Quarantine: Bad For Love?

The Coronavirus has already been determined to be a pandemic, so several countries around the world have declared themselves in quarantine.

Also, companies and businesses have authorized their employees to take shelter at home to keep them safe. This as a safety measure so that nobody's health is affected.

However, COVID-19 has affected more than that, it has affected more than bodies and immune systems, as this virus has also affected love.

For since the declaration of the isolation, more divorces than usual have been reported, and quarantine of couples is suspected to be the culprit.

According to the Chinese newspaper Global Times, due to the isolation caused by COVID-19, divorce petitions have skyrocketed in one city in China, Xi'an, starting March 1st, even reaching the limit of petitions.

This district has about three million inhabitants, so it was completely quarantined because of the virus, but what they didn't count on was that four days later, hundreds of couples decided to separate.

Officials said this was because the offices had been closed for nearly a month, so applications were delayed, while others said divorces were a direct result of the mandatory quarantine.

They claim that, because of the epidemic, many couples have been at home together for more than a month, this produced conflicts that, perhaps, were already hidden and exploded when it came to keeping themselves alone for so long.

In the district of Yatra the same thing happened, the requests for divorces reached their limit during the first days of March, so many people have no doubt that this virus, more than attacking health, is also attacking love.

If you and your partner want to avoid it, it's best to look for activities that can help you stay fun and, above all, be comfortable with each other for so many days in one place.

It is true that in a relationship everyone needs their own space, which, in a formal relationship, is achieved by being outside the house, going out with friends, getting some fresh air, etc.

However, unfortunately, it will be somewhat impossible because the quarantine is to prevent the virus from spreading, so it is best that - when you need it - you respect each other's space even if you are in the same place and have agreements for activities you can do together and others in which it will not be possible for you such as each other's home office, projects, etc.

Are you experiencing isolation as a couple?

There are many things that can be done together that you may not have thought of and that you now have all the time in the world to try.

1. Teach each other

I don't know anything about your relationship, but I can assure you that your partner knows how to do something that you don't and vice versa.

Take advantage of your time together at home to spend an hour a day helping each other.

2. Putting together a puzzle

The truth is an activity that requires time and what better than to invest it together.

You don't even have to have it physically at home, you can create one with your photos and print it out.

3. Prepare a complicated recipe

Try more difficult recipes than usual, so that you do it in pairs, it's easier and in the end you eat delicious.

4. Dinner with candles

Transform your dining room into the most romantic (and intimate) restaurant in the world.

5. Try new things (sexually)

You can visit Mojoupgrade, an online kinks questionnaire, which is done separately and at the end shows you only the options you are both willing to try.

Maybe your partner's fantasy is that you'll stick cake on his chest and you don't even have to leave the house to do it.

6. Playing board games for two

Also remember that you can always turn classic games into something more daring like strip jenga or strip poker ;)

7. Organize the house

Probably not everyone will like this option, but now that there's time maybe it's time to finally get the dreaded drawer of things in order.

It's easier in a team.

8. Writing a bucket list together

One of the most beautiful things we can do is to let our minds fly, especially when we are locked up.

Now that you can, make a list of the things you have to do as a couple when the lockdown is over.

9. Make a fort

What better than turning off the phones and building a fort. You can have a picnic inside with a wine, I don't know, it's just an idea.

10. An improvised spa day

You can look for homemade masks with ingredients you have on hand, and learn to massage each other.

11. Read each other's favorite book

Or read a new book together and tell each other what you think after each chapter, how about that?

12. Exercise together

Don't you have weights at home? Then carry your partner! LOL, just kidding. But there are several exercises you can do to make the most of your partner's weight and make it work better.

13. Make a playlist

Make one to prepare dinner, another to bathe, exercise, etc. with songs that beat you both.

14. Make a virtual double (or triple) date

Drinking at home doesn't have to be face to face. And you can even play group games with a simulator.

15. Make a wish list on Amazon

So there's no excuse after "I didn't know what to get you."

16. Playing video games

Surely there are several who were already looking forward to it and had not played for lack of time.

17. Taking cool pictures

I didn't say no clothes, you thought that (although it's not a bad idea).

18. Exploiting your creativity

Take out a bunch of watercolors, colored pencils and play that you are in an episode of Art Attack.

19. Make personality quizzes

Who's the corn and who's the toasted corn in this relationship?

20. Learning a new language

Acquire a new hobby as a couple, or take a course in something in general.

The advantages are that you now have someone to study with and even some healthy competition.