So for example, I have been seeing someone and we're finding ways to still go on dates and have fun, mostly with outside adventures and stuff and with my new dog and virtually and stuff too. But I've been really sad not being able to go on dates like to other movies or to shows or out restaurants, because even though we have some restaurants open in the area where I live, I don't really feel comfortable doing that
Michelle Taylor
@MichelleT92 · 4:50
And to be honest, I feel as though this quarantine has made us closer than ever and has gotten a chance to really know each other because we're at that stage in our relationship where we're very open and discussing everything and our needs and stuff like that, and they believe it has made being in quarantine for this to happen a lot quicker, really getting to know your significant other and stuff like that, because all you have is each other and in your space
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 2:34
Michelle, thank you so much for this really thoughtful answer. And these are such wonderful and beautiful ideas. I also really appreciated hearing about how you made the transition position from socially distant dates to no longer wearing masks or staying 6ft apart. I've been in a similar situation where the person I'm seeing, I found out they tested negative for Covet because they got tested
Meranda Troutt
@MerTroutt · 0:53
But I'm very interested because I never actually thought about that. About how perhaps COVID would make people more quicker to be more serious to people because they're realizing that they're having to keep up with who this person is hanging out with and whatnot for all of their friends and family because of COVID and all that. And so yeah, I am very, very interested to hear what other people are saying
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:03
Miranda, I am so curious to hear more from you about this since you have experience with long distance dating, since so many people are having to navigate virtual and and maybe it's not long distance. Maybe it's even short distance dating right now. So I know Michelle said a lot about ways in which her and her current partner began to form a sense of like intimacy or getting to know each other despite the restrictions because of Covet
Meranda Troutt
@MerTroutt · 1:28
So honestly, I feel like a bad candidate to talk about this particular situation because the last two serious relationships that I had were long distance. Yes, but I believe that we fell into a lot of traps and didn't talk about what we should have talked about and learned what we should have learned with long distance relationships. I can look back now, and I can see where we went wrong as far as not communicating enough about our morals and not communicating enough about our parenting styles and things like that
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:23
I really appreciate your response because it's making me think of just so many things in my life where I learn just as much, if not more from the situations and what didn't work about them then the situations where things just went really smoothly. So I really appreciate your honesty about that