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If it wasn’t for Coronavirus, what would be different in your life right now?

72 replies

Raella50 · 10/05/2020 14:45

For me:
The garden wouldn’t be done.
My children wouldn’t know how to cook some of the things they do now.
I’d still be blow drying and straightening my hair every day and wouldn’t have rediscovered my natural curls.
I’d still be wearing heavy makeup every day.
I wouldn’t have phoned my parents every day for a chat.

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Fuckerdoodle · 10/05/2020 17:13

I would be eating out and shopping. Sad

MedSchoolRat · 10/05/2020 17:17

I probably wouldn't have such a tan (and a sunburn yesterday, actually).
I'd be fitter.
I would not have done a tonne of media work.
A lot of painting would not have got done.
I might be cycling in Majorca next week.
DS wouldn't be getting so good at baking cakes.
My hair would be cut short & my bad tooth would be sorted.

the list of different things that would be happening in DC's lives is extremely long.

SWnewstart · 10/05/2020 17:22

We would be staying in a lovely old apartment building in the heart of Verona, booked for a month. Celebrating DP's birthday on 21 May and deciding if maybe, just maybe, we could find a way to rent somewhere in Italy longer term and then one day retire there fully. We can see the apartment from a webcam of Verona and the whole area is deserted. Nevermind, perhaps next year. We have our health, family close and can manage so a lot to be thankful for.

BeAnythingBeKind · 10/05/2020 17:25

I would still have a job and not having to worry about how I'm going to pay my rent next month 😞

MinesaPinot · 10/05/2020 17:30

We would have had a cruise a couple of weeks ago, be looking forward to a couple of weekends away and a holiday to Greece at the end of August. In addition working in the City as opposed to working from home (actually coping with that pretty well), seeing family and friends, shoppr, eating out, catching up at the pub etc. Had several theatre trips planned as well which have gone by the wayside. Having said that, family and friends are all well so we've got a lot to be thankful for.

kikisparks · 10/05/2020 17:36

I’d finally be going through IVF after waiting for years. Would have finished my first cycle by now and would likely know if I was pregnant or not.

catfeets · 10/05/2020 17:39
  • My family would be able to see my new baby.
  • We'd have been able to spend time as a family instead of been stuck in the house on my DP's days off work.
  • I'd have had help when I was too ill to look after my baby (my DP's work refused him any more time off).
  • my DP's house sale would have completed, instead of leaving us nearly £1000 a month worse off on mortgage, bills and storage costs.
  • we'd be able to be searching for a house so we can get away from the awful neighbours.
  • I wouldn't have had abuse screamed at me by said neighbours as I wouldn't have been here.
  • I'd have been able to sort out my tooth problems

There haven't really been any bonuses for me as the few jobs we've done have been done on my DP's days off as they would have been normally.

Mrsmch123 · 10/05/2020 17:44

Another one who would have had their ivf cycle and found out if it had worked.

RoosterPie · 10/05/2020 17:45

My husband and I would just be coming back from our last childfree weekend away before our second child comes, and my daughter would have been with her grandparents who she misses badly.

I would be about to start my last week at work before maternity leave, instead I’ve been home stuck inside with a toddler for 7 weeks (I’m self employed).

I wouldn’t have piled so much weight on.

On The plus side, while they’re long frustrating days, I have enjoyed a lot of one on one time with my daughter.

moolady1977 · 10/05/2020 17:48

We would have had a weekend in Scarborough and probably a drive to Cleethorpes for fish and chips after work ,we would be getting excited about our week to Rhyl for my birthday and deciding where we were taking our youngest DC for their last holiday before they turned 16 . We have been able though while furloughed to get the garden looking something half decent

kikisparks · 10/05/2020 17:48

@Mrsmch123 Flowers bloody hard isn’t it, especially as IVF involves so much waiting in the first place!

ZebraF · 10/05/2020 17:49

We’d be preparing for our first overseas holiday with DD (4) to Canada next week. I’d be happily going to work (NHS) with her nursery open and my parents helping out with childcare - not having to use up all my annual leave to look after my child and parents who are no longer coping independently as they have always done before and have developed physical and mental health problems as a direct result of lockdown.

IndiaMay · 10/05/2020 17:50

I would be married, currently on my honeymoon and looking forward to the rest of my life

lazylinguist · 10/05/2020 17:51

Mostly that we'd be at work and school instead of having a lovely time at home! However, we would have been on a fab holiday in Spain over Easter. We'd be less fit (more time to exercise now), but maybe a bit slimmer (eating too much!).

AuntieMarys · 10/05/2020 17:53

I'd be in a 5 star adult only hotel on a Greek island for 2 weeks.

Echobelly · 10/05/2020 17:55

We'd be preparing for my daughter's bat mitzvah in a month and chasing up invites, finalising seating plans etc

I'd have met my cousin's new baby

My son's handwriting probably wouldn't have got any better

I wouldn't have got a bit bendier at yoga

AldiAisleOfCrap · 10/05/2020 17:57

My dad would be alive and dh , I and the dc would be having Sunday dinner with him and my mum.

Echobelly · 10/05/2020 17:57

Also we'd be booking accommodation for New York, Princeton and North Carolina in August (sadly we booked flights early for once)

We'd be getting quotes for and maybe fixing a starting date for a loft extension

PowerslidePanda · 10/05/2020 17:58

@Soph88888 As long as you intend to return to work, you can still get a mortgage on maternity leave, you just won't have as wide a choice of lenders. I was in your situation and used L&C mortgage brokers to find providers who were ok with maternity leave, and we actually ended up with a better rate than we would have had otherwise too.

englebertsausagedog · 10/05/2020 18:05

I'd have had some lovely weekends away with friends.

My family would be speaking to me (they all went to my sister's house for her birthday and sat in the garden. I disagreed with it so I didn't go and I'm now being ignored because of it)

We'd be well into our next cycle of ivf.

Our house would be on the market and we'd be getting ready to move to a more rural area.

twinkledag · 10/05/2020 18:10

I'd have hopefully been pregnant but coronovirus meant my ivf treatment got stopped.

Ludoole · 10/05/2020 18:10

I wouldn't have redecorated my 2 downstairs rooms. Not that I will get to enjoy them though as I suspect I will lose my job and then my house before long.... Sad

heidihigh · 10/05/2020 18:11

We'd be in Italy right now Sad and probably house hunting, which we were just getting the ball rolling with before all this began. As it is, I'm at home and I now haven't seen my partner for nearly 7 weeks Sad

cushioncovers · 10/05/2020 18:13

I'd would of been spending my first week in my new (to me) house.

Chesneyhawkes1 · 10/05/2020 18:15

Because of something else that happened in March, nothing.

My life now is exactly the same as it would be if covid had never happened.