The coronavirus and overcoming loneliness— Mandatory sequestering has left many individuals feeling isolated and alone. If you’re feeling disconnected and overwhelmed, here are my best practices for overcoming loneliness while staying grounded and positive. […]
By Danny de Gracia II In COVID-19, relationships are everything. But how has COVID-19 changed our approach to dating and relationships, both present and future? Political scientist, policymaker and journalist Dr. Danny de Gracia II features my answers in this interview for Medium. Danny begins, "The emergence of the novel coronavirus pandemic has shaken the lives of millions and brought society as we know it to a screeching halt amidst government stay-at-home orders. Unlike previous world crises that happened suddenly and merely left the rest of [...]
Under lockdown, New York singles want more than sex. Craigslist’s personal ads are suddenly sentimental, panicked, and tender—like a snapshot of the nation’s emotional fragility. “Older white male here,” the ad on Craigslist begins. “This is getting crazy out there. I’d love to bunker down with a thick, curvy, hippie woman. Someone soft to the touch and pretty.” “Ain’t no sunshine in quarantine,” reads the title of another ad, posted by a “6’4,” fit, very well educated man” in Queens. “What the hell. It has gotten that [...]
I cheated in the most dishonorable of ways. I cheated on perfectly lovely and attractive partners with people I wasn’t attracted to, and others more than twice my age. I cheated on one girlfriend with her best friend. I cheated on another with an ex. I once left a girlfriend sitting in my apartment while I made out with someone else outside; If she had just looked outside the window, she would have caught us in the act. I once had sex with someone in [...]
By Sylvie Bigar Long-distance relationships already face chronic separation. How can these couples manage the additional separation of the coronavirus lockdown? My interview with Sylvie Bigar at the Washington Post offers some guidelines: Some traveled for work, some traveled for fun, but some of us also traveled for love. Until last month, couples managed their long-distance relationships — be it across the ocean or a campus — as an intimate negotiation. When my partner, François, dropped me at the Geneva Airport on March 2, we [...]
