What Failed Pandemic Dates Taught Me About Human Connection

Imprisoned by the babble

Photo by Nik Shuliahin on Unsplash

Placing his nearly empty wine glass on the table next to the couch we were carefully perched on opposite ends of, my date excitedly pulled out his phone to show me a Tik Tok video he recorded.

“I’ll show you the one without sound first,” he said, glancing expectantly at my face to make sure I was…