Love Sick

Dating While Gray™

Laura Stassi

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.4 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Laura talks with Carrie, who found a “hunkering down buddy” during lockdown. As quarantine lifted, though, their personality differences emerged. Then Laura chats with Betty, from Season 2, who out of the blue fell madly in love and changed her entire life. That was in February 2020. Did Betty’s new relationship withstand the challenges? Finally, two listeners weigh in with their experiences. Neither was looking for romance, necessarily. They found it anyway. Don't forget to like the show on Facebook and follow Laura @datingwhilegray on Twitter. We always want to hear from you! Send your stories and questions to [email protected] or leave us a message below.

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0:00.0	This is Dating While Gray, the grown-up's Guide to Love, Sex, and Relationships.
0:11.3	It's season four.
0:13.3	I'm Laura Stasi, and I'm having trouble remembering the before times.
0:18.9	You know, back when coronavirus wasn't in the vocabulary.
0:22.6	Not that I'm counting.
0:24.6	Okay, I am counting.
0:26.6	As of this episode date, it's been two years, six months, and 24 days
0:32.6	since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
0:38.3	Of course, vaccines and booster shots have slowed the spread, and they can offer protection
0:44.3	against serious and even deadly illness. Still, this highly contagious virus has shaken up all aspects
0:51.3	of our society.
0:56.9	COVID-19's impact on romantic relationships.
1:00.5	That's what we're exploring on this episode, Love Sick.
1:09.1	I was clicking around recently, and I came across a study by the Pew Research Center.
1:12.8	It said the majority of uncoupled American adults were unhappy with dating, and that was back in 2019. No surprise, the pandemic has made things worse.
1:21.1	60% of singles 50 and older told Pew that dating had become harder since COVID-19. And 72% said their dating lives
1:31.0	were progressing not too well or not at all well. In fact, the majority of single adults of every age
1:38.2	said they'd simply dropped out of the dating game.
1:48.8	That's not what happened with an oncology nurse we're calling Carrie.
1:52.3	She's 63, divorced, and lives in the Midwest.
1:59.3	And initially, after ending a year-long relationship in 2019, Carrie was in no hurry to jump back into the dating pool.
2:02.5	But then when COVID hit in March of 2020, you know, all my distractions, all my, you know, dinner dates with girlfriends, or I have a meditation group that I get together with and all those, they all went away.
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