It feels like so long and yet somehow also no time at all. As we think about navigating social connections—like dating—this new landscape, I want to share a little about some conversations I had with my new friend Missy Modell—the genius behind such internet classics as that Dr. Fauci song love song.

Last week, Missy had made a comment in an instagram story about wanting to continue wearing her mask and I shared that I’m still wearing mine too. As we kept chatting, I drew a parallel between establishing boundaries during sex and establishing boundaries with meeting up during COVID. Missy loved the idea and suggested we have an instagram live to talk about it more. If you’re interested, you can watch it here. We cover a lot of ground, including this similarity between healthy communication while Normal Human Dating and healthy communication navigating social connections in a pandemic.