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Collected Item: “"Welcome back to courtship, Brad."”

Give your story a title.

"Welcome back to courtship, Brad."

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

screenshot/ tweet

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

A tweet speculating as to how the pandemic and resulting restrictions may effect the online dating scene. It suggests it will slowing it back down since dates and physical relationships cannot be started as easily due to social distancing.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

interpersonal relationships, social distancing

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://twitter.com/kaitlynmcquin/status/1239282973066887168

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Kaitlyn McQuin, @Kaitlyn McQuin on twitter

Give this story a date.

2020-03-15
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