The pandemic has changed a lot of things – more than just considerations of personal hygiene. As with any infectious/transmissible disease, COVID-19 has made some people spend a lot of time apart. At the same time, the virus also kept couples together – in the same house – for more than usual.
In short, some were forced to keep the distance, while others couldn’t escape the company of their significant other.
Let’s take a closer look at how the pandemic affected love and relationships!
Taking Affection for Granted
The majority of people now feel the need to break the COVID-19 restrictions and visit their partners. Those people are the ones that took affection, especially the simple signs, for granted.
The lack of hugs, kisses, and cuddles is now a serious issue. This is because there are people that cannot be in a relationship if those things are missing. As such, without even knowing it, they may fall out of love or end a relationship just because certain things are no longer possible.
Too Much Time Apart
Spending too much time away from one’s partners can make people further understand and motivate their love. Naturally, this can also make them fall out of love.
However, the common occurrence is those separated by COVID-19 can’t wait for the pandemic to be over so that they can meet again. They learned to appreciate their partner even more than before, now that being with them isn’t a possible reality.
One could say that the pandemic has strengthened the relationship of those that were part of a couple, but spent their quarantine/isolation alone.
Too Much Time Together
You probably already know the latest news in terms of relationships and marriages. A couple of months after the pandemic started, Chinese netizens reported that many couples decided to end their marriage. Why? Because of the isolation, of course.
People are meant to spend their lives in a relationship/partnership, but not 24/7. Given this, many people throughout the world now need legal representation for divorce.
It all depends on how you see it. From a particular light, this can be seen as overall beneficial for love and relationships. People have figured that they should end their relationship now, rather than discovering it too late. Some probably needed the pandemic push to do something they didn’t think they could.
The Lucky Few
There are also some lucky and happy cases out there, so to say. Some people have been caught visiting their significant other just before the pandemic struck. As such, they couldn’t get back home when isolation/quarantine was declared.
This turned out to be beneficial for some couples, as forced isolation opened the way for marriage proposals and unconditional love. Even though a potential visa expiry caused most proposals, it’s still heartwarming that some people would jump straight to marriage if that meant keeping their loved one close.
The Bottom Line
As you can see, the pandemic didn’t have only negative consequences for love and relationships. People either learned the ways of true love or figured out that they should search for a better partner.
With the pandemic’s help, couples were able to experience living apart from or together with their partner at the fullest and in the most honest way possible!
