ST Article on Facebook Shows How Much Dating Couples Miss Each Other During Circuit Breaker

Now, before you go, “Ah, I know right, it’s the story about a woman who was charged for meeting up with his boyfriend twice during the Circuit Breaker period,” hold your horses.

While you wondered how the heck the woman got caught, and wondered if you’re the only person who misses your boyfriend and then wondered if he misses you back, wonder no more.

A Straits Times article has shown how much dating couples miss each other.

Reader Bao: Gosh, so they finally decided to look at the hardship dating couples are facing now?

No, and when no one addressing this issue for two months, you can bet no one’s going to address it again come Phase One.

Reader Bao: It’s okay, I’m single anyway.

ST Article on Facebook Shows How Much Dating Couples Miss Each Other During Circuit Breaker

For some reason, both the authorities and the mainstream media seem to have forgotten about a group of people who’ve been left in the lurch: dating couples.

Couple who used to meet each other daily are being forced apart during the Circuit Breaker and Phase One period, and no one seems to care about them.

I guess falling in love isn’t essential to the authorities.

Yesterday, the Straits Times Facebook Page shared an article. When you click into the link, it’s a list of FAQs on what you can and cannot do during Phase One, with the headline, “Coronavirus: Can I visit my friend or boyfriend, can I travel overseas for work from June 2”.

Okay, just another article until you see the number of shares.

In the world of journalism, there exist two types of news: one is known as hard news, whereby the report is about something serious that people should know about, like the latest GDP of Singapore. Boring, but essential.

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The other is known as soft news—something not important but is interesting to know, like the launch of McDonald’s new Nasi Lemak burger. People have now called soft news “social news”, and usually, social news gets much more engagement on social media than hard news.

Now, this Straits Times article can be considered hard news but with a soft news headline.

So it’s okay for it to have thousands of shares, right?

Well, yes, but it’s already an indication of how popular the topic is, which means dating couples are missing each other.

But it’s the comments that are gold.

Baes are Tagging Their Baes

The post alone gets 411 comments, and most of them are…people tagging just one person.

It’s obvious, isn’t it?

And just for your info, Straits Times has an answer to the burning question (which we all know).

It’s just two letters: “No.”

So for dating couples out there?

Just keep on tagging your bae there and continue ordering food delivery for them.

This issue has been quiet so far, and would most likely remain quiet.

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