Play Your Cards Right

By Nova Krasner

Shuffle, shuffle again and deal your cards. Throughout the digital age of dating, we swipe through, click, or browse our categories of potential partners within seconds. Being able to discern what you like in a partner at first glance is something we had to adapt to in the age of social media. 

Dating apps have had a surge of use, especially after the quarantine of 2019 and how dating online was more approved of due to safety reasons off being a potential partner who may have been exposed to Covid, or any other health reasons of being with people who were not your immediate family during that time. However, this trend did not go away, but only exponentially increased as the digital social scene is growing more each year. 

As we slowly step away from fostered quarantines by the government and step into an age adjusting to Covid, how exactly has the dating scene shifted amongst the younger population? 

We are as a society, adjusting to being able to socialize again thanks to vaccinations, safety precautions, and booster shots being avidly distributed. The question is: how will it change from prior to our quarantine days? 

There seems to be a certain standard when it comes to partners in recent times. The phrases “toxic, red flag, and sneak link” are all items of today’s culture in dating amongst all. Learning about what partner or partners you would like, or are attracted to must come from experience and personal discernment. Let’s say you are given a deck and must discern the best quality card based on its face. You think you’ve been given a “queen” (metaphorically of course) but your best friend disagrees and says they are a “two of hearts” at best. What qualifies to decipher what determines the quality of a partner? That comes from experience, mutual treatment, and respect. 

The reality is: it’s up to you. There is not a law book that will guarantee a good or bad experience in dating and love life. Building a connection with a person can be scary. Allowing someone to know vulnerable aspects of yourself is not an easy journey. But the beauty of dating is that you can do it repeatedly if you want to! Or, do it one good time and find the love of your life.

Dating is anyone’s game and it can be a fun one at that. It’s all about you and playing your cards right. 💌