You can't spell divorce without COVID

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How will your relationship be affected by Coronavirus?

If you are a SAHP will your partner get more stuck into domestic life because they're stuck at home with you?

If you are a football widow/er are they turning their attention to DIY on a Saturday instead?

Will you drive each other crazy or reconnect?

I'm still going into the office, DH is at home and if I end up staying at home there will have to be ground rules or we'll kill each other

On a lighthearted note, DH and I will both be working from home, with children to occupy and maybe even educate! It will be an interesting opportunity to learn about how we function!

On a serious note, domestic abuse rates are set to increase due to the unusual circumstances. That worries me.

I’m a retired teacher, DH is still part time. We are used to extended holidays together.

We will drive each other crazy.

DH has been working from home for over a week and is already going stir crazy. He’s grumpy and snappy and generally angry with the world, even though he should be grateful we have secure jobs, a nice home and full cupboards.

He won’t lift a finger to help around the house and as I work in education, he’ll expect the homeschooling of DS to be down to me (even though I’ll be working from home too).

@CoronaIsComing that doesn't sound like fun. Do you think he'll snap out of it?

We're having rows because DH isn't washing his hands unless I remind him, and still wants to go to the pub. Then come home and infect me and my kids.

DH and I both worked from home today and it was nice

Next week however the DC will be off too!

I've just had a conversation with the bloke I'm seeing (don't live together but see each other Friday - Monday) to say we won't be seeing each other for the time being.
I'll miss him, alot, for the time it takes.
I'd rather spend a few months missing him if it limits the number of people who will miss loved ones forever.

Births and divorce rates are set to increase that's for sure.
My DH will need to be reminded to clean up after himself and not to leave his shit everywhere like he normally does when he's back from work (he works away during the week).
He'll drive me bonkers for sure (and ditto me him).
Can't wait 🙈🙈🙈

My DD is in for a shock. She has an easy pass at the moment because of school and homework and activities but she'll have to learn to clean up a lot more after herself.

I'm working from home for the foreseeable. DH is a firefighter so will be going in for his shifts as normal. He's annoyed me today because he keeps leaving dd2 with me while I'm trying to work. This afternoon I thought he was putting the bin out but he'd actually gone to get dd1 from nursery. No asking or anything, if I was in the office he'd have to take her with him. I know it's easier to leave her here with me, I also do school runs with both children!

I shouldn't complain, he's done a tour of shops today to get us everything we need (baby milk, toilet roll, nappies, food) and it's taken him ages.

We've had a good chat tonight and he's been read the riot act. My job is hard enough at the moment without him leaving kids with me as well!

I've only just gone back to work after mat leave so it's not much different at the moment.

I don't get why so many people have married men they don't enjoy spending time with. My DH and are i together pretty much 24/7 (i wfh and he's a sahd) and its brilliant spending so much time together.

I'm glad I'm already divorced frankly!

I don't get why so many people have married men they don't enjoy spending time with.

Well I can't speak for everyone but personally because It's not a holiday? It's awesome if you can WFH and have a guaranteed income, but my DHs job now isn't secure. So we may be on thin ice in terms of cash flow. So we may lose our home. And struggle to feed our kids. That's stressful. My fertility appointment has been cancelled (completely understandable, but upsetting. Especially as I have no diagnosis yet and I'm in pain a lot. And it's really tricky to get hold of pain killers at the minute.) Also my 3 year old doesn't cope well with change, so enforced quarentine is going to send him loopy. And my DH had ADHD, there will be no gym, which is how he controls it. But yeah, it's just cause I don't enjoy his company

I’m on maternity leave and DH only went back to work ft last week after having 3 months off very ill and having surgery so we’re used to being together 24/7 (worked together before maternity anyway) and we like it. He’s now wfh indefinitely, I’m on baby duty during the day, we all enjoy more time together around his work.

I'm bored already. Jealous of couples. Wish I had someone to get the birth rate up with!

I can see trouble looming because my H is not taking this seriously. He refused to self isolate with me because he thinks I'm exaggerating my symptoms. And says I obviously don't realise how much trouble he has to deal with at work and he has to go in.
I can't respect this attitude. Totally on a different page. I feel like we are done.

Just me and the baby so far. DH currently still working but I don't know how much longer. He's a good help around the house though so having him around wouldn't be a bad thing and he can help as I'm distancing as of today.

I don't get why so many people have married men they don't enjoy spending time with.

I love my DH to bits but that doesn't mean I want to spend 24/7 stuck in a house with him!

I don’t think ours will be affected much, if at all- DH has been on paternity leave since late October and isn’t due back for another 6 weeks, and we moved to a new town just before Christmas where we don’t know many people, so we’re used to being in each other’s company all the time! The tricky part will be when he has to try working from home with our gorgeous baby around to distract him...

I'm hating it already.... don't mind the children being home but DH hiding in in room working whilst I do everything else. I feel so anxious being an introvert I need time to myself so this all feels overwhelming BUT I'm trying to count my blessings. We are fortunate than a lot of others right now and just wish everyone good health and to reach out if they get lonely. I'll never take normality for granted again.