Along with working from home and trying new dishes, online dating reached new heights during the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a recent survey conducted by dating app QuackQuack, with people staying behind closed doors, online dating has become the new normal.
While it may not provide the intimacy of physical proximity, cuddles, and canoodling, it has undoubtedly assisted people in overcoming their loneliness.
Love takes over physical intimacy
But the question now is, will dating resume and return to normalcy with the reopening?
Due to the Covid outbreak, it is highly unlikely that it will return to pre-infection levels.
A survey conducted during the pandemic revealed a paradigm shift in the dating world. People are more connected than ever before, and online connections are becoming an essential part of dating.
When compared to before the outbreak, 70% of users have seen a significant change in their behaviour and attitude toward dating.
Some 70% of Millennials and Gen Z believe that hook-ups, onenight stands, and casual approaches have taken a back seat during the pandemic and say they are looking for deeper connections now that they have more time.
What needs to be prioritised?
In India, people have been forced to focus on what they are truly looking for while dating as a result of their isolation.
One-quarter (25%) of daters believe they are unwilling to compromise on what they want from a potential relationship.
Some 60% of Millennials began talking to their match with the intention of lust, but it turned out to be something more concrete due to deeper conversation in the pandemic.
A total of 72% of singles believe it is possible to fall in love online even if they have never met in person.
Due to loneliness and boredom, 50% of men and 60% of women sought love during the pandemic, while lust cases decreased.
Just 25% of men and 15% of women looked for lust, because of "boredom" or something new to try.
Lust finds its own way
More than 30% of married men and 20% of women looked for lust on dating apps because of sexual tensions in their married life. Around 55% of men and 50% of women want someone they wouldn't mind quarantining with, keeping love and lust in their minds.
The survey claims that a surge in mental health concerns such as stress, depression, and anxiety has helped people to learn a lot about themselves during the pandemic.
The hook-ups or casual set-ups were no longer stress-busters for people during the pandemic, instead, people looked for something serious because they had a lot to share about their stress and anxiety which got triggered due to loneliness.
