Dating has changed so much over the last twenty years. The days of meeting someone in a pub or nightclub have become less and less as many local pubs closed their doors for the last time, and lockdown has further decreased the likelihood of this happening. Meeting someone at work was always a possibility, but as more of us work from home, this also becomes something less likely to happen. But as some avenues close, more open up. The world of online dating has grown, with many people finding the love of their life through a dating site. And whilst local area dating sites are popular, many people are choosing…

The world of dating and finding new love has never been in a stranger situation than the one we found ourselves in 2020. Reaching out and looking for someone for companionship, for love on a casual relationship or something more long lasting has always been a mixture of exciting and exhilarating, combined with a scary and nervy edge, but in 2020 all the rules of dating that we were so sure of changed. For long periods we couldn’t actually meet in person for a date, having to build up our relationships using emails, zoom and Whatsapp, and, even when we could get out, many of the traditional dating places –…