To miss the first lockdown?

Gosh,that’s dreadful. I’m sorry for your abrupt loss. Really there are not adequate words

You know nothing about me or my life. I've had more than my share of noisy neighbours over the years. I didn't even mention the weather at all, so I have no idea why you jumped down my throat about that.
Dozens of people on here have noted that they enjoyed the quietness of the first lockdown so go and make your assumptions about others.

BTW, I lost a parent in a subsequent lockdown, so I am only too aware that it was a shit time for many.

I don't miss the emotional side of it, the fear, worry, sadness for others who were affected, the daily confusion. BUT I do miss the scenario I ended up in. I was deemed non-essential staff and was given the furlough wages which was topped up by my employer so I didn't lose a penny, I got to spend every waking minute with my then 5 year old autistic son instead of being at work full time which was nice, I actually enjoyed home schooling him, it was a welcome distraction from what was going on in the outside world. We got to do things together that usually we wouldn't have had the time or patience for such as painting an old bench, planting flowers, writing letters to care homes (through a covid scheme), burying a time capsule- so yes there are parts of it I really enjoyed but I am aware I was in an extremely favourable version of it.

Due to the lock down, my husband's appointment with a chest consultant was cancelled. That appointment might well have caught the beginning of the lung cancer that killed him.

We made the best of it, it was all we could do at the time. And we came out the other end stronger for all the time we were able to spend with each other at home. I drew better boundaries with my parents and enjoyed seeing less of them. I don’t dwell on the negatives, it’s all in the past now.

Yes and the reality is myself and most others I know did end up catching it at some point. But this was after lockdown and after the vaccine started being introduced. And as suspected it made us feel terrible but thankfully nothing more.

A strange post. Plenty of people knew their own and their loved ones likely risk levels, even at the start of lockdown, and in some cases that would be low. And obviously it could never have been a permanent state of affairs.

For me it was wonderful. I worked from home and loved the peace and quiet and spent a lot of time with my adult children. I appreciate for many it was a nightmare

Well the OP and others are referring to the first lockdown which was roughly 3 months

And even if we think 15 month of disruption “wasn’t that long”, it was a a QUARTER of a five-year-old’s life. Lockdowns stole a vast proportion of children’s formative years, and I’m sure that this will bite very hard indeed on years to come, when those children become teenagers and adults.

I homeschooled my four kids whilst holding on to my full time job. My sanity was beyond stretched. I hope I never have to do that again. On the other hand my parents and in laws had a lovely time reading books and walking and telling me how lovely it all was whilst I was hanging on by a thread.

Plus, there was only so much drinking in the garden every day I could do! 🤣

No OP. I missed my family and friends too much! I just remembered being scared every day and worrying about my diabetic parents who were at risk! Not to mention we lost my lovely grandmother to COVID in the nursing home and we couldn't see her at all! Didn't even get to go to her funeral to say goodbye.

Never want it back.

Well I guess it comes back to what your individual experience of lockdown was. Of course if you hated it or were having a terrible time it would have felt like it was going on for ever. It dragged a bit towards the end for me but cant say more than that.

I knew some people that were a little concerned about catching the virus but most were just concerned it would make them sick not die.

Misery loves company and the great equaliser is why many many people loved it. I'm not sure what that says really.

And some scientists have admitted that the figure “two metres” for social distancing was made up on the spot, with no calculation. I’m sure the government knew a lot of it was made up, and things were nowhere near as bad as they were telling us. hence partying instead of worrying about killing their grannies. If it was that deadly, they would have been fearing for themselves. They knew a lot that we didn’t.

@scalt I was very glad that we were living in copenhagen for the second lockdown - it was all handled much better and none of the nightly doom casts -

Did we know this, that we would “soon” be back to normal????

Again, this is what we heard from the partying buffoon:
”three more weeks.”
”three more weeks.”
”we can turn this virus around in twelve weeks.”
”this is the new normal.”
”we need to squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze the brakes on reopening.”
”normalish by Christmas.”
“significant normality by Easter.” (Which year?)
”just until over 70s vaccinated.”
”over 60s.”
”over 50s.”
”irreversible roadmap to freedom in June.”
“I meant July”.
etc.

It didn’t look as if it would end anytime “soon”. It was dragged on, and on, and on, with Boris fobbing the public off regularly, and the public meekly accepting it. We were gaslit into accepting lockdown for much, much longer than was originally implied, while our businesses and children’s mental health was razed to the ground, and the furlough bill went up by millions, and billions, and it looked as if it was going to become very, very permanent. This is why many of us did not feel “sure” about when, or even if, normality might resume. I still say that if it wasn’t for the Partygate fury, we might still be having winter mask mandates in shops and so on.

I hated every single day. I can count all the blessings I had, and I still can’t make them outweigh the horror I felt at having all the things that I loved about my life being taken away.

The carefree life I had has never returned, and never will. I live in fear that it will happen again.

That post sounds as though you didn’t really understand what was happening, tbh.
Mystifying.

Plenty of people did not feel that terror and plenty knew they just needed to ride it out and soon we would be out and about again and eating in restaurants again etc etc.

The people dead against it are more likely to be the noisiest no? If someone enjoyed lockdown or wasnt particularly bothered by it or just mildly annoyed they arent likely to make themselves known, they will just go along with whatever. It's when people feel strongly about something or passionate about something that they protest and make a fuss. So I'm sure the government will hear more from those against another lockdown.

People won’t tolerate another lockdown, certainly not the people who suffered in the first one. We would be unable a second time to pretend that as a country we were a ‘team’ or ‘all in it together’. Which motivated some to go above and beyond last time. We now know the people who kept the wheels turning were exploited, the vulnerable were made more vulnerable and the privileged grew richer. I’d imagine in another lockdown scenario it would be every man for himself.

Oh yes! The terror of not knowing whether family members or friends would be struck down and die, since it was touted as a killer virus wiping out completely healthy, young people, let alone those who were aging or with health conditions. Never knowing whether disabled family members would have a DNR applied to them, purely by dint of them being didabled should they be unlucky enough to end up in hospital. Never knowing whether we were going to be let outside, whether theatres, restaurants, cinemas would ever open their doors again. Missing family events and milestones. Total bliss!