To think 2021 isn't going to be the amazing year we all want...

[Skyshale]

...or am I being massively pessimistic?

Everyone is going on about next year, saying it will be amazing and that we can all travel again, see family and be as normal.

But the virus isn't going to think "Oh, look, the clock has struck 12 on New Years Day. I'm gone now...BYE EVERYONE forget I ever existed".

AIBU to think 2021 isn't going to be the amazing year we all imagined?

Can I just say (I've had a few wines and my thoughts are running away with me) I would LOVE 2021 to be an amazing, incredible year for us all but a horrible dark side of me thinks it ain't going to happen...

@cologne4711

I do think people need to wake up. Unless you've lost a friend/family members - or your job - or had to cancel a wedding/one-off celebration it's really not been that bad this year. So you might have had to cancel or rearrange a holiday, or miss a concert. Does that really matter? Most of us will live for 80 years ish.

Someone said at work on Thursday evening that this has been the hardest year professionally. I imagine it has been with young children to entertain while trying to work. But for the rest of us? Really? No commute, no stress with trains, more sleep.

I will trade having to wear a mask in the supermarket for that.

I know people will say I'm being insensitive. Am I? For one year the world has been flipped on its head and it has suited introverts. The extroverts/FOMO/#blessed crowds don't know what to do with themselves. Well maybe you'll show a bit more empathy when things do go back to normal - I am not holding my breath though - you'll probably start forcing us to socialise again and telling us we're not team players when we don't.

Yours in misanthropy.

My dad died a few weeks ago so the end of this year is monumentally shit. I wasn't able to hug any of my family at his funeral. I didn't see him all year because restrictions in both our areas meant visits weren't possible.

I've only seen 2 of my friends this year, much less often than I usually would. I miss my other friends.

And I wish people would stop with the whole "wfh is great, no commute, loads of money saved" sweeping generalisations. This was the hardest year for me professionally. I walk to work so wfh didn't save me any money or commuting stress. I live alone so it did lead to me being incredibly lonely. I felt cut off from my colleagues and detested every single second of it.

I'm an introvert and this year has absolutely not suited me.

I wfh anyway and used to rely on client meetings in London once a week to get my fix of life - just seeing the world go by, listening to buskers, watching the street artists, maybe fitting in an exhibition or staying in town to see a show or meet a friend for dinner and drinks. I really miss all that. I wouldn't dream of saying it's been tough to go without that - but DS experienced terrifying isolation at uni - saw no other human for days on end and got very down. He's home now, allowed to socialise and is a changed person. Most of us need others to thrive. I spoke with a very introverted friend earlier today and she has hated this year. She lives alone, in an isolated place and misses our small crowd who meet up regularly.

This thread from July makes interesting reading
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3971688-To-believe-that-it-wont-all-be-over-by-Christmas

Not really - it’s just a load of people from July saying it won’t be over by Christmas