Love in the 21st century is more accessible than ever before.
downtown Manhattan on a Saturday night, my girlfriends and I stumbled upon the Jane Hotel nightclub. It was October 2021, and we lined up around the corner, shivering in our platform boots and miniskirts. Nearly 20 freezing minutes later, with our hands stamped up and coats checked after showing our flimsy ’98 IDs , we strutted into the dimly lit ballroom club. Two levels of vintage mirrors and plush velvet lounges filled with dancing clubgoers greeted us with open arms.
Yes, I met my romantic partner in a New York City nightclub–proving it is actually possible to find love in a hopeless place. Even more surprising, however, is that we have been digitally dating long distance throughout the entirety of our relationship. When I first committed to the cross-country romance, I was skeptical. How was I supposed to fall in love through an iPhone screen? I remember seeking advice from my mother, asking if she had ever been in a long-distance relationship herself. She laughed and told me tales of landlines, letter-writing, and pagers. It was then I realized that I was going to have to figure out cross-country dating in the digital age myself.
Understanding your partner’s life away from you ties into Darpinan’s next key point for having a healthy romantic relationship: communication. Assertiveness, vulnerability, and straight speaking give us the ability to ask for what we need. Furthermore, congruency between words and actions allows partners to experience peace while apart. True intimacy often involves a free flow of thoughts and the ability to express needs and wants.
, who says a fundamental factor in successful dating is sharing novel experiences. In a long-distance relationship, sharing time and doing things together can be a challenge. Luckily, most of us made it through the most difficult part of the pandemic by learning—whether we liked it or not—to
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