Once upon a time, back in the old days (2019), spring evenings promised any number of romantic outings with partners and strangers alike: Bars! Restaurants! Concerts! House parties! But in the throes of the pandemic, “date night” merely sounds like a faint echo from Saturdays past — way back when “Saturday” still meant something. 

That does not mean, however, that you ought to rule out romance entirely. “Date nights still matter in quarantine, even if you’re seeing each other nonstop,” says certified relationship therapist KB. “Even while under the same roof, you’re moving in parallel and in your own separate worlds, working, doing chores, calling friends. That’s companionable. On a date, you focus on each other.” And if you’re not seeing each other nonstop, Fitzpatrick still believes that the one-on-one intimacy of a designated date night is valuable — even when it calls for “virtual drinks.”