel like the pace of everything has slowed down.
It's just been a good time to reflect.
- If anything, this crisis has made us all look up
and realize how much each and every one of us really matters
and deserves care in every way.
- I think this is really something
that's gonna shape our generation.
- For the most part, people are a lot more conversational
and actually, I think, trying to make
a little bit more of a real connection.
So maybe that's a good thing that's gonna come out of this.
I found another positive.
We're gonna learn how to talk to people again.