May 13,2020

Dating after COVID-19

On my way to the store today I had a random thought of how dating may be going forward. Since the norm is going to be that we wear face masks in public places, this is going to add another barrier to the stress of dating after 40.

I already get annoyed when I’m looking at a man’s dating profile online and he looks like he’s in the witness protection program wearing a hat, sunglasses, and a closed mouthed scowl on his face. Now I will have to use my imagination and facial “context clues” to discern whether the person behind the mask is attractive or not. My worst fear is making eye contact with someone and they remove their mask to reveal the crypt keeper.

So before we exchange our social media information I have to ask them to stand back six feet, pull down their mask and smile (got to make sure they are not toothless). I got tickled at the thought the phrase “pull down your mask” may become obscene. Dating is overrated anyway, I’ll just wait until 2021.