Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers and this is embedded from NPR.

So this pandemic has obviously affected big things in big ways, right?

Like the healthcare system, the economy, but it's also messing with a bunch of

smaller, more personal things too.

Like love getting together, staying together, not staying together.

One woman we talked to said she had two perfectly fine dates over face time.

And then on the third one, the guy showed up on screen in just his underwear on purpose.

So that was the end of that.

And then there's Amy Kaufman.

She writes about Hollywood for the LA Times embedded producer Chris Bender.

I've talked to her.

Ever since the lockdown began, Amy has not known what to do about her dating life to keep it going

or to just stop.

Especially when you're like 34 and like you're like, disannowing impetus to find your partner and like settle

down and maybe have kids.

So it's like, should you just stop looking or do you, is it just fun to pass the time?

Like is it possible that if you started talking to someone, you could maintain a connection for however long this last?

Like it's very, you know, confusing.

For now, Amy's decided to go for it to keep dating, which during this pandemic means face timing or zooming a stranger from your house.

The first guy she went out with was nice, but there wasn't enough of a spark.

But the second one was a little different.

There were questions about UFOs and whether COVID-19 is an anti or even pro Trump conspiracy.

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