We've entered the breakup phase of lockdown romances

It seemed like the perfect match.  Me, him, and a pandemic that forced us to spend four months getting to know each other.  In many ways it felt like an IRL version of Love Is Blind, the show where people get to know each other through opaque screens, often developing feelings before laying eyes on the object of their affection. I was spending lockdown at my parents' house in Warwickshire, and he was in London. For a while, I felt like a 19th century woman passing love notes to an interested suitor. It had all been a refreshing break from the exhaustingly fast-paced culture of on-demand dating apps and the requests to meet up the very same day as matching with someone. Here, I had the luxury of truly getting to know someone without the pressure of meeting up lest they lose interest and swipe on to someone new.  Read more...More about Relationships, Breakups, Pandemic, Culture, and Sex Relationships