Love at six feet

“There’s all of these beats built into an in-person date. Like: getting seated, looking at the menu, waiting for your order. But with a Zoom date it’s purely talking. The focus is 100 percent on the person on the other side of the screen. If you’re at a restaurant and you get up to use the bathroom, you’re still in a physical place together, so the date doesn’t just end. With a Zoom date it ends when someone has to use the bathroom. You’re like: Are you going to wait while I go to the bathroom? It’s pretty weird.” -Casey Roonan, 29, art educator, Providence, R.I.