ADs seek spontaneous cake in 1984

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I'm finding it difficult as it's the start of the summer holidays.

My teacher childless friends (both big Ds) are glad and happy, they can't empathise with me that I have found it difficult being cut off since march with my 2 year old twins. They've both been out together tonight, photos posted on social media (we're a group of 3 and I wasn't invited). Their main worry is tourists full of the virus. I couldn't give a toss. Just let me out. Let me see faces to talk to.

The gap between us is huge. They've not had much work, full pay and all the time in the world to work on themselves. Not their fault obviously but I feel so downtrodden.

My mum is fed up with my negativity and thinks I should appreciate what I have. She thinks I'm ungrateful. I am desperate for a life. For human interaction. For joy. You all know on here right?

As an aside my sil was telling me the other day that her friend (who is a nurse) got signed off with PTSD halfway through the crisis. Not because of how bad it was, but because of how bad they kept drilling into her that it would get. She was constantly made to feel on the edge of an apocalypse. In reality her icu saw 11 people from March to July and the hospital in the main has been almost half empty.

I have heard similar from my neighbour two doors down. Several nurses from her ward (ophthalmology) were moved to the Covid ward. She said, yes it was awful at the peak, but it calmed down to near empty in late-April. And yet she was made to feel constantly on edge, like the next attack was minutes away. They had pep talks every morning, but then the wards were quiet all day. This has had the effect of turning a very jolly young woman into someone who jumps at her own shadow. I know anecdote does not equate to data, but if the dementors can throw anecdote out with such conviction, I think we should do it too 🤷🏻

@chocolatesweets we hear you. We understand💐

Chocolates that sounds hard

@chocolatesweets Completely understandable.

Government policy has driven such a wedge within families and friendships. It's abominable

@chocolatesweets

I'm finding it difficult as it's the start of the summer holidays.

My teacher childless friends (both big Ds) are glad and happy, they can't empathise with me that I have found it difficult being cut off since march with my 2 year old twins. They've both been out together tonight, photos posted on social media (we're a group of 3 and I wasn't invited). Their main worry is tourists full of the virus. I couldn't give a toss. Just let me out. Let me see faces to talk to.

The gap between us is huge. They've not had much work, full pay and all the time in the world to work on themselves. Not their fault obviously but I feel so downtrodden.

My mum is fed up with my negativity and thinks I should appreciate what I have. She thinks I'm ungrateful. I am desperate for a life. For human interaction. For joy. You all know on here right?

we hear you and understand.

Shit nights sleep here, teething toddler. Feel like death. Cancelled our trip out with friends today and I’m just too knackered, then regretted it straight away as I’ll just sit at home wallowing instead while snapping at the children.
DH keeps blathering on about an ‘important’ meeting at 10am... I wouldn’t mind except he’s apparently on important meetings from 8am-6pm every day anyway so what difference does this one make? 🤷🏻‍♀️

We do @chocolatesweets. I've got 19 year old twin boys and used to hate the holidays as toddler groups were my lifeline. Have you met many people from ante-natal etc that you could contact to meet up with?

Also, I'm a homestart volunteer and they called me last night to say they're starting visits again so maybe contact them to see if they could give you a spare pair of hands and some company? The reason I became a volunteer is because I would have killed for that kind of support when my boys were little!

@Ibake

We do *@chocolatesweets*. I've got 19 year old twin boys and used to hate the holidays as toddler groups were my lifeline. Have you met many people from ante-natal etc that you could contact to meet up with?

Also, I'm a homestart volunteer and they called me last night to say they're starting visits again so maybe contact them to see if they could give you a spare pair of hands and some company? The reason I became a volunteer is because I would have killed for that kind of support when my boys were little!

I want to do that also! With homestart!

Thank you everyone for your understanding. It does actually mean the world.

@Drivingdownthe101 phone them back and go. Wish I could come with you or you could come over !

I saw that one too @Ibake and just did a huuuuge eye roll.

I find I am going into a lot of threads, rolling my eyes so far back they come full circle and quietly backing out of the thread. The problem is they end up in their own echo chamber as most sane people just can't be arsed to comment.

I'm worried that fascist wankers are going to make Blackburn all about race. That's the last thing we need as a society.

When I was trying to prove that graph last night by fact checking it against the media I saw comments like 'don't see why I should get locked down just because they couldn't follow the rules' and my heart sank. And yes, 250 people at a funeral is obviously far from ideal but they wouldn't write stuff like that if it was a CofE funeral. Too easy to be racist whilst dressing it up as fake 'covid concern'.

Wow... didn't check thread for a day or so as my sister arrived to house and cat sit ( so too busy talking nonsense with her) and then kids and I drove through to holiday home in St Andrews and thread has moved on apace...

We are near my folks but not with them as their house is smallish/ they've builders building an extension at the moment. In any case DM is has dementorish tendencies which were already beginning to show when we popped in for couple of hours yesterday so whilst glad to see them I'm also glad of our own space!

However, she may be forgiven as she has baked loads of goodies for us: gingerbread, shortbread, custard creams and coffee cupcakes...

(Probably just as well have also set lardarse thread to watch.... but that's an issue that needed addressing long before lockdown tbh...)

Looking forward to some nice ambles about town, beach etc, some gentle shopping , and plenty of meals out and takeaways over next few days.... will do the mask thing as necessary and try not to let it bother me... kids looking forward to regular ice cream from Janettas...

Harking back a bit... I'm clearly and anti-masker and AD, but also a rule follower, remainer, pro-vaccine, anti independence, political centralish with slight lefty but mostly liberal tendencies ( or should that be ditherer?)... and I am fully with @rookiemere on the current Scottish government..

Just saw this on Facebook. Obviously had to come straight here and share it. I love it.

You fucking potato.

love it!

Merci, @Ibake! Nearly ready to hit the road.

@chocolatesweets know how you feel though mind are older. 💐

@LivinLaVidaLoki.

That needs a ‘don’t drink tea whilst reading’ warning. My keyboard has been well and truly spluttered over 😜

@LivinLaVidaLoki

Just saw this on Facebook. Obviously had to come straight here and share it. I love it.

Hahahaha I love that. Have saved the image in my phone for when it could come in handy

[quote chocolatesweets]@Drivingdownthe101 phone them back and go. Wish I could come with you or you could come over ! [/quote]
I would but I feel like I’d look an idiot (I have a tendency to overthink things when tired ).
Yes that would be ideal, my older ones could entertain your twins and we could drink coffee and moan!

“You fucking potato” 😂

chocolate we get you.

grrrr fingers crossed you’ve got a lovely week for it!

Whoop! DH is not in the house and is somewhere on the motorway network for a site visit

First time he's been out on his own for more than an hour in 4+ months!

I ventured into other areas of Mumsnet.

I’m frustrated that the reason people think this is dragging on is people not following the roolz rather than an inept government not knowing how to get out of the corner they’ve painted themselves into.

We have to learn to live with Covid the same way we’ve had to learn to live with all the other awful diseases out there.

Staying fearful will not shorten the situation. Can’t wait for a swinging point, I think once we get about 50% normality the rest will swing over through FOMO unless they have an anxiety disorder.

@Worldgonecrazy

I ventured into other areas of Mumsnet.

I’m frustrated that the reason people think this is dragging on is people not following the roolz rather than an inept government not knowing how to get out of the corner they’ve painted themselves into.

We have to learn to live with Covid the same way we’ve had to learn to live with all the other awful diseases out there.

Staying fearful will not shorten the situation. Can’t wait for a swinging point, I think once we get about 50% normality the rest will swing over through FOMO unless they have an anxiety disorder.

I think it's happened in England. In Wales, it's edging towards it.

Well I'm off to Asda in my Flashdance welder's visor. Will try not to break into spontaneous dancing in the fruit and veg aisle. Quite interested to see whether they've removed the one way signs - will give the dementors one less thing to huff and puff aobut people doing things wrong if they have.

@Drivingdownthe101 are you local ? 😂

I think it's happened in England. In Wales, it's edging towards it.

I agree. But whenever the balance tips towards normal, bloody Westminster throws something into the mix that tips the scales back towards panic mode.