Dating During A Pandemic: Free COVID Tests For Tinder Matches
03/17/21 AT 12:22 PM
Online dating app Tinder is not only matching up potential suiters, but it is making it easier for them to meet up by giving them free COVID tests.
The matchmaking site has teamed up with Everlywell to give away 1,000 of the company’s COVID-19 Test Home Collection Kits for free to potential matches to check their virus status before they venture out on a date.
Love matches can request a test for themselves and their match before their date, starting on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, where they will receive a code to claim their mail-in COVID test from the Tinder app.
Relationships are hard but they can be even more difficult right now. So heading into this Valentine s Day weekend, experts say there are ways to keep your relationship strong even during a global pandemic.
After five-and-a-half years together, Cierra Starkey and Paul Leimer thought they had been through it all. So Paul thought a ski trip to Wyoming would be the perfect place to propose. Then the pandemic began. My proposal plans got completely messed up and we had to change them several times. Ended up proposing at Lake Norman nearby as a backup and she still said yes, Paul said.
Searching for love in the pandemic? NJ matchmaker has advice
But don t give up. Love is out there. You just need to know where to look.
Lauren Conaghan, director of New Jersey Singles, a personalized matchmaking service, says it s been harder for people to meet others while being stuck at home during the pandemic. But one thing she s noticed is that New Jerseyans are taking better stock of their lives these days.
While online dating is fine if people want to have a cyber relationship during the pandemic, there are others who desperately need a social life and want to meet someone special. Matchmaking is a great way to go because all profiles are done in person, she said. All questions, from physical preferences to compatible traits, are asked so that matches should be spot on when two people get together.