This week, we learned that, according to the Kinsey Institute, one in five people report they have been contacted by ex-partners, during the current crisis and isolation related to COVID-19.
The researchers speculate that these contacts come from a variety of motives, ranging from checking on the health and safety of former partners, to existential questions about whether it was right to end past relationships.
Renewing old relationships in this time of crisis may be a sense of safety or stability in an unstable time. It might also be a way to develop “after-isolation” plans and potentials for hooking up.
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