Love in the Time of COVID

What a pandemic can teach us about ourselves

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Given all the CDC warnings and pandemic best practices, my partner wanted to stock up on two weeks’ worth of food. My first thought was “and put it where?” Our pantry is awkward and our fridge sometimes fills up with groceries for even one week, let alone two or three. My second, more shadowy, thought was that I’d see all of this extra food and…