On a scale of 1-10, how are you enjoying or hating this lockdown ?

[Lardlizard]

1 being hating it
10 bring loving it

I’m kinda about 5
But it might fall lower as time goes on

Things I’m enjoying more time with the kids, actually playing rather than doing tasks all the the time or quite a lot of the time

The weather has been kind

Lucky enough to have things to entertain is like games garden toys crafts cooking photography books

But sad about missing family n friends, and missing going out on days out, holidays, shopping, restaurants, seaside theme parks

Hoping people can come out of this more grateful for what they have and those around them and realise how important supermarket workers are and bin men, food production people, government people,all staff that work somewhere medical inc the cleaners
People hopefully realise every single person is important

About 5

It's not that different to how I normally live, but I do wish I could see DP.
We go to the pub once a week and for a curry maybe every 3-4 weeks.

I really miss running and my gym and that's having a huge impact on my mental health right now, but I'm lucky that I've got a few things to distract me enough to not let it take hold.

1. I so miss the freedom to do what I want. I miss the beach and just driving for the hell of it. Hate queuing for the supermarket and crossing the road to avoid someone out walking their dog as I walk my dog. I miss restaurants and my friends and sad about my holiday due to start shortly. My Mum will be 90 soon and my trip to UK has been cancelled - I am worried about her and getting Tesco slots for her shopping.

Apart from that long whinge everything is ok!!!

Wavering between a 2-3, I hate being at home all day. Exhausting toddler; seeing every issue with my house, my new kitchen has been delayed, my holiday gone—-yes first world problems and i am lucky in the grand scheme blah blah but I want to go out!!!! I want to see my family !! I want my 2 yr old to go to nursery so I can breath

It depends on the weather

My older relatives are shielding sensibly and having regular deliveries from other relatives.
The family income is currently secure
My DCs have each other to play with.
I can escape to countryside (on foot) to run and get a break from my family and get my blood pumping.
We have a pleasant garden that is big enough for the DCs to play in.
The neighbours are pleasant.
We can spread out in the house and not be on top of each other.

I try to make it my policy not to stress over things I can't control, and I try to see the positives in what is.

I appreciate that I'm in a much better position than many. I had a conference call with friends recently, they're dealing with being frontline/ backroom NHS, cramped living spaces, shielding, difficult relationships that were struggling anyway. It was sad not being able to give them real hugs.

Probably 7/10 on balance. I accepted the situation as it was developing that we're in this for months not weeks. As long as I can keep getting outside, I'll be fine.

I am a 5 but bit up and down, mostly not too bad but I am missing my family especially my mum who I am worried about as she is a keyworker. My teen dd is bored and I feel sorry she is not able to be out and about socialising with her friends. Also missing little outings to the garden centre for a coffee and things.
On the good side I am enjoying some parts of staying home it's quite relaxing here and we do have a small garden to get outside and my neighbour has a beautiful cherry tree which is full of blossom. Also enjoying the little online concerts many of our favourite musicians are doing from home, it is fun to see their homes and often their pets.

I’m not hating being at home. DH is WFH, I’m on furlough and although dropped 20% of pay that’s balanced out by not using loads of petrol and other expenses of going out and about. We have a garden, live in a village so lots of walks nearby, have plenty of stuff at home - books, craft stuff etc, have enough devices for all 3 kids to access school work, we are playing lots of board games, teaching kids to cook meals, kids are old enough to be able to chat to friends via phone/game chat but not old enough to want to be out hanging out on the streets. DH nan who is the only elderly person left died just before lockdown (in her sleep, not of covid) so we don’t have the worry of her catching it.

BUT
My sister and BIL although not doctors/nurses are key workers and still going out to work. Sis works in a doctors and has asthma, excema and other allergies. My niece also has asthma so I worry about them catching it, I have a broken wisdom tooth so will have to wait until after this is all over for treatment, I’m not in pain but worry I will become worse, I worry about us catching it when going shopping, I worry my company may not be there to go back to afterwards, I worry about the economy, and all the people that are dieing, I worry about the kids mental health of this goes on for too long.

2 - I hate being confined to the house

About 6. Miss my DD's visits, miss going into town (would involve public transport and I don't NEED to go, just miss the amble) miss browsing charity shops and then having coffee and cake in a pretty cafe. Other than that, I'm on UC so couldn't afford to have evenings out or restaurant meals anyway. I'm 65 and don't want to get a temp supermarket job for fear of getting the virus, as am in the second highest 'at risk' age group and quite rightly wouldn't be a priority for hospital care should I need it.

About 8. I am wfh - so still have a job and getting paid.

I have 2 primary aged kids at home with me so enjoying the extra time with them even though we haven't seen our older 3 in a month and one is a nurse on a covid ward.

We have a garden and a small park nearby so can exercise and get outside.

We have fully stocked shops so can eat what we please.

We have 3 cats and a dog so they love having us around all day.

My yoga studio is now running on a full online schedule so I can do a 7.30am class before kids wake up. I was really missing this.

All of my extended family, to date, are healthy and have no symptoms of coronavirus.

