From joining dating apps to buying contraception and sex toys, the return of physical dating has prompted Britons to get ready for what is being billed as a summer of love. Michael Henry, Superdrug’s healthcare director, says millions of people had “missed sexual connections during lockdown”. The opposite had been true in the spring, when sales slumped as lockdowns reduced the “number of intimate occasions” available to single people. Some dating apps introduced video chat features to let people to go on virtual dates during lockdown. “This pandemic has made me realise I don’t have to be in a relationship to be happy,” she says.

Source: The Guardian May 22, 2021 06:56 UTC