What it's really like to be single, 40-something and dating during a pandemic What’s the casual-sex etiquette right now? Is dating younger men still taboo? And how do you get frisky over Zoom? Two writers share all 23 May 2021 • 6:00am Stepping back into the world of dating? This is what it's really like. Credit: DAN BURN FORTI Helen Thorn, 42, is one half of the Scummy Mummies comedy duo. She lives in south London with her daughter and son, 12 and nine ‘There was a weird bit where we both had to remove our socks – but it was fun and I felt sexy'