When Everyone Else Is Married with Children

In the proudest moment of my quarantine, I built my own bike. Am I confident enough in the structural integrity of this bike to actually ride it? If I were quarantining with a boyfriend, would I have insisted that he step in to help around hour seven? Meanwhile, romantic cohabitators have ascended into the most heightened form of coupledom.

They’d hung out for a few years, as close friends, but things were “Like, seeing my friends every day in school was enough social interaction for me,” he lot studying couples and holding experimental speed- dating events.

The answer is easy: you step in and do whatever it takes to break them up. Next question? The truth is, when it comes to dating and relating, there really are very few black and white answers. Many times the answers lie in the gray areas, and in the deeper questions. We talked with some friends who have experienced this and shared their insights with us. What is it about this person that bothers you? Is the boyfriend or girlfriend a bad influence on your friend?