To not want to do anymore zoom calls

[littleblackdress04]

I think I am becoming more antisocial as this lockdown is going on! I don’t want to take part in zoom parties or quizzes or anything! I have done a few but find the whole thing weird- aibu?

I feel like a party pooper but I don’t enjoy it at all- I have had a few phone calls etc old school!

We've used zoom for the kids music classes and the odd catch up. I hated pub quizzes anyway, so ignored any extra

So why start a thread about it?

@cherry2727 Social butte funk just about sums me up in life..love it

I hate it too! Really hope we're out of lockdown by my birthday so I don't have to endure multiple zoom calls!

Luckily at work it's just photos (which is bad enough!) and no one is switching their webcams on.

I work for myself so don't have to endure any of this for work. And socially, people I know are like me and wouldn't be up for the zoom quiz type of thing. I don't mind facetime with my kids or mum but pubs and stuff and meeting groups of people wasn't part of my life anyway.
Saw this the other day and thought yep thats me

@SoapIsYourFriend

Because it’s interesting to hear how others feel about it....

@VeganCow

Great meme...that’s me too!

I would say Zoom is also awful as an extrovert. It just makes me sad, it’s not real human interaction and makes me miss everyone even more. I always come off the various Zooms feeling mildly anxious that I have said something to offend or acted a bit stupid etc I think this is probably because it’s such a weird forced way to socialise and makes you overly think things. Also IRL you would never have a mirror in front of your face for a whole party etc

I've not done a single zoom or quiz. I feel like an anomoly. I've done face calls with single members of family purely for them to see DS but that's it!

Going against the grain but I love our weekly zoom family quizzes. I'm somewhere in the middle of the introvert/ extrovert spectrum. I like having something to look forward to at the end of an otherwise socially quiet week and when I've had a enough I can just press 'leave meeting' and I'm back to peace and quiet again - perfect!

Of course it's not the same as actually being with my family and my mum in particular is really struggling living on her own. For me Zoom is the nearest thing I have to bring with my family and I'll take that even with its faults.

I hate it. It's useful for work and a bit of kids' educational stuff but it's really uncomfortable as a social thing. Everyone just sort of smiles awkwardly, there's no flow of conversation, you can't have a one to one chat with someone in the group the way you could down the pub. And I found it weirdly upsetting to "see" people and not be with them.

Also IRL you would never have a mirror in front of your face for a whole party etc

Dogs has identified one reason it's weird that I've never thought of. Yep imagine you went to a Cafe with a mate and you both stared in to a mirror the whole time. Weird!

I think it isn't a natural way to converse as you can't talk over the top of each other. Not in a rude way, but you know how IRL you jump in with "oh yeah" "so true" "same thing happened to me" etc while they keep talking? Can't do that on zoom because of the lag. I'd rather have a text group chat.

I am resurrecting this thread as lockdown greatly eased and the pressure to still endure these weekly family quizzes is still there.
I am running out of excuses and they show no sign of stopping.
I know I could say no, but having done that in June was bullied, told was not being supportive and now been frozen out unless I participate.
Anyone got any ideas how to release myself from this purgatory?

Makes me feel the loss of normality even more keenly, yanbu.