![]() ![]() ![]() “If you connect with someone on an app it’s great, but the initial struggle of getting to know each other gets tiresome after a point.”Īyandrali Dutta, 40, another singleton from Delhi, says online dating helps her distress. ![]() But Singh is not regular on these apps, aware that online matchmaking platforms can be tiring. This has only made her feel lonelier than ever. Many of her friends have found love and settled down with their companions. With the work from home situation, I was tired and wanted some fun in my life,” says Singh. Preeti Singh, a 27-year-old working professional from Delhi, created her account on an online dating platform in early 2020. The question now is: will the pandemic change the dating scene permanently or is online dating a transitory comfort, a stand-in for the real deal? While it may not offer them the intimacy of physical proximity and the giddy pleasures of cuddling and canoodling, it is assuaging their sense of loneliness. As people stay indoors, online dating has become the new normal for many. And yet dating apps are abuzz with single men and women looking for a date. Perhaps not even the best digital native can replicate this scene on an app’s screen. Picture this: Adam meets his date, Eve, at a restaurant in a scenic brick building in the town’s centre…the skies are grey, but the rain holds off while she walks in. ![]()
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