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To the person you are quarantined with what would you really like to say!?

102 replies

Rainb0w · 02/04/2020 15:26

Dear husband,

You don't want to go to the supermarket yet you moan about what food I've got planned for today... Please either shut the f up or don't eat it and I'll save it for tomorrow for me.

What would you really like to say to the people your quarantined with but won't to keep peace?

OP posts:
samlh · 03/04/2020 10:22

Dearest Husband, I do not need reminding you are here by your incessant talking at me when i'm on a conference call.

Also, the windows need washing and the bathroom cleaning like you said you would do on Monday... The PlayStation will still be here tomorrow.

But thank you for providing endless cups of tea and biscuits :)

I feel better now :D

WaterIsWide · 03/04/2020 10:27

*This is the ideal time to get the house cleaned and sorted so stop faffing around on your phone and watching rubbish on TV and just get on with it!

(I should point out I live alone)*

This really made me smile, thank you.

WaterIsWide · 03/04/2020 10:30

*Thank you for being my best friend.
Thank you for making sure we are safe.
Thank you for making me feel loved and secure.

Thank you for choosing me to be your most important person.

Yep, I am very lucky*

This^. I would say it to my husband, because it's true. I have said it in various ways and by various deeds.

BiddyPop · 03/04/2020 10:39

Please stop throwing the balls against the walls and bouncing off the floors indoors all the time DD.

Please DH, get off the phone and work stuff and actually spend some time doing family stuff. (But he is under huge pressure and has always been a workaholic.…)

Please both of you, I don't disturb you when you are working/studying - please stop disturbing me when I am trying to get my work done. You can find things to do without my help, as you reject all my ideas anyway DD. There are plenty of things to eat in the fridge, so either fix something for us all, or make something for yourself - I'll be down when I can get there.

Blingismything · 03/04/2020 10:50

Fucking Radio 2 is doing my head in.

GADDay · 03/04/2020 10:54

Thanks to you all. It sounds super cheesy but I am loving this time together.

GloGirl · 03/04/2020 10:59

I'm not sure I can ever forgive you for Mother's Day.

I can't spend my life feeling underappreciated and unheard. It makes me feel lonely.

5littlespeckledDogs · 03/04/2020 11:12

It's going to be ok
We are going to be ok

I love you even when you can't cope. Hold on

JoanJettPack · 03/04/2020 11:14

Dear DS1,

No, we still don't have any Pepsi Max. I don't consider it an essential item and when I go out - on foot, twice a week - to buy groceries for you, me and our other 4 family members, I fucking kill myself carrying it all the three quarters of a mile home. I don't fancy adding 4 litres of shit pop to my plight.

Abraid2 · 03/04/2020 11:19

You don't need all those slices of cake: you're 23 not 16 and it is expensive.

MoiraRose · 03/04/2020 11:42

DP sitting on your xbox and shouting and swearing at the telly all day and night, and not listening to anything I say or even having any kind of conversation with me about anything, then coming to bed and expecting sex when I haven't even existed for the past 16 hours is NOT how I want to spend quarantine.

Also. Your entire family are awful and make me feel like shit.

I don't think I can do this much longer.

pointythings · 03/04/2020 11:58

I'd like to say thank you to all three of you for being great. I couldn't wish for three nicer people to be locked down with.

Also games, movies and pizza this weekend!

(DDs 17 and 19, foster child nearly 18, all quietly getting on with their school/uni work and making me cups of tea whilst I'm trying to sort out my little piece of the NHS workforce)

Holothane · 03/04/2020 12:05

Stop bloody whining all the time I can’t help the delivery slots or anything else you moan about.

simonneilsbeautifulhair · 03/04/2020 12:06

DD2 - Please just do your school work without arguing over every single task. You are very lucky that you have me (a trained teacher) to help you when things are difficult so use this opportunity to get better at the stuff you find hard with one-to-one support from me. I love you and I know this is a tough situation but arguing and shouting at me won't make it easier for anyone.

DD1 - You can do this! (Completing her Neuroscience Degree from home and struggling with the stress and lack of university support/library)

To both of them, please stop eating all the biscuits!

motorcyclenumptiness · 03/04/2020 12:17

Maybe use this time to practise depositing your effluvia in the toilet, rather than on the toilet or near the toilet. Then flush and wash your hands. You're 50-odd for god's sake.

Dowser · 03/04/2020 12:24

I know ot gets a bit quiet round here without any visitors but thankfully it’s not hell like some of you are experiencing.

I’ll say it here and I say it in rl..I’m glad we found one another.

TrickyGrandad · 03/04/2020 12:29

Stop talking. I can’t hear you anyway, I’m wearing earplugs. No, I won’t take them out.

hawleybits · 03/04/2020 12:30

Thank you teenagers, for being nice to one another and injecting some laughter into an otherwise miserable situation.

Mammyloveswine · 03/04/2020 12:34

Stop leaving dishes "to soak" when you do the fucking washing up.. I do not appreciate coming down to a roasting fish filled with cold, greasy water!!

Check the fucking wine label, bought bloody alcohol-free wine in the weekly shop!

TreacherousPissFlap · 03/04/2020 12:48

Dear DH,
Apart from the endless episodes of that canal boat programme you love, lockdown with you has been quite good. I confess I'm pleasantly surprised Grin

BiddyPop · 03/04/2020 12:57

I forgot 2 essential messages:

Thank you DD for being cheerful generally (even when bored) and getting on with this productively, it has been so nice to get lots of hugs from you. And I know you are trying to be helpful making some dinners, and getting better at cleaning up after yourself in the kitchen!!

And while I grumble about the amount you are working DH, I know you need to for your job and to look after your teams. Considering the amount of stress you have, you haven't taken it out on us. And thank you for noticing things and making little changes, like re-building DD's old Ikea desk and making the spare room into a good WFH space for me so the kitchen is back to being family space for all and I have privacy for phonecalls etc. And I am loving the hugs from you too, as we really hadn't had time for those the past few months (now if only the teen would sleep at night, we might get more than a hug...)

TheLittleRedToothbrush · 03/04/2020 12:57

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Buddyelf · 03/04/2020 13:14

Thank you for keeping the DC entertained while I work. Thank you for helping with the cooking and cleaning and being the one who goes to the shops when we need supplies.
But, for the love of all that is holy, stop eating! Stop bringing snacks in when I’m dieting. Stop eating!

SingingInTheShithouse · 03/04/2020 13:25

"Would you strap on this ball gag dear & give my ears a rest"

SingingInTheShithouse · 03/04/2020 13:27

But otherwise he has been amazing & taking lockdown with 2 high risk very seriously & going out of his way to make sure we have what we need, but very safely