In this fast-paced world, caught up with work and responsibilities, we often forget to spend more quality time with our dear ones. And this is probably one good thing that coronavirus has done―it literally closed us in with our significant others 24/7 and threw the key away. And as much as we are grateful for this generous opportunity, and as much as we love the people we are stuck with, I think, it's fair to say that anything can happen. Some people say birth rates will skyrocket in nine months; others say there will be many broken hearts.
So we ask you, Bored Pandas in quarantine, to share how coronavirus has affected your relationship with your significant other. You are not alone in this, and your experiences might help others going through similarly rough or happy times!
#21
I'm single
8points
#22
I'm a child at 14 and I have been living at home with 9 other people and 8 animals nobody in my family cares if the Corona Virus is in the house or not. We and a family and we love everyone with the same love. Corona or not.
8points
#23
As i am in "real" quarantine for 14 days because I had contact to three positive tested persons it is hard for me to stay inside all day. But I am very lucky because a: I have a balcony and b: my boyfriend supports me alot. He also cant go outside now (my test results arent back yet) so we are stuck here together. which is great in a way. i love beeing quarantined with him. we do our own stuff in our own rooms but also spend alot time together (cooking, cuddling, relaxing in the sun, playing videogames).
8points
#24
I haven´t seen my boyfriend for 3 weeks now. We are not sharing a flat and he lives in an other city. But we will be fine. We will get through this together and tomorrow we have planned to skyped for the first time in years. We used to skype very often when we got to know eachother. So I am very much looking forward to reviving the old times. :)
7points
#25
My now husband and i had a long distance relationship ( like different continents and visa issues included) for 3 years, and we made it through thanks to all internet apps. We had ups and downs but realized it's because of all the stress and not knowing when can we see each other next. During the outbreak we were on an island for vacation. It was a little nightmare to get flights back, where he lost its sanity with the staff. Then we made it, but the next day i had misplaced his card in a different holder, he got very angry, we drove back to the hotel, he found it in his wallet and was upset why i wouldn't apologize although i did everything to resolve the problem right away. 20h of driving later we made it safe, had another little argument and now he is staying with friends, i am in a hotel, and thinking separation. It's not the Covid situation, it's people being their true form.
7points
#26
Well I´m single, so staying at home is not a big deal for me. But I met a girl, few weeks before Corona got serious and so I can just write her from time to time and hope she ist also interested in me since I don´t know this.
Because I am a voluntary firefighter, I can see my friends sometimes when we get an alarm. This really helps me not going crazy between working (truck mechanic) and sitting at home.
Because I am a voluntary firefighter, I can see my friends sometimes when we get an alarm. This really helps me not going crazy between working (truck mechanic) and sitting at home.
6points
#27
im forever alone... whos with me?
6points
#28
My husband is in prison so this is quite normal situation for us. We used to see each other about every other weekend (me visiting jail or my husband visiting home), and now we can't meet for some time, but we have phones so we can talk every day. They don't normally allow phones in the prison during night time, but now my husband can keep his phone with him 24/7, so we can say good night and good morning to each other, that's nice. :)
6points
#29
We're coming up on our 15th wedding anniversary. Our twins just turned 10. Its stressful and scary but, also wonderful that we get so much family time now! Only downside is that we live in a small house. A very small house. You cannot hide sound, or, er... smells from each other.
I now know more about the popping habits, schedules, anomalies, etc. of my little family than I ever wanted to know.
5points
#30
I wish there was something to report! I am not currently in a relationship, but not being able to see the person I have a crush on in the early stages of the feeling has been rough. I will say it has made me more bold in starting conversations with them, though... hoping school opens back up before the end of the academic year so I can see them before they move!
4points
#31
My partner and I recently moved cities just a few weeks ago. We’ve moved quite a few times for work/school. Before we moved it was just us hanging out every night and weekend.
I am not working right now due to the virus besides phone meetings, he’s working out of town and is considered essential for now. I miss him lots so I plan out a few things for each day to keep busy!
4points
#32
I can't say it has since I don't have an S.O. , but I do know that my family and I are growing to dislike each other more each day.
4points
#33
No change. We already worked from home together and since we also have an adult child with special needs we have often had to be at home for weeks at a time. I do wish I was not the only one who cooks real meals.
The biggest challenge is that I have an onsite apartment and I am really close to the tenant and her kid but we have to social distance cause the child still goes to the other parent's house so we cant really know if she is not exposed when there.
3points
#34
My girlfriend and I got together a few weeks ago at school. We haven't been able to see each other and I miss her. I can't wait to be able to go back to schools so I can see her.
3points
#35
Bored pandas, we have two separate homes and he's working at the hospitals so we decided he stay away from from us on the other home alone so me and kids on the other home to prevent the spread of covid 19 for incase he contacted it during his working hours, but we still have to send him food on the other side, we'll get through this with God's help
3points
#36
Well nothing really changed. Me and my boyfriend are still working and we have two roommates and they are still working. The only difference is that were not going out and enjoying social activities with other people. I was working a second job to help speed up the process of paying off my car loan but it is what it is.
2points
#37
We're about an hour's drive apart, and both of us have family members who are compromised, so we had to make the difficult decision to stay distant for a while. It's really difficult, because I want nothing more than to hold him and run my fingers through his hair. But when he called me and promised me he wasn't going anywhere, my heart skipped a beat. I love that man.
2points
#38
I think this self quarantine helps you and your person because this is a difficult time for the both of you but it prepares you for such issues like this in the future or a long distance thing if one of you is going to be in another country,my relationship hasn't been affected that much because we talk everyday,video calls and my person understands that we will get through this
1point
#39
To be honest with you this whole thing has affected my relationship with my boyfriend in the worst possible way we use to date a couple of years ago and broke up cause things were going really bad with us then 2 months ago we just got back together cause I believe every man deserves a second chance so he moved in at first everything was ok between us but once this thing started to get worse he got worse I barely see him or talk to him anymore he don't follow the rules of the virus he don't do the curfew he don't quarantine he's not protecting himself at all he has asthma he can't afford to get the virus I have asthma I'm anemic and I have a heart murmur I can't afford to get sick he's always out there all day every day running around with who knows who doing who knows what coming home at all hours of the night sometimes he don't come home at all sometimes he come home at like 12 in the morning 2 in the morning and when he is around all we do is fight every day I text him to check up on him and see how he's doing and make sure he's ok cause I worry about him being out there like that with the virus I love him and I care about him it would hurt me if anything happened to him but he don't seem to care about what happens to me as long as he's good that's all that matters he don't call or text me to see how I'm doing so I don't know what to do I don't think this relationship is going to work he's not taking this virus seriously he must think it's a joke and I'm afraid one day he might get it and bring it back to me all I want to do is protect him and keep him safe all he wants to do is fight and make threats I just wish this virus would be over soon cause things were a whole lot better before this we were happy we talked a lot we spent more time together we did things together we had fun and now we're both drifting apart
1point


