Relationship expert Susan Winter shares four questions to ask yourself if you’re trying to vet your pandemic relationship.
By evaluating how compatible you two genuinely arein a global crisis and otherwise.
Do I see a future with this person?
Was I choosing out of lack and desperation?
The lockdown limited our romantic prospects and put everyone in a panic, says Winter.
Between food shortages and jobs lost, we were all making crucial decisions with limited information.
relationship expert and author ofAllowing Magnificence,Older Women/Younger Men, andBreakup Triage
Potentially, that date that felt like unearthing a diamond-in-the-rough ismaybesomeone you wouldnt normally swipe right on.
Time to figure out which deck of cards you picked your pandemic paramour from.
Did we get along well during the lockdown?
An important factor in determining long-term happiness is day-to-day functionality, says Winter.
How well do the two of you get along with each other?
To decipher this, look at your overall communication patterns.
Can you speak your mind without fear?
Is there a foundation of honesty?
Also, take a look at how you two relate to each other.
relationship expert and author ofAllowing Magnificence,Older Women/Younger Men, andBreakup Triage
See if theres patience and graciousness between you two, if you have a grounded respect for one another.
Do we have complimentary dispositions?
TBH, pretty much everything about this period of time has been skyscraper-level stressful.
Every day felt like a year…for a year straight.
If you survived your daily challenges with understanding and kindness, you definitely have a keeper, Winter says.
Fear and uncertainty trigger our deepest degrees of reactivity.
The pandemic should have clarified if your dispositions are a match.
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