Best of Boston

During the early-COVID lockdown, dating got, well, complicated — and for better or worse, it’s stayed that way. Thankfully, we’ve had Meredith Goldstein to guide us through these trying times. In her Globe column “Love Letters,” adapted for a must-read newsletter, she fields a daily stream of reader questions,offering indispensable advice on everything from always-changing pandemic etiquette to dating-app faux pas. Most important, she provides a reminder to Boston singles muddling through the “new normal” that they are certainly not alone.