Diary… a telephone chat while eating pizza on Friday

new restaurants I have eaten in recently – these topics have obviously dried up! But it has opened up new channels of chat about our lives, our morals, our travel goals, our future plans, and how long it could be until we meet up in person!

One guy wrote that this “is a great opportunity to get to know one another before meeting up in person” and he is right. There is now no pressure about when to meet because, for once, the focus is just on really good chat and, you hope, a bit of flirty banter (or “flanter”).

I am enjoying the experience more than I have in the past because I would always feel pressured to arrange a meeting after a week’s chat. When it came to two weeks without a meeting in the diary, I would assume they were not interested.

So far, there are a couple of potentials for a summer face-to-face, but there is a long way to go.

I am not too worried because I have a “virtual date” in the diary. We have shared good conversation, every day, for the past week, and he has suggested we have a telephone chat, while eating pizza, on Friday!

Then, if all goes well, this may progress to a video call date, for which I will dress up, do my hair and make-up, just as I would when going on a normal date.

And, what is great about dating during lockdown, is there are no awkward goodbyes featuring the dreaded “should I kiss him/ should I hug him?” debate.

It is nerve-wracking and exciting, but I am looking forward to what the next week may bring as I continue to make virtual connections while exploring the online dating world during lockdown.