Well, I meant hypothetical in the sense that we didn't want the thread to be interpreted as a proposition or application to join our personal situation, not do we want to cause a lot of judgment in what can be a bit of a hot button issue.
We're interested in honest responses from the community here. A lot of people act like nothing has changed and we should ignore what's going on, but I have theories about how many people might fall into each category above, even if they're not always super vocal about it. We also went to make room for people who didn't have regulars to make arrangements with in the beginning, or people who already had too many FWBs or party friends to consider narrowing it down. Like, "hypothetically, if you DID have someone to meet with regularly and exclusively, would you?"
And yes, 8 months in is late to start making changes in daily behavior, but numbers are soaring in a lot of places right now, and in a lot of cases it's because people haven't been behaving differently (or differently enough) from how they treated hooking up before this thing hit. On the flip side, many people hunkered down so strictly in the beginning that their lockdown wasn't sustainable forever. So we're curious how many people might be trying to meet somewhere in the middle, with calculated risk mitigation, vs. still those adamantly clinging to one end of the spectrum or the other.
Congratulations on your own arrangement, by the way. Glad you found something that works for you and hope you all stay safe and continue to enjoy!