It’s a classic meet-cute: Jason Zenz and Andrea Martin met on Hinge in March 2020, against the backdrop of the onset of the global pandemic. OK, not quite classic, but a now common love story. While in pre-pandemic life, the two might have gone out for drinks or gotten dinner at a neighborhood spot, they had to adapt, as is the case for life under COVID-19.
“I felt like I already knew him when I met him,” Martin says. “I think we got a lot closer and our relationship kind of grew faster in some ways because we’ve only ever spent time together alone.”
After Bolivar overcame the virus, they spent more time in-person together, with Bolivar eventually moving in to reduce the risk of spending time in different households.
“There’s so few people I could spend 24/7 trapped in a room with and not be, like, crazy,” Kolodziej says.
When asked what excited her the most about a post-COVID existence in relation to her dating life, she says the prospect of “meeting people more organically.”
“The world has seen so much, so many horrific things from this virus,” Caise says, “but it brought us together.” v
