There’s nothing quite like a pandemic and a local shelter-in-place order to throw a major wrench into your dating life. It was tricky enough to figure out what we wanted and how to find people who wanted that too before it became literally against the law to meet a stranger for a cup of coffee.

Four years ago, I decided never to have sex again. I was healing from trauma and felt overwhelmed even by friend hugs or a date grabbing my hand. I didn’t want to be touched, ever, because it felt…

Last week, we gave you some ideas for quarantine date night, most of which are best suited for people who are quarantining with a partner. Today we’ve got something for those of you who are single and Zoom dating or who are quarantining apart from your partners. Without further ado, here are some Zoom backgrounds you can use to set the mood (and to avoid having to clean your apartment before a date). Just right click on the image (or tap and hold if you’re on your phone) to save it, and then follow these instructions to set up your virtual background in Zoom.

So you love each other, yeah WHATEVER that’s great. But love can only get you so far when you’re both working (and/or taking all your classes) from home because the world is locked down. We’ve scoured the internet and our brains (and we tried to ask you all on twitter too, but there was a notable lack of responses) to come up with these tips for surviving so much togetherness.