My 2 siblings who live with their families in NY and Australia are isolating so hopefully safe.

I am getting on really well with my dh. We had a toxic marriage for many years but for the last 3 years we have not rowed and are very close at the moment and have been very supportive of each other during the month of lockdown here.

I feel we are doing our bit and understand how difficult others may be experiencing this situation but I am very grateful for my current set of circumstances and aware of how fortunate we are as individuals, family, community and Country (ROI)

I'd say a 9.

Financially stable (for now), happy marriage, DC who get on pretty well, lovely weather, cupboards full (mid level prepper - not panic buyer).

Only downsides (other than general worry about the situation) are missing my parents.

Also I'd love to be walking distance of the sea, we're only a 10-15 minute drive but obviously not doing that right now.

Oh I have a small garden but it's noisy out there, as every neighbour is out! so I tend to stay indoors. I'm taking vitamins D and C and shopping locally as little as possible. Once a week tops.Depressing to see only the co op and veg shop open!

1. It was my dad’s 60th on Tuesday and my mum’s birthday today and we were meant to be going on a big family holiday next week.

My grandad has lung cancer, my grandma has COPD, and she is calling in tears absolutely terrified that she’s going to die alone with none of us with her.

Dd is 3 and been going to nursery full time for almost 2 years and doesn’t understand why she can’t see her friends.

And I’m missing my incredible social circle SO fucking much. We usually have a rotating Sunday lunch at our houses and it’s really getting me down I can’t see them all. FaceTime just isn’t the same!

Cannot wait for this to be over.

1
2 kids under 5
2 teens
Mil is staying with us because she had a stroke last week
I need time by myself!
Probably selfish but that’s just me

2

because one of my dc has asd and physically aggressive and emotionally and verbally abusive with lack of exercise and normal routine. We are going out for the allowed exercise, which sometimes takes the edge off but more often does not.

Plus my I am a carer for my parents and because i can not leave the dc at home i have to take them. They stay in parents garden. They call me about minor matters about 30 times a day.

Dc also have to come shopping with me.

Then the juggling of wfh with the kids school work as asd dc needs one to one.

I also have to contend with an abusive ex who constantly tries to control our lives.

I am just taking a day at a time. We are in a routine.

Somethings are a 1, other things are a 9 or 10.

I hate being at home, for me home is a base for sleeping, we’re usually out and about all the time, on a weekend we leave the flat around 8:30 and we often don’t get home until my sons bedtime as we’re at rugby, the park, swimming, having lunch, visiting friends etc.

I’ve just been furloughed so that’s a 1 as I now have less to keep me busy.

My boyfriend being here is a 10, I’m sure he wouldn’t put being here as a 10! As is being able to spend more time with my son

8 or 9 for me, life not really much different. Going to work every day so not much time around that to get bored. Miss going out for dinner but that's about it really. Dont know that that means I am enjoying it as such, just that it is fairly normal life.

About an 8. Really missing my family but enjoying the focused time working on a project close to my heart.

I've been making free games, activities and invention challenges for kids and families on lockdown. www.boredgames.club

Would love your feedback x

I should be feeling around 8 or 9: we're healthy, we have a (very) small garden but at least it's an outside space. Our parents/loved ones are in secluded locations and are taking it seriously and shielding. We're financially stable. We have food (even scored an Ocado delivery slot).

But home childcare for 3yo DD + full time jobs is hard. We're all feeling quite grumpy, quite often. I miss exercising, I miss my friends and family, I miss the office, I miss getting a coffee and mooching.

I dislike the uncertainty, but the certainty that this process is slow, and we won't be going back to anything like normality for a good while yet.

We have it good, and I'm grateful. But it's still, just a bit sad.

8 for me.

Just me and my husband at home. Being forced to take some time off work. Enjoying the quietness and the slowness of everything. It's definitely easing my anxiety.

1 point off for the fact our business has lost 60% clients and we don't have lots of money and also another 1 point because I'm worried about my family.

An average of 5 due to it sometimes being a 1 and sometimes a 10.

I've been through some dread/terror, wanting to scream and cry and feeling like I did as a teen when I felt such desperation to leave home, and also through some lovely calm and appreciative times, slowing down, more sleep, yoga, calling family waaaay more, vulnerable sibling and elderly parent in another, badly affected country.

It's how I feel about visiting IKEA, a love/hate relationship.

8 on a bad day, 10 on a good day.
I'm autistic too and glad I can just be here and left in peace and don't have to make up excuses why I don't want to see anyone.
Finally some time to catch up with lots of little jobs.
It's just me and my DC so I don't have to worry about getting on with any other adult in confined space.
Weather is nice so we can be out in the garden too.

I miss my friends, family and freedom. I miss routine and normality. I worry about my daughter missing out of socialisation and education.

Sorry, so I'm actually feeling 3 or 4. Despite everything being.basically okay for us personally, right now.

mysweetaudrina sorry, off topic but can I ask how you managed to get your relationship back on track?

I'm about 5/6 I think. Naturally an introvert so coping really well.