Categories: Love and Relationship

THE PANDEMIC’S IMPACT ON LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS

2020, the year of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. This pandemic has resulted in various social changes in our life, lockdown and quarantines were generated and social distancing is being practiced. Due to lockdown it was impossible to meet our dear ones and had to stay indoors. So for single people, the opportunities for meeting their partners were impossible. Lives of intimacy and togetherness were disrupted by distancing and isolation. For the couples who lived apart, had to stay apart and were not able to to see their partner for many months. However, the couples quarantined together were somehow forced to spend 24 hours of the day with each other without any option of escaping if they didn’t want to. Even the closest couple had to go through a rough patch due to the pandemic. We are facing various problems in the pandemic like unemployment, financial instability while few had to work from home. Humans can love and nurture, but at the same time, they have some destructive tendencies as well.

Many relationships were developed during this pandemic as well; it is a difficult time of life and nobody wants to be alone in it so many relationships were developed online. Many relationships had to go through a phase with couples to stay apart from each other but they were connected through video chats and phone calls. Online relationships are difficult you have to make sacrifices and trust each other in the process of it. Some relationships got stronger being apart; whereas few relationships got strained as they were stuck with the person 24/7. Without pandemic the situation for couples staying together was different wherein they used to go to work, they had their priorities and things to do apart from their partner only, but in the pandemic, it had become mandatory to stay with the person for the whole day.

Here are a few of the tips to maintain a healthy and happy relationship in the process of coronavirus pandemic-

Have a clear relationship

Do not hide or bottle up your emotions and your insecurities from your partner, talk to them, share your views, and try to have a clear relationship to avoid misunderstandings and increase your compatibility. Consider each other’s opinions and have a common ground of decision.

Give each other space

Pandemic or no pandemic we are humans, we need our own space, own time. Even if during this pandemic couples are together the whole time they should respect each other’s space to do things differently and independently according to their wish.

Support your partner when life gets difficult

It surely is a difficult time of life where we require a supporting system. Be your partner’s supporting system; always be their side in good times and also in the hardships. It’s completely normal given to the current situation if you both feel anxious and worried, but be there for each other and be kind in listening to them.

Surprise each other

Try to spice up your relationship in various forms. Surprise your partner with a candlelight dinner, or a movie night, or some kind of activities like cooking new things or exercising together, etc things that can be done together, involve them in new interesting things you found out.