In the podcast datevermaak Timo and Lisa Malcorps and Lieke Mosmans are looking into what dating in 2020 means. Dealing with the coronavirus cannot be lacking in this. Timo: “We have argued that there should be rules for singles that you can stick to.”
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But so far, according to Timo, information from RIVM about how singles should deal with the corona virus was lacking. Until today. “It makes sense that as a single you also want to have physical contact”, RIVM writes on its website. “It is extra important that you minimize the risk of coronavirus during intimacy and sex. Discuss together how best to do this.”
Cuddle buddy
For example, agree with the same person to have physical or sexual contact, RIVM advises. “For example, a cuddle buddy or ‘sex buddy’, provided you are free of complaints. Make good agreements with this person about how many other people you both see. The more people you see, the greater the chance of (spreading) the corona virus.”
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The RIVM report provides for the first time some clarity about what singles can and cannot do, says Timo. “First the rule was: keep a meter and a half away, no matter what. Now that is different. And that’s nice, singles have not touched anyone for a long time. It is not about sex, but touch is just a human need, “says Timo.
The advice also means “finally some recognition,” the podcast makers write on their Instagram page. “It was often about lonely elderly people and families. Not singles. While you also make sacrifices as a single, keep your distance.”
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That recognition is so important because it shows that certain feelings of single people are right, and may be there, says Timo. “You can feel lonely, for example.” But if it’s never about that, he says, you can get the idea that that feeling isn’t right.
Just mention
Timo hopes for one last step: that Prime Minister Rutte mentions singles in the press conference. “We understand that every group has a hard time. But it would be nice if they were mentioned in one sentence.”
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