ADs picnic in the park with Twinkle the Tortoise

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Thought it was my turn to start a thread.

That sounds very hard TooManyPlatesInMotion

I'm loving the stay the fuck at home thread too. But imagine if we had started one like that last april/may. I wonder how many of those people stayed silent last year and how many have conveniently forgotten they were team 'sobbing and shaking'.

@TooManyPlatesInMotion you are a great friend and I hope your friend gets the support she needs.

@TooManyPlatesInMotion your friend is lucky to have you. I hope you're ok.

Had a bit of a browse through the stay at home thread. Funny, but I did a little bit feel like linking to one of the early AD threads and telling them they are all many months late to the party! We've been murdering grannies for ages.

To be fair starfish88 there are things I did back at the beginning that make me horrified now too! I remember being extra vigilant about keeping our distance out in the street and really offending a Chinese (I think, Asian definitely) jogger who said to me that her and her running partner were not ill and didn't have a temperature. I really worried she thought it was racism when it was just I was desperately trying to socially distance. I also didn't last very long at washing down my shopping but the paranoia there was awful! I wish you and your friend all the best TooManyPlatesInMotion.

Catching up. Sorry to hear about your friend @TooManyPlatesInMotion, that sounds tough.

I'm barely paying attention to 'new variant' flapping now. The narrative always goes the same way:

1. New variant discovered. It's here, it's severe, get used to it.
2. New variant 'may' be resistant to vaccines. General freak-out begins.
3. Blather blather blather from government. Usually some judgy nonsense about 'forriners' for the Daily Mail crowd.
4. Small article on page 12 a week later, hidden underneath a story about a man with a pet tomato, announcing that vaccines are effective against the new variant after all.
5. The hunt for a new new variant begins!

Looking forward to flocking somewhere very soon. North Norfolk is high on the list.

I'm too afraid to say what I think on facebook for example. Do you think other people feel like this now about lockdown?

My husband went into two local business where masks weren't being worn. In the second, the woman looked alarmed at his mask, jumped back and said she'd give him plenty of space.
He said it was fine and he was wearing it because he knew some people were scared.

This seems like a significant change.

@Buzzinwithbez

My husband went into two local business where masks weren't being worn. In the second, the woman looked alarmed at his mask, jumped back and said she'd give him plenty of space. He said it was fine and he was wearing it because he knew some people were scared.

This seems like a significant change.

That's how I was before they were mandatory - I gave people wearing masks plenty of space where possible on the assumption that they were scared as I wouldn't want to add to anyone's fear, whether warranted or not.

I've given up all social media and mumsnet apart from these threads for lent as it was all winding me up too much. I've just sneaked on though to look at the Stay and Home thread and it's cheered me up no end

That's how I was before they were mandatory - I gave people wearing masks plenty of space where possible on the assumption that they were scared as I wouldn't want to add to anyone's fear, whether warranted or not.

Yes, me too. I left acres off space between anyone with a mask. Now I tend to just get on with things.

It was a good system, it helped, provided people were on the whole respectful. I'll be glad to see it go back to that.

Same. But yesterday I got hemmed in by people in masks. I couldn't give them space cos they wouldn't let me.

They should be giving you space!

Same here re. masks. Before they were mandatory I assumed people wearing them were either more vulnerable or anxious, so would give them a wide berth. Now I just carry on regardless, and am a bit 'meh' about the two metre thing. I won't deliberately crowd someone but if I'm in a shop and need to pass them in the aisle I will.

It was DS2's turn to do food shopping with me last night. It's much nicer taking one DC with me to chat to and makes it far more normal and drops the anxiety as my head is busy with normal conversation.

DS1 seems to be totally past it on the home learning now. Not that he ever was with it. He's not engaging with the online bit at all and never did with the independent bits. I ended up closing the lesson and sending him into the garden to jump it off on the trampoline as he was just in mid-level grouch mode. That did escalate to meltdown, but it's vented the mood off better rather than spending half the day being insufferably moody and unreasonable. I'm just relying on his natural strength in maths and general knowledge for the other subjects. His English is weak, but he's been on the radar for that for years anyway. He should have been in school since Jan if school actually wanted any work out of him, and trying to battle him at home has been to the detriment of DS2 who really has not benefited from DS1 as his only role model/ peer.

Oh how I am looking forwards tò Monday...

Ooh so many of us are looking forward to Monday BogRollBOGOF! My children included, homeschooling is not good for us! Nice to see you here MrsDeaconClaybourne, I have enjoyed the Stay At Home thread too. Got sent another letter today informing me that I am CEV which seems like overkill to me and I am most certainly not going to start shielding now!

Thanks for pointing out the Stay at Home thread. Would never have clicked otherwise.

I have no idea why I clicked on that thread, I think that I wanted to check it wasn't one of those ones which are up for a while before being deleted due to being posted by a previously banned poster (it seems that there is one who regularly posts something along the lines of there's too many people in the streets!). I do tend to avoid that board though

That stay at home thread is such a laugh and shows how the tide has turned for most people

I hid the Covid topic ages ago so THANK YOU for flagging the Stay At Home thread! It's really made me smile this afternoon!

@2020BogOff woohoo 😂

I also used to avoid people wearing masks because I assumed they were more anxious, or clinically vulnerable, & I don't like to think I've accidentally caused someone distress by being in their way.
I've noticed that some people do still appear nervous even in a mask- it's in their body language & eyes. They tend to hover or shrink back in shops or on footpaths. I have sympathy & give them space.
I prefer that to people standing too close in supermarkets because they can't wait for you, but I never liked that anyway, & some people are just rude.

Where can I get a pet tomato? They sound fun.🍅

@2020BogOff

That stay at home thread is such a laugh and shows how the tide has turned for most people

@2020BogOff exactly so. It is a relief to read the comments tbh. Such a thread just wouldn't have unfolded, even 6 weeks ago.

Well, my friend and I had the jab today but under sufferance. I was never keen on it in the first place, but we can see how this is going-no jab, no job; no entrance into pub/restaurant etc (not that I go often!); no flights; no holiday places etc etc. Mark my words, it'll come to that eventually I reckon.

On the bright side, our tortoise mascot is doing well, putting on weight. Last weigh in was 40 grams-fatty!!

Oh good for Twinkle! (I know that's not what you call her and know s/he can't be sexed for a few years). I hope that you have no side effects from the jab, whilst I did most people I know who have had it didn't