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Couples Face Confusing Times in Covid-19 Quarantine
People have long been speculating about what would happen if couples who live together started to spend more time with each other and what would happen to couples who live apart.
Now the data is in. True Public have noticed several trends among the 16–34 age group.
Firstly, when quarantine started, most couples who lived together (whether married or dating) found the experience to be positive. However, in the last two weeks, 20% of these couples began to struggle and it seems that that number will increase as quarantine continues.
On the other hand, 15% of relationships have seem improvements, with older respondents in longer relationships experiencing most of these improvements.
For those who aren’t quarantining with a loved one, forty-three percent (43%) of respondents admitted to going to see either a partner, crush or friend.
Right now, it seems that despite some couples experiencing some struggles, others experiencing good times and even others defying curfews and isolation warnings to see their loved ones, most are relatively the same.
But this next statistic seems to predict that this 20% of struggling relationships is likely going to increase.
