What's the longest you have stayed inside for ?

@WilfredsPies two years?!

Don’t you feel like you need some exercise? Or do you have a treadmill or something?

No. You know what? It feels really healthy. I'm pottering etc not just lying there

Sometimes when dh goes away (work, visiting his relatives etc) I revel in not having to go out and do anything. I just potter, potter, potter about putting things to rights, clearing out drawers, freezer, anything I can chuck out or clean is chucked out or cleaned. It's like a holiday. I love it.

(I don't enjoy housework as such, but chucking stuff out and having a clear
out is bliss) Glass of wine and a book at the end of the day and I'm happy.)

It’s not a case of ‘keeping tally’ but if your normal life includes working outside the home or heading out for a walk each day, then it’s noticeable when you’ve had an illness which kept you in, and for many people that was probably Covid at the time when you weren’t supposed to go out until a negative test. Or even more so, those people with underlying health concerns who were ‘shielding’.

Sixteen weeks. I loved it. Could easily do it again.

Im thinking maybe 4 day's max. I get cabin fever very quickly. I have had some health issues but thankfully not housebound ones. I've been fit to take a 2 minute walk around the close. I think when I had my second I was in hospital 4 days.

A day, but very rarely. DCs and DDog won't allow it!

Absolutely nothing wrong in spending time in the one thing we go to work for and pay the most for OP.

Love stopping in me.

I think that the longest that I've ever stayed indoors is probably somewhere between a week and almost a fortnight. That's usually due to the occasional illness (e.g. flu), but sometimes if I have a few days off work, I like to hibernate, too!

It's just so peaceful, and I can potter around doing little jobs at my leisure. I bake, read, have a piano, watch things online, and I can call people by phone if I wish to socialise. Privately, though, it's nice just to take a few days off from the world and rest!

My SIL stayed in the house ( no going out of the front door, no going into the back garden) for TWO YEARS during and after Covid. If the university she is an administrator for hadn't made everyone return go the office I dare say she would still be there. They had food deliveries, my brother went out ( to stay sane) and picked up anything they needed. She didn't see a dentist, get a haircut, mooch, have a coffee or lunch in the 'eat out to help out' time in all that time. It was a major event when my brother persuaded her to sit on a chair on the back patio 6 inches from the open back door.

I’ve never counted but I’m happy at home and don’t work so stay in as much as family life allows.
DH is someone who needs to go out and I don’t understand that urgency to be out at all.
Don’t get me wrong I love visiting different places and enjoy days out but find it quite draining and am glad to be home.

If staying in for so long is unusal for you, it must be your body/mind telling you something. Stay in as long as you want. So long as you dont feel you've wasted your leave at the end of it, then do as you please.🤷‍♀️ sounds blissful btw

I could probably do the rest of my life to be fair! As long as I can walk the animal and get out in the garden for fresh air and to feel the sun on my face - if we ever get any.

I have mobility issues and can only get in or out of the house with help. I haven't actually been outside since 22/1.

mind you, given that it's rained pretty much everyday, why would anyone want to?

I do get my five thousand steps a day in though as I use a walking machine to make sure my leg muscles don't get any worse.

9 months

I was on the shielding list during lockdown as well as my late OH. We only left the house for medical appointments for 4 years in total (March 2020 to his death in March 2024) but the longest unbroken stretch was 9 months.

He died of the first respiratory infection he caught so I don't regret it. We managed to buy him an extra 4 years of life and they were happy years full of love and laughter despite being stuck inside. We were homebodies to start with so not much changed except people visited us for social things (after lockdowns fully ended) instead of meeting up at restaurants etc.

Regularly for months at a time.
This is disability if you have no family support.

Around 10 days. The air quality was terrible due to wildfires and the moment I’d poke my nose out my throat would get scratchy.

During covid I'd stay in for weeks at a time. I didn't actually mind it that much. I continued working online so was busy and occupied. If it hadn't been for the DC, I would have been fine but they were bouncing off the walls with cabin fever.

I think the most I’ve ever been stuck inside for is around 48 hours, even after being discharged from hospital with Covid / pneumonia / other health issues I’ve had (I’m disabled and have lots of chronic and complex health needs). I was in the shielding group during Covid and was meant to stay inside non stop but basically just went on local walks (I live rurally) as couldn’t stand being in all the time. I absolutely hate it. That doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy relaxing at home as well, I enjoy watching tv and reading and whatever else but I absolutely have to get out for an hour or so at least everyday for a walk / drive / to do something otherwise I feel very miserable.

God that sounds horrendous. I hope you're fully healed x

4 months after a mental breakdown and having my beloved cat pts.

8 weeks in hospital with sepsis.

8 days when I had Covid in January 2021. I wasn’t even ill but had to test twice a week for work and it came up positive.

I genuinely have absolutely no idea.

Clearly it's not something I consciously keep a tally of. I'm surprised so many people do.

I'm very happy to stay in, but most of my life I've had a dog so I get out most days I guess.

I spent seven weeks and three days in hospital 150 miles from home at the end of 2023. I had a hysterectomy due to cancer. My bowel was perforated during surgery and I ended up with sepsis. It was a nightmare.