i think the idea that "nobody knows how to talk to each other" because of the pandemic is textbook fear mongering. gos forbid anyone is a little shy or socially awkward then here goes the "ever since the pandemic-" people
once I got lost in the mall as a child and I was soo deathly embarrassed about the fact that i was lost (i was a perpetually embarrassed child) that i told a shop attendant that my mother got lost & we need to find her bec I thought that was less embarrassing
one of my situationships lowkey changed my life i used to be a huge pessimist and so closed off but he was so open and unapologetically unafraid of showing emotions and when we ended things i promised myself to be more like that & now i am and it's truly a beautiful way to live!!