Post-vaccine dating...

T

tdh

Active member
Got my first shot a few weeks ago and the second is around the corner. Excited to start dating again and exploring.

Kind of curious for people in active relationships and people looking for new, what types of expectations do you have in a post-vaccine dating world? Everyone risk tolerance is different for sure but feel poly dating presents a unique scenarios. Some questions on my mind are:

Will people be more raring to go or hesitant?
What does coming in or adding a new person look like in the relationship structure if not closed?
Will vaccine status be just as common to share as partners and testing status?

With already a collective 1.5 years covid trama (and not quite over yet), I am nervous how things might shake out. Solo poly and single during this has not be enjoyable.
 
Hi tdh,

My personal opinion is that fully-vaccinated (both shots) people should be able to associate with each other as they would have before the pandemic. But I know others take a cautious approach, they hold that vaccinated people should still wear masks when out in public spaces, at least until the numbers go down. When planning a date with someone, be sure to ask them what their comfort level is, and mirror that. Perhaps they'll want both of you to wear a mask around each other until they get to know you better.

Just some thoughts,
Kevin T.
 
Excerpt from this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazin...the-leggings/618710/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
That period followed an extended flu pandemic and the First World War, both of which had exhausted and disillusioned many Americans. “Young people were like, This was just handled so badly. It was a debacle. How can you expect us to follow your rules? ” she told me. Sound familiar?

When the flu subsided, the country exploded into rebellion and exuberance. People danced to jazz and drank in speakeasies and smoked opium; the whole thing was unrepentantly lustful, a backlash against the sexlessness and deprivations of the preceding years, as well as against Prohibition, which tried and failed to head this hedonism off at the pass. Young women unlaced their corsets and opted for still-shorter hemlines. They didn’t just reject the previous era’s rigidity, though; they embraced libidinous pursuits, adopting makeup techniques previously associated with sex workers and short hairstyles that could be more easily smoothed into place after an active 15 minutes in the back room of a club. People who had spent years of their youth staring into the abyss wanted to have some fun.
Click to expand...

If history is anything to go by, people will be more raring to go it seems.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top