How different would your life be if Covid hadn’t come along?

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Just curious really!

Work? Relationships? Did the pandemic bring any long term life changes for you?

Absolutely zero difference and nothing has changed.

We would have overhauled the garden. We had lovely plans but they money covered furlough, twice.

My father would still be alive.

We postponed our 2021 wedding plans and tried for a baby instead. Now have a 14 month old. So it definitely worked out for the best.

I would still be in a job I loved in a team with close friends. Hate working from home all the time but stuck now with a dog that can't be left. Although I adore my dog!

It honestly improved everything 🤷🏼‍♀️

My mum likely wouldn't be in hospital now with a double pulmonary embolism - thought to have been caused by having covid a couple of months ago.

Wouldn't have been able to have a dog, probably would have waited longer to start having kids (have an 18 month old and am pregnant again) and defo wouldn't have settled down where we did! It changed the entire course of my life!

Now wfh 90% of the time and love it - much better work life balance now commute has been ditched.

I would be stuck in the office 5 days a week. I now instead wfh as does dh. We are more chilled and have more time for dc, pets and hobbies. It's great.

My daughter would still be alive. It would have been so much better.

I'm not quite sure.

I'd still be working in my own clothes, not scrubs (I prefer scrubs).

Two colleagues I really miss would probably not have left.

When it came along I was trying my hardest to get a man I'd behaved really badly with to see me again. It was only lockdown that prevented me forcing the issue. By the time lockdown 2 was over, I was in a different place.

I met dp just before lockdown 3 stopped us getting together. That forced me to get to know him by videocall instead of in bed. It's quite different from other relationships I've had and I think that's part of it.

I'm fatter, more tired, a bit brutalised. But that might be menopause and grief more than Covid.

We had bought a house that needed a lot of work 6 months before Covid hit.

DH was still in full DIY mode but when the good weather started, I would have wanted weekends away and to take lots of time away from our projects. Because I couldn’t do that, my head accelerated that we had to crack on so there was no arguing about what we would do each weekend as there was no going out.

Covid saved a lot of arguing! Tbh we probably shouldn’t have bought this house with this our differing attitudes to spending every weekend DIYing. But we got so much done and it also kept us sane.

I do wonder ify mental health would be better though I think I'm working through it. Maybe I'd be slimmer.

Other than that not much changed, we were very lucky in terms of work and money that we weren't affected.

Sorry for your losses @spanieleyes @OatFox my dad died of covid during first lockdown. Life would be very different if he were still alive

We were going to start trying in July 2022, our plans were cancelled due to covid so we moved it forward and now have the most amazing daughter

I wouldn't have my dear dear dog, who has really changed my life. My son wouldn't have anxiety. My daughter wouldn't be miserable about her gcse results. I wouldn't be fat.

I do however, prefer the slower pace of life. My world got smaller but I quite enjoyed it and haven't really gone back to being as busy and out all the time as we once were. So overall, more content.

I became ill after having my Covid vaccine, I am waiting for tests to find out what is wrong with my heart. I have gone from running 40 miles per week and lifting weights to struggling to walk the dog around our village without my heart rate going sky high and having palpitations. It has ruined my life, I know that sounds dramatic but that's how I feel, it's been nearly 2 years and I am still suffering and not much closer to getting any answers.

My niece would be dead

I'd be stuck in the miserable job I was in for 8 years. Redundancy struck and once I'd found some confidence again I found a new job with more money, prospects & closer to home, grateful & humbled that life's been good to me 2 years on.

My uncle would still be with us. My students would be doing better in school (though this is improving again). We would have got to spend more time with my mum before she died.

Wouldn't. Bloody heartbreaking

Wouldn't have conceived my twins 🤣

We would have had our dream wedding but we wouldn't have our baby girl. We ended up eloping for £100 and spent our wedding money on IVF.

I honestly don't think we would have our son! We had so much work and travelling planned and instead had a relatively calm and stress free few months which Led to us getting my dream little rescue dog as my baby as we didn't think we could have kids after years of trying. Then it happened.

Really don't think it would have living life at 100mph instead of in the slow Lane