Anti dementors say lockdown can just fucking do one now, we're going for chips.

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New thread! I think this brings the total to 12?

The dementors have done a right proper job on MIL and I'm sad for her. Both she and FIL live in England, both are 77 and don't enjoy amazing health. FIL in particular has chest and heart issues which meant that at the beginning of March they decided to stay in the house.

Since then, they haven't left the garden. They have been getting food delivered and SIL who lives close by has been keeping them stocked up with bread and milk. They won't let her in the house when she does so though, and will only speak to her through the window.

Now that things are being eased slightly in England, FIL took the car and drove himself 10 minutes down the road to pick up a pre-ordered item from a shop. He was SO excited when he got back he facetimed DH to tell him all about it. He was giddy after being locked up for so long.

MIL is scared. She seriously thinks that a trip to Sainbury's will kill her. She isn't 100% in perfect health and has issues with her blood pressure but you know, she's 77. Despite all FIL's reassurances about how most people are wearing masks, and how there's sanitiser everywhere, and how people are being really good about avoiding you, she's terrified. How sad is that? Poor woman.

I really need to get my anti depressants raised. I was in a really good place, at the point of thinking I could come off them before this shit hit - and now I'm barely functional.

Tesco can fuck off if they think they're getting my business after this morning though. That's Tesco on the shit list, along with any stores that banned children, thus banning single parents - usually mothers... again - it goes back to shoving women back in front of the kitchen sink doesn't it?

Don't think my parents quite realised how bad it was for families - conversation the other day was - well you can go to the park can't you - isn't there stuff to do there? Walk. You can't go on the swings? Locked up - can only walk. Well isn't there a cafe or something open? Closed - takeaway only - no children allowed. Well what can you do? Golf course is open for the business exec types. Garden centre for the adult Tory voting types - children banned. Oh.

I got shit for bewailing the 2 inch jet black hair roots I have currently got elsewhere the other day - with a full "oh with how close a hairdresser gets to my face I won't be going until it's SAFE" comment. The hairdressers have all been at home for 3 fucking months - it's never going to be bloody safer - plus the amount of bleach going to be needed to sort out my hair now - nothing will survive it.

@OhFuckOffWithTheBubbleBollocks

Everything you wrote made perfect sense. The one thing you missed though was having to clap our captors every Thursday or get shamed .....

[quote Teateaandmoretea]@OhFuckOffWithTheBubbleBollocks

Everything you wrote made perfect sense. The one thing you missed though was having to clap our captors every Thursday or get shamed .....[/quote]
Oh thankfully the twat next door forgot this week to take his silly horn out and start the car horn beeping bollocks. I almost sobbed with relief.

I don't think I've ever been told I'm "too sensible" ever in my life before! I must make amends.

The question up thread about what age to leave a DC to get their own food etc? Well my DC is 234 months old and I still stay in the room when they're eating. It only takes moment for something to happen after all. But I will start leaving them in the car to pay for fuel when they are 236 months. If I see anyone leaving a 235 month old I will of course report them.

I've actually, dare I say it, had an almost normal day today 😊. Boxed over to a friends farm and rode out with her. DS1s GF is here. Her parents have had to go back to their home country for a few weeks for family reasons, so by our reckonin she living alone and can bubble legitimately with us (not that she didn't stay over a couple of weeks ago but it's legit now). Now GF is an amazing cook and has cooked a really scrummy meal this evening, so with a couple of glasses of wine I'm feeling pretty chilled. The only not normal thing was after the ride we sat outside for a natter instead of sitting in the kitchen putting the world to rights for a couple of hours, but with the sunshine and some cookies that didn't feel wrong.

Tesco can fuck off if they think they're getting my business after this morning though. That's Tesco on the shit list,

We've been screwed with the 80 times raised to whopping 85 last time which was just over a week.

I thought Thursday clapping had stopped - we didn't really do it here but the nosie in distanace fireworks and car horns has stopped.

Thursday clap seems to have stopped here, thank fuck.

We had the excuse of kids bedtime at least.

Yeah no more Thursday clap here, I reckon everyone was glad of the excuse to stop.

Reporting from Scotland here where I can confirm we have had a few new cases of Dementorvirus... just as it seemed to be going away.

Took my daughter to the shops again (I have been doing this for about 5 weeks now) and she decided to “clean the glass” - she breathed on one of the self checkouts glass scanned bits.

Man alive, if looks could kill. And what I’m most angry at is myself, feeling the need to bawl her out to appease the glaring queue.

I had to tell her in the car about why i did it and in the same breath explain to her that when she starts school in August she will have to “respect others’ space” and how people are still so scared of catching a “mega cold”.

What boils my piss so hard is that we fucking moved here for schools and with it being a devolved matter this shit shows no sign of easing. I literally cannot tell you how much she’s been looking forward to P1, since January this year FFS. And now it’s all smashed to bits as everything that’s normal is now being touted as an “infection risk” and I am paddling against the tide here not to let this lay the foundations of her mental health and habits being messed up for years to come because of a crock of shit that befell us all in 2020.

I want it to stop. I want to protect her from fear and pain, and I can’t, not even in the context of going to the fucking shops or getting her prepped to start school in 8 weeks.

I’m so angry.

Domina at least you have your youth. I have two inches of grey roots.
I found myself shouting at the radio today. They were reading out weekend activities, someone was going on a socially distanced walk. No, it's just a walk, unless your 16, you don't have your arms wrapped around each other.

I’ve got 2 inches of grey roots. I’ve actually got some hair dye in the cupboard but I’m toying with growing the grey out. Considering it looks like the politicians have decided that lockdown won’t end till about 2030 I’ll not be going anywhere so the state of my hair doesn’t really matter.

@justasking111
I was with your friend's post right to the end - even thought about copying and pasting - until it told me to do that - Now I definitely won't. I can't bear that instruction on anything.

I've just dyed mine this evening. I was going to just go for grey, but dh and dd kept muttering, so I said I'd do it to celebrate coming out of lockdown. Well we are kinda getting there...

The 'we are coming out of the end of this' thread is heaps of fun if anyone fancies ramming their head into a brick wall this evening.

I am contemplating ADs as well. I was on them for a year in 2006 and managed a bout of antenatal depression without them (giving birth helped). My mental health has been fragile for a few years and this is pushing me under more often than I am managing.

Today I managed a 3.5 mile bastard walk and dyed my hair. In between cleaning the kitchen what felt like a million times. I don’t mind doing the clearing up generally as DH cooks but it is 3 x 7 x a week at the moment. Drudgery.

@AnxiousElephant77

The 'we are coming out of the end of this' thread is heaps of fun if anyone fancies ramming their head into a brick wall this evening.

Saw it, rammed my head into a brick wall, hid the thread, poured myself a fucking massive glass of wine.

@Drivingdownthe101 I can't stop reading it because I just don't understand the mentality of some of the people on there. This is like a weird anthropological study of human behaviour.

@AnxiousElephant77

The 'we are coming out of the end of this' thread is heaps of fun if anyone fancies ramming their head into a brick wall this evening.

I can't believe some of those replies. The thing is the ones saying why are you celebrating people's DEATHS are the sick fucks that are enjoying these people's deaths.

Anxious elephant I started reading it, too depressing. My sister was banging on about Beijing and second waves today, also depressing.

I'm pretty thankful that a) my hair is already grey (OK, dark with silver highlights!) and b) I grew it out from a pixie, last year, and had done away with all the awkward odd lengths by the start of lockdown.

I saw that thread - then went on-line shopping.

The average dementor must be devastated that the numbers are dropping. Who will they boss about now?

Oh they'll move on to something else - plus they're the visionaries forseeing the second wave even though this may be it and experts are increasingly saying it does not look likely.

The average dementor must be devastated that the numbers are dropping. Who will they boss about now?

Their next target will be ordering strict local lockdowns with the army patrolling every time a couple of people test positive. Y’know Beijing-style.