Modern dating has introduced us to the concept of blind dating. This is when you go on a date with someone you don't know and pray not to get murdered.
What happens from there is a crapshoot: you could have a good time, could feel that it's going as bad as Rachel's blind date in Friends, or you could get stuck at their house due to the pandemic...
Seriously. That's what happened to one woman who's sharing her story.
She's identified only by her last name, Wang, in the media.
At the beginning of January, she traveled to Zhengzhou to begin a week-long trip of meeting potential suitors.
"I'm getting old now, my family introduced me to ten matches..." she told Shanghai-based outlet The Paper.
Soon, the coronavirus decided to be a third-wheel.
"The fifth date wanted to show off his cooking skills and invited me over to his house for dinner," she said.
That same night, they received some unsettling news.
This outbreak included 100 reported cases. As a result, the city went into a sudden lockdown and Wang was unable to travel back home per strict COVID-19 protocols.
In the clips, she shared all sorts of things, like her unidentified date cleaning and working on his laptop.
It also showed the man cooking her meals, such as tomato and eggs.
Wang's videos became so popular that she began trending on the Chinese social media platform Weibo. However, she has since removed the videos out of respect for her date.
In an interview with The Paper, she gave a much-anticipated update to their relationship.
She did, however, point out some of his positive qualities for other potential suitors.
"Besides the fact that he's as mute as a wooden mannequin, everything else (about him) is pretty good," she said.
She then shared a hopeful message to her viewers.
"Thanks everyone for your attention... I hope the outbreak ends soon and that my single sisters also find a relationship soon," she said.
"This is a romantic comedy," one user wrote on BBC News' Instagram post about the story.
There actually is a romantic comedy similar to this. It's called Two Night Stand and it's about two people who meet online, hook up, and then get locked inside the guy's apartment during a snowstorm.
"cooked every day for her? hubby him wtf u complainin bout sis," one user commented.
"She should enjoy the company to the fullest," another added. Makes sense. I mean, what else is there to do in quarantine...
"Extroverts on first dates “ shall we move in,'" one wrote. This pandemic sure is a weird sort of Cupid.
"And, that's how I met your mother," another commented with laughing emojis.
Finally, someone said what we were all thinking: "Just another reason not to go to someone's house for a first date." Yep!
