{"id":200,"date":"2021-02-12T14:13:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T14:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/?p=200"},"modified":"2023-04-14T17:42:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T16:42:54","slug":"love-on-the-rocks-86-wait-for-things-to-go-back-to-normal-before-looking-for-the-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recruitireland.com\/advice-centre\/love-on-the-rocks-86-wait-for-things-to-go-back-to-normal-before-looking-for-the-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Love on the rocks: 86% wait for things to go back to normal before looking for \u201cthe one\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amidst Covid-19 everyone has seen a huge shift in how we go about our everyday lives. What it has stolen from people is a list too long to name.<\/p>\n

From the little things we miss like shopping or sitting in a coffee shop to the much bigger things like friends, family and even going back to work.<\/p>\n

For many single people, it has taken away a year\u2019s opportunity to meet the one in a pub, a bar, or at work. As if dating wasn\u2019t hard enough – meeting strangers, being emotionally vulnerable, now throw the worries of health and safety into the mix.<\/p>\n

Whilst many have turned to virtual dating or even socially distanced dating, it\u2019s just not the same. Now in a third lockdown where meeting strangers in person isn\u2019t so normal, the chances of meeting the one in a social situation are slim if not impossible.<\/p>\n

While a third of relationships start in the workplace, the statistics in 2021 on how people met each other will more than likely look very different.<\/p>\n

Recruit Ireland asked their followers to take part in a poll. The question was \u2018Amidst the pandemic is your approach to dating changing? Or will you wait until things go back to normal before meeting someone ?\u2019<\/p>\n

Only 14% of people said their approach to dating would change by using Zoom dates or dating apps, whilst 86% said they would wait until things go back to normal before meeting someone.<\/p>\n

Could this have a knock-on impact on the average age of marriage, family planning, and more?<\/p>\n

Recruit Ireland spoke to Irish research company, Core, which provides the latest consumer research on how people are adapting to COVID-19. Within their \u2018Core Dating Research 2021\u2019, their findings have shown that:<\/p>\n