‘He went for a wee in a cemetery’: Millennial Love listeners share socially distant date stories
It's been almost two weeks since the government allowed people in England to meet up with one person outside of their household
Your support helps us to tell the story
This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story.
The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans from across the entire political spectrum every month. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock you out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. But quality journalism must still be paid for.
Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference.
As the UK approaches its tenth week in lockdown, it seems that people have started experimenting with social distancing dates.
Following Boris Johnson’s speech earlier this month, in which he unveiled a roadmap for lifting the lockdown in the coming weeks, those in England are now allowed to meet up with one person outside of their household.
As a result, some single people have been making the most of the opportunity to go on dates for the first time in more than two months.
Sharing their experiences on this week’s episode of The Independent‘s Millennial Love podcast, four women describe the dates they’ve been on in the last week – and some were more successful than others.
One woman, named Georgie, describes how she and her date wound up in a cemetery.
“He went for a wee by the tree. We'd only had a bottle of water each. Obviously I’d much rather that than he wet himself on the date. It was pretty awkward.”
Meanwhile, another young woman named Lucy* reveals how her date attempted to flout social distancing rules by trying to kiss her.
“I started laughing and scooched back in the grass and was like, ‘we’re meant to be social distancing! I think he thought he was being very suave.”
Finally, we hear from Molly*, whose story illustrates how social distancing dates can be a success so long as you’re attracted to one another.
“We went to a park near where I live, he brought a picnic blanket and we sat two metres apart. We just sat there and chatted for seven hours.”
You can listen to the full episode here.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments