Instead, trying to remain positive about the coronavirus isolation, I created a quarantine bucket list. One item on it was to try online dating again and make more of an effort. I would try to make a real connection.
L.A. dating coach Damona Hoffman tackles dating and relationship questions on her weekly podcast, “Dates & Mates.” Today she shares answers to the most common questions about love in the time of coronavirus.On one of my many isolation walks, I thought back to a guy I had matched with on a dating app a couple of weeks before the shutdown. He was intellectually stimulating, told entertaining stories about his military experiences in Iraq, and was back home, working in customer service.
I don’t even have to bother taking an hour to put on makeup and pick an outfit for our phone “dates.” I can simply change out of my yoga isolation daytime wear and into my nighttime PJs look instead. It’s refreshing. As we were talking one recent night, I said, “I hope you remember me after all this is over and things get back to normal.”
He laughed and reminded me of some of the date ideas we had dreamed up for the future: Visiting an old-school bar and arcade in Highland Park, and stair-hiking in Silver Lake. And my indoor ax-throwing birthday party that had to be rescheduled due to the shutdown.The essential weekly guide to enjoying the outdoors in Southern California. Insider tips on the best of our beaches, trails, parks, deserts, forests and mountains.
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