<Welcome to the Marriage Introduction Agency> Is Real Marriage Possible? [13]

Corona

January 20, 2020. The first case of coronavirus infection occurred in Korea.

At that time, I thought it was a story far from me, and I watched the news, thinking that Seoul would be okay.

The third person I met during this time was a tax accountant, 5 years older than me.

Contrary to my wishes, professional male individuals, not ordinary company employees, continued to be matched, but

For the first time, we left each other feedback that we were satisfied.

With anticipation, we exchanged messages and met 4 times, but the problem was that the intervals were too long.

The tax accountant was in the busiest season of the year, and the corona virus was spreading uncontrollably,

and I was also busy with work at my company responding to corona, so I thought it was unavoidable.

To make matters worse, the pattern was always the same when we met. Eat, drink coffee. Eat, drink coffee.

We would text each other about our daily routines.

Still, I even gave him a small chocolate for Valentine's Day, and I think I expressed myself as much as I could, but...

He didn't express himself in any particular way, and two and a half months passed without him even holding my hand.

Corona quickly changed everything.

We had to wear masks in public places, and I used hand sanitizer more often than hand cream.

Performances were canceled, and flower festivals were canceled.

As time went on, no matter what we talked about, the conversation always ended with, “We can't do anything because of Corona.”

Suddenly, I began to suspect that he might just see me as a meal companion.

He would say things like, “I'm meeting you because I like you too.” or “My mother knows we're dating,” hesitating

and leading me on with vague hope.

The matchmaking team leader told me that she didn't like how he was dragging things out and that I should end it quickly.

Finally, one day in mid-April, I asked him directly.

“What exactly is our relationship?”

He seemed surprised, as if he hadn't expected the question at all. I didn't ask after 100 dates.

It's not that I'm so crazy about him that I shouldn't rush into confessing my feelings, and

while he said that he's a good person, he's hesitating for various reasons, and

he said he didn't know he would cause me so much stress and apologized for making me bring this up.

Man, who the heck takes 100 days to be in a subtle relationship?

“We didn't meet for business and develop feelings, and we met through a proper introduction,

so isn't it a bit much to be like this for almost 100 days?”

When I asked why he was so hesitant, he said he couldn't say right now and would tell me after he sorted out his thoughts.

I expected that I wouldn't hear an answer, but I got angry as we talked.

The conclusion?

He cut off all contact after that day.

I don't know whether to blame Corona or the man who runs away when things get tough.