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AIBU?

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To not want to hear about Covid all the time?

13 replies

Muchadoaboutlife · 01/11/2020 11:08

We’re entering another lockdown. I just need to know when, where m, the rules and when it ends. End of. What I’ve got in my life is serious anxiety and exhaustion from all the adults ranting and talking at me about it like they are on prime ministers question time. I’m sick of being inundated with other people’s voices droning on with “their opinion”. I don’t have the brain space. I’ve been through 6 months of homeschooling with young kids and I’m tired. I really used to enjoy sharing a fun cup of tea with my best mate and a chat to ease life’s troubles but now she’s angry and rants all the time. Bang bang bang. Government. Statistics. Determined to get it heard that the govt are wrong. My husband then rants at me at any given moment. Delivering “his opinion” about the science like we’re in a lecture theatre. My entire family are the same. Go for a rare visit and I’ll inevitably be on the receiving end of “somebody’s opinion” of Brexit or the lockdown or viruses in China like everybody went to Cambridge and studied virology for 16 fucking years.

I just want to be left alone. Have nice chats about Great British bake off with smiley happy people.

Does anyone else have this? How do I get my loved ones to shut up. Before this it was Brexit so they’ve all got form for this.

It’s actually really getting me down because I feel like I’ve got to distance myself from my support system in order to protect my mental health

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slashlover · 01/11/2020 11:27

YANBU. It's completely taken over AIBU too, I wish @MNHQ could just move all the relevant posts to the Covid section.

IamTomHanks · 01/11/2020 11:29

YANBU, but wait 3 more days and it will be all about the 2nd American Civil War.

MaskingForIt · 01/11/2020 11:31

OP: I’m fed up of hearing about Coronavirus.
Also OP: I know, I’ll start a thread about Coronavirus.

Grin
Beni1993 · 01/11/2020 11:31

I agree. And it's really frustrating to see yet another post about it in AIBU rather than the coronavirus board.

zippityzip · 01/11/2020 11:31

At my daughters school - in her class if anyone says covid or coronavirus the whole class has to boo.
I thought it was a great way of the teacher to discourage the constant chatter of it in a light hearted way.
I'm so sick of it. Sick of listening to it. Sick of being fed bullshit statistics. Sick of the slogans.

Muchadoaboutlife · 01/11/2020 12:33

@zippityzip that’s brilliant advice. Thank you! I’m going to try that

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Skyblue1234 · 03/11/2020 08:46

I can totally sympathise im fed up hearing about it aswell. Everyone has been talking about the same thing for the last 8 months 😭😭 there should be a rule of only talking about covid once a day or something. Turn off the news Facebook and tell your loved ones how you feel they might want to talk about something else too but just not know how to anymore goodluck xxx

missmouse101 · 03/11/2020 08:53

I agree. Just look on the official government website if you need to know what is and what isn't allowed. All this constant discussion between people is ridiculous.

Emmapeeler2 · 03/11/2020 08:58

YANBU!

StCharlotte · 03/11/2020 08:58

Okay let's try a normal conversation.

"What did you do at the weekend?"
"Nothing."

I'm sick of it too but there's actually nothing else to talk about is there?

(And if your friend and DH are angry and ranty, I'm guessing they're not okay either.)

Noitjustwontdo · 03/11/2020 08:59

I agree. I don’t like not reading the news but covid has obviously overridden everything else since March and I’m bored of it now.

sashagabadon · 03/11/2020 09:02

Oh I agree!
Hate to say it but Mumsnet is hugely depressing too. I don’t know why I look at it anymore as it makes me feel frustrated!
There are some nice threads though that don’t seem to turn into an argument. Check out the good news corona thread. Lots of positive stuff and there is plenty of it

mongoosebaby · 03/11/2020 09:08

Come on people of mumsnet! The internet needs you. We need parking threads and MIL threads and we need them now!!

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