Covid: how can I find a partner?
Covid: how can I find a partner?
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Clive-sz8cz

Original Poster:

114 posts

128 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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As I understand it, it is illegal for single people to form a new (distanced) relationship and then move it on to the 'next level'; I assume this is because you can't 'bubble' with a stranger unless you are both hermits or hermitesses and are currently unbubbled; I realise that finding a hermitess on Plenty of Fish is fairly unlikely. Whilst the Police say they won't burst in to your bedroom and drag you naked in to the street for shagging I believe they can if they fancy doing so. Is part of the government's Covid policies some sort of population control and how long do they think they can continue this situation bearing in mind sex is what proverbially makes the world go round.

Show me a glimmer of hope and save me from becoming a Pornhub addict. I look forward to the usual mouthy keyboard warriors calling me a wker (too late lads, I know I'm one already) but some sensible and other witty comments will be appreciated if only to alleviate my boredom.

Note: I put this in NP&E as I've been following the other anti-lockdown /mask etc threads and enjoyed many of the contributions.

Edited by Clive-sz8cz on Saturday 15th August 13:30

DrDeAtH

3,679 posts

256 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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I managed it, it took some planning but was doable.

Big-Bo-Beep

884 posts

78 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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Really, in the grip of a Pandemic you're worrying about not getting your share of yazzums ?

For PH's weary victims of life's vagaries, and we're taking yazzums as read,
can you run some of the advantages of having a partner by us ?

captain_cynic

16,389 posts

119 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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Clive-sz8cz said:
As I understand it, it is illegal for single people to form a new (distanced) relationship and then move it on to the 'next level';
Huh?

I'm pretty certain that getting into a consensual relationship isn't illegal.

I think your understanding here is flawed.

whitesocks

1,006 posts

70 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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What drugs are you smoking?

imagineifyeswill

1,245 posts

190 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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I would question whether flouting any of the current regulations is illegal, the government are spouting fines for each and everything, if you were to refuse the fixed penalties and opt for a court appearance I wonder which statutes of law they would use to prosecute you.

Badda

3,670 posts

106 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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Big-Bo-Beep said:
Really, in the grip of a Pandemic you're worrying about not getting your share of yazzums ?

For PH's weary victims of life's vagaries, and we're taking yazzums as read,
can you run some of the advantages of having a partner by us ?
Aut.

glenrobbo

39,565 posts

174 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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OP, you stated that "Sex makes the world go round".

This is patently not the case:
it's either
a) some rotational energy imparted when the planets were formed in a swirling aggregation of gas and dust, or
b) money.

Have you tried Screwfix?

As Prof. Brian Cox said
:"Things can only get better."

He didn't say when though. frown

Edited by glenrobbo on Saturday 15th August 14:57

SpeckledJim

32,732 posts

277 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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imagineifyeswill said:
I would question whether flouting any of the current regulations is illegal, the government are spouting fines for each and everything, if you were to refuse the fixed penalties and opt for a court appearance I wonder which statutes of law they would use to prosecute you.
Well, behind a fixed penalty will be a proper offence, for which a court penalty can be applied.

That said, I think the OP is taking the spirit of the times a little to seriously, and a sensibly progressed relationship is fine if reasonable early precautions are taken.

Monkeylegend

28,532 posts

255 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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The problem you are facing OP is that you will not know what they look like until all this is over paperbag

glenrobbo

39,565 posts

174 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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SpeckledJim said:
Well, behind a fixed penalty will be a proper offence, for which a court penalty can be applied.

That said, I think the OP is taking the spirit of the times a little to seriously, and a sensibly progressed relationship is fine if reasonable early precautions are taken.
Yep. The OP will be fine as long as he wears a condom over his head. wink

SCEtoAUX

4,119 posts

105 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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Move to Somerset.

M22s

603 posts

173 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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glenrobbo said:
SpeckledJim said:
Well, behind a fixed penalty will be a proper offence, for which a court penalty can be applied.

That said, I think the OP is taking the spirit of the times a little to seriously, and a sensibly progressed relationship is fine if reasonable early precautions are taken.
Yep. The OP will be fine as long as he wears a condom over his head. wink
This actually made me l.o.l.!

Monkeylegend

28,532 posts

255 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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M22s said:
glenrobbo said:
SpeckledJim said:
Well, behind a fixed penalty will be a proper offence, for which a court penalty can be applied.

That said, I think the OP is taking the spirit of the times a little to seriously, and a sensibly progressed relationship is fine if reasonable early precautions are taken.
Yep. The OP will be fine as long as he wears a condom over his head. wink
This actually made me l.o.l.!
Yes but he's going to look like a dick head though.

(Sorry Robbo I know where the pun thread is)

sunbeam alpine

7,225 posts

212 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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Is this not the perfect opportunity for a Glory Hole type scenario?

Of course you need to find out some way to make sure you're "connecting with" the right person, and not with her ugly mate, or a fat trucker called Steve who's created a fake profile. Although you could always say "any hole's a goal"...

smile

bobtail4x4

4,306 posts

133 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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Monkeylegend said:
The problem you are facing OP is that you will not know what they look like until all this is over paperbag
had that the other day, woman in shop started flirting
perhaps because I was also wearing a mask??

Monkeylegend

28,532 posts

255 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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bobtail4x4 said:
Monkeylegend said:
The problem you are facing OP is that you will not know what they look like until all this is over paperbag
had that the other day, woman in shop started flirting
perhaps because I was also wearing a mask??
You clearly have an attractive body smile

anonymous-user

78 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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glenrobbo said:
OP, you stated that "Sex makes the world go round".

This is patently not the case:
it's either
a) some rotational energy imparted when the planets were formed in a swirling aggregation of gas and dust, or
b) money.

Have you tried Screwfix?

As Prof. Brian Cox said
:"Things can only get better."

He didn't say when though. frown

Edited by glenrobbo on Saturday 15th August 14:57
He may have done but he played the keyboard and wasn't the main vocalist.

bobtail4x4

4,306 posts

133 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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Monkeylegend said:
bobtail4x4 said:
Monkeylegend said:
The problem you are facing OP is that you will not know what they look like until all this is over paperbag
had that the other day, woman in shop started flirting
perhaps because I was also wearing a mask??
You clearly have an attractive body smile
if "attractive" means I have my own gravity?

Monkeylegend

28,532 posts

255 months

Saturday 15th August 2020
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bobtail4x4 said:
Monkeylegend said:
bobtail4x4 said:
Monkeylegend said:
The problem you are facing OP is that you will not know what they look like until all this is over paperbag
had that the other day, woman in shop started flirting
perhaps because I was also wearing a mask??
You clearly have an attractive body smile
if "attractive" means I have my own gravity?
We all suffer as we get older.