We Fell In Love During The Pandemic. Can Our Relationship Survive The 'Real World'?

"We haven’t met each other’s friends ... or done many of the other things couples do during and after a year of dating."

“I’ve actually been known to do a cartwheel when I’m drunk.” My eyebrows shot up as I looked dubiously at the even-tempered, middle-aged man I’d been dating for 13 months. In response to my disbelief, he showed me. And, well, it wasn’t a half-bad cartwheel. I applauded his agility and added “drunk party tricks” to the list of things I should know about him ― but don’t, because we started dating in a pandemic and we’ve only experienced the pandemic version of each other’s lives.