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Slow Dating Is Sexy In A Pandemic, Hoboken Woman And Others Say

In a Washington Post story, a 22-year-old podcast host from Hoboken and others shared how they date during the coronavirus pandemic.

Sign outside Beethoven's Veranda, a florist in Hoboken.
Sign outside Beethoven's Veranda, a florist in Hoboken. (Caren Lissner/Patch)

HOBOKEN, NJ — During the coronavirus pandemic, people are being more cautious about dating, and some are glad to have more conversations on dating apps before ever meeting. The Washington Post covered this new aspect of "slow dating" in a story on Friday, including quotes from a 22-year-old Hoboken woman.

Tinah Ogalo of Hoboken, who hosts "In Your Twentys" [sic], says she talked with a guy for a month and a half on a dating app before meeting for a meal outside. “It’s nice to have a person in quarantine to vent," she says. Read more of the story here.

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