If you started 2020 with a resolution to bring a renewed effort to spice up your social or dating life in the great city of Philadelphia, you’re not alone.

Turns out there’s about a thousand articles about setting goals to manifest the love life you’d always imagined, but no amount of positive thinking, first-date prep or simply telling the universe that you’re ready (lol) to meet that special someone prepared single folks for a dangerous pandemic. Not only could a first kiss be terrible … it could be deadly.

Myself and my other 20-something single friends usually meet people through a mix of in-person encounters and dating apps. I was that girl at the beginning of the year who was — say it with me — “really ready to put energy into dating” and “put myself out there more” (ugh).

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