Would you be willing to admit

[Samtsirch]

This is intended to be lighthearted so I apologise if anyone is upset or offended.
I just wondered if anyone would be willing to admit to something which really upsets them about the lockdown situation, whilst also being very aware of how petty and selfish it is in light of the widespread suffering and the seriousness of the whole awful situation ?
For example, I am so thankful for everything I have atm and am doing as much as I can to help neighbours and friends, but I am absolutely gutted that Eastenders/ The Archers won’t be on so often, and also that I am about to run out of my industrial strength cover up foundation, which I used to buy at my local chemist and doesn’t seem to be available online..😟

Really not thrilled that we have only half a kitchen and no hob, worktops, radiators. Builders rightfully left site but can't help feel stressed. Even if the lockdown lifts I wouldn't really want them back in the middle of this.

I love to laugh at weird people while drinking really nice coffee.

Now all I have is the fiancée, and a coffee pod machine!

Ps
@Samtsirch
Have you tried BnQ?

Just depressed about everything. Miss my wonderful mum, constantly stressed over ambiguous and ever-changing advice and instructions from university lecturers, miss being able to loiter around the shops, terrified how long this will go on for. The only real silver lining is that DP is RAF so no worry of losing his job or not being paid.

@TheReelSlimShady I'm with you 😜. I'