Special Edition: Dating & Love in 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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In honor of Valentine's Day this weekend, we are talking about how dating has changed during the pandemic, what role politics is playing in the dating world, why the amount of ghosting has gone down, and some fun dating and love advice.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, February 13th, and today in honor of Valentine's Day this weekend, |
| 0:04.8 | we're talking about how dating has changed during the pandemic, what role politics is playing |
| 0:09.7 | in the dating world, while the amount of ghosting has gone down, and some advice for both |
| 0:14.5 | dateers and those in committed relationships. Our guest today is dating coach media personality |
| 0:19.4 | and my friend, Dimona Hoffman. She starred in two A&E Networks TV series and is a regular contributor |
| 0:25.1 | to The True Barrymore Show, The LA Times, The Washington Post, NPR, BET, and more. |
| 0:30.1 | She's also the host of The Weekly Podcast, dates and mates with Dimona Hoffman, |
| 0:33.9 | and she's the official love expert of OKCupid. So here's our conversation about dating and |
| 0:39.0 | love trends in today's world. Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday, |
| 0:45.9 | when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in |
| 0:49.5 | the news. Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes |
| 0:53.6 | when we provide all the day's news in just 10 minutes. It's fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:58.8 | I'm Air Commandy, it's time for today's Special Edition Saturday. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 1:07.9 | Hi, Dimona, thanks for coming on The Newsworthy. Thanks for having me back. |
| 1:11.0 | So first, let's talk about the pandemic's impact on dating. Is it all virtual these days or how |
| 1:16.0 | are people doing it? It's very virtual, but not exclusively. Of course, it depends on where in |
| 1:21.9 | the world you are and what the restrictions are there. I'm personally seeing a lot of people |
| 1:26.8 | tiring of the virtual only dates. I mean, how often are we on video chat and then to then go to a date |
| 1:34.2 | and also be on video chat, not all that sexy. So we're also seeing this at OKCupid. A lot of people |
| 1:39.8 | are becoming more comfortable with social distance dates outside as long as people are wearing |
| 1:46.4 | their masks. 26% of the people that we queried on OKCupid said that they would meet someone |
| 1:53.1 | outside with their mask on. Do you think virtual dates, if people feel that they're necessary, |
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