Being Single During Quarantine Doesn't Have To Suck

To swipe or not to swipe? That is the question I asked myself last week when my finger hovered over the Tinder icon on my phone, as it always automatically does when I find myself in a moment of boredom. But I figured there was no point. Of the hundreds of matches I've gotten over the years (not a humble brag, just a sign that I've been on Tinder for way too long), I've only ever met up with a handful of them - and that was before no one was allowed to leave their apartment. So instead I went to Instagram where I was inevitably confronted with story after story of cute couples co-quarantining. I would have thrown my phone out the window if it itself wasn't my only window to the outside world. Le. Fucking. Sigh.

I gave myself some time to wallow, then before I succumbed to the thought of dying alone before even turning 30, I turned to the ultimate single girl resource: The Bevy, a dating concierge service helmed by relationship pros. Matchmaker extraordinaire and The Bevy co-founder Nikki Lewis immediately calmed my nerves with her advice for getting through this whole quarantine thing without giving up hope. If you're currently in the same (solo) boat, click through for her tips that helped me. As it turns out, being single during quarantine doesn't totally have to suck.

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