If Corona virus wasn't a thing in the last 6 months , what would your life look like?

[WomenHour]

Mine would be pretty much the same maybe gone on holiday this summer.

We’d have bought a house, my husband would have had life changing surgery earlier and been back to work, two summer holidays would have helped us relax and get over it. Eldest dd would have performed public speeches and be ready for her next step instead of being locked away and youngest dc...well they’d be the same wonderfulness

I’d be drinking less!

I'd still have a job...

@hopeishere

My husband would have had his treatment and would be recuperating. Possibly we would have done the same holidays. As it is we're hoping his treatment will be done by December. 🙏🏻🤞🏻

We would have had a holiday in Greece, seen my parents so much more.

Given hugs freely to my loved ones.

Not be so anxious about the winter & covid , & potentially not being able to spend time with my family all over again.

I wouldn't be nervous about catching Covid from work.

I wouldn't be traumatised from the time my mum was hospitalised with covid at the height of the pandemic.
I sobbed & sobbed at not being able to visit her, comfort her , and terrified of thought of losing her and not being able to say goodbye.
Words will never be able to describe the horror of those 8 weeks.

I would have been a newlywed for 3 months (and done everything weddings usually include such as hen do etc), had a fabulous honeymoon and been to several gigs. Apart from that life wouldn't have changed

I would’ve been able to go to the funerals of two people I care about (neither death was due to Covid)

I would’ve been able to visit both my parents

Starting my new job would’ve been easier because I’d be in the office instead of wfh

I would’ve been able to see several great shows at the theatre and have more too look forward to

I'd have a job, a purpose, a distraction, other adults to mix with at a level I need, I'd have been cycling to work and back so my weight and health should have improved as I'd planned, I would have been to some gatherings with some awesome but far away friends, I would have camped out twice with the kids.

Not being restricted with my newborn baby that was born in March. I'd have seen more family and attended more classes. My mental health would have been much better too.

I’d be financially so much better off. Business has been very hard hit.

I’d be a stone thinner, have had nice holidays and my daughter would have gone on her first residential trip.

We’d have been to the theatre and gigs and a festival.

* Covid.

My dad would still be alive.

I’d be working would have been able to fix a couple of broken windows, the new kitchen would be in. Toddler in preschool, other kids would have had a great summer in camp and would have started saving for a vacation.

I would be married, have hopefully finally passed my driving test and would have been away recently on a much needed first holiday with our twins. All cancelled. Or postponed, rather.

@FrangipaniBlue ❤️

The same. I'd be a stone lighter though.

I wouldn’t have been pregnant or have given birth during a pandemic, with all the anxiety that brought. We would have gone on holiday, My DS would be at nursery 3x a week and I wouldn’t have started maternity leave as early as I did (as soon as I could 29 weeks). I would have seen friends and family more and would have been out more with DS. DD would have met her grandparents by now.

to those who have lost love ones or who are suffering ill health due to this horrible illness

Loads different!

DS1 would have done his GCSE's, had his prom, long summer, first festival this weekend and would be starting college as normal this week

DS2 would have done his SATs, enjoyed finishing primary - show and leavers party etc

As a family we would have gone to France this summer

I'd have a job.

I'd have a lot more sleep. Can't sleep due to feeling sick with worry and panic about how I'm going to keep my house if I don't get a job soon.

OP, this thread is very distasteful. If the only difference for you in 2020 is that you haven't had a holiday, why did you need to start this thread?

I wouldnt have had DH living at home for the last 7 months.
I would have been abroad with him where he works for 4 weeks or more.
I would have had one holiday away with family and another planned for next month.
I wouldnt be working let alone currently supporting NHS
I wouldnt have saved so much money.
Feel quite fortunate at moment.

@FrangipaniBlue

My dad would still be alive.

So sorry

@FrangipaniBlue

So sorry for your loss.

DH would have not had 8+ months off between jobs, as a result we would be less in debt.

Would not have been driven crazy by (and still have nightmares about) the constant attestations to leave the house and cross the border 10 mins away.

We would have seen our mothers and other family back in the UK, my friend would have visited me here. We'd be planning a lovely trip to see other friends across the country in September.

I'd have been to the bloody dentist 🙄

However some good things have happened - I've spent more time with DH; the unrestored part of our house is in better shape; I've missed medical treatments but have been able to pursue others due to DH being off and available to take me. My friend has a new job (probably coincidental) and has escaped a horrible situation at her previous job

I would be £50k better off as i would have been working . I had earmarked it for work on the house

DH would have had cancer follow UK treatment that was cancelled and now on tenterhooks waiting to see if it is back (tests fond 6 months late)

DS would bs heading back to uni

I would have taken 7 cancelled holidays (cancer had stopped travel recently and this was to be the year to do the bucket list) . I would be in SE Asis today.

I really hope all is ok for your husband- my dad seems to be doing well, but it is impossible to know the difference that there could have been had his chemo gone ahead x

At the beginning of the year we were hoping to buy our first property. We had a 10% deposit, an AIP, had done of a range of viewings and had a very clear idea of what we wanted our how far our budget could go. It felt like the next house we saw could’ve been the one! I think if it had been a normal year we would’ve managed it.

But now we are struggling to get a 90% mortgage. 95% mortgages seemed to have disappeared completely. AIPs don’t really mean anything anymore and only a small portion of the lenders who were offering 90% mortgages in February are doing so now. We have a broker who says a lot of the 90% offers are limited, they’re often ‘done’ by 8am. So now if we put an offer in anywhere which was accepted, it would be a big question mark over whether we could get a mortgage for it. 6 months we were seen as attractive candidates who could get a mortgage with a range of lenders.

I know it’s a small thing in the big scale of the Covid aftermath and we are lucky to be healthy and financially secure in such a difficult time, but it does feel disappointing to be set back.