Getty Images The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic has triggered large-scale anxiety but also increased intimacy among couples.

ThinkStock Photos On the flip side, too much proximity might lead to quarrels.

Finding Love Online Can Be A Cakewalk, Just Avoid These Seven Mistakes







Autoplay Autoplay 1 of 8 Get Rid Of These Dating Profile Mistakes Everything in this world has become digital now. You can even find love by just one swipe of your finger. But some restrictions imposed by photo and character limits leave some of us at a bit of a loose end.



According to The Independent, two Reddit users asked men and women to list the red flags they've seen on dating profiles.



These are the seven mistakes people make while writing about themselves in a dating app bio: Details Always Help The Blank Profile



You've already gone to the effort of creating a profile, typing your name and age, maybe you even uploaded one pic. What else do they need? Who Likes a Narcissist? Bathroom Selfies



Firstly, that flash is obscuring the torso/chest/face you're obviously desperate to show off. Secondly, you're clearly a bit of a narcissist/you don't get out much, hence the bathroom. Thirdly, don't think we can't see that there's a toilet in the background. Please Don't be Vain Height



Short of stating your shoe size and your contact lens prescription, writing your height in your bio essentially translates to the following "I'm not interesting, I'm not witty, but I sure am tall". Groupfie Much? The group profile picture



Not only is this confusing as we have no idea who you are, but it immediately leads us to believe that you are the least attractive person in the photograph. Not a good start. Either bag yourself some beastly friends or play it safe with a solo pic.

NEW DELHI: "All you need is love, love is all you need", sang The Beatles in the 1960s, and that is possibly the mantra for couples young and not so young confined to their homes, away from office, parties and other such distractions, in these anxious coronavirus times.Veering between social distancing and close cohabitation, many thousands of couples are rediscovering each other as cities and towns across the country go into lockdown. With this increased intimacy , many pharmacies as well as e-commerce sites are reporting rising sales of condoms and contraceptive pills while some experts are already looking at a "coronavirus boom" in December 2020 and an entire generation of " quaranteens " in 2033.The unprecedented coronavirus pandemic has triggered large-scale anxiety but also increased intimacy among couples who, caught in their busy lives, don't find the time to be with each other.So, while the demand for food supplies, masks and medicines has risen, so has it for condoms and pills."Our stock of masks is over. Many people are demanding chloroquin and Vitamin C. And the sale of condoms has also increased," said Shah Nawaz of Loyal Pharmacy in south Delhi's New Friend's Colony area.A staffer at another pharmacy in central Delhi who did not wish to be named echoed Nawaz. He said while many people are stocking up on hydroxychloroquine sulfate as a possible drug against COVID-19, the sale of condoms has also "increased quite a bit".Sources at a leading e-commerce site also said sales of condoms and contraceptives have jumped online."In times of war and epidemics, intimacy levels go up among sexual partners," said Rajiv Mehta, consultant psychiatrist at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH).December 2020, he told , might just see a 'coronavirus baby boom' of sorts."People are anxious and living at home. Couples, married or otherwise, who were too busy with their professional lives are now getting proximity and time. So intimacy will increase as it has increased during wars. This is a war-like situation," Mehta said.He added that may people have lightheartedly even started referring to babies born nine months from now as the "quaranteens" who will become teens in 2033."Fatigue is one reason married couples in big cities don't have regular sex. So, basically, people are getting back to normal sexual life," he said.On the flip side, too much proximity might lead to quarrels, Mehta cautioned.Nikita Srivastava (26) and Gaurav Mathur (29), a live-in couple in Ghaziabad, said they are getting to learn more about each other in this "homebound period"."We had different shifts at our offices earlier, but now even with separate shifts we get to spend more time with each other. We discussed it with our doctor, and he suggested a physical relationship is not problematic as long as we both are not affected by the virus," said Nikita.In Gaurav's view, the situation is "actually good" for them as a couple."And it's not just about having more intimacy than earlier. We have found a new level of commitment now. We talk, discuss, plan our future, share secrets. I am finding so many interesting things about her that I didn't know earlier. I think we are in a better place now," he said.Jinia Ghosh, 28, who got married last year, said she is under tremendous stress and is constantly worried."I am getting worked up. At times there is this palpitation and nagging sense of worry, this feel of an apocalyptic situation as we are seeing death everywhere in the world," she said."So yes, I guess couples will get more intimate in this time... And watching movies and surfing on mobile phones can give you leisure only to a certain extant," she said.A city-based psychologist, who did not wish to be named, said the sale of erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra, and menstruation-halting medicines will also rise further as the lockdown progresses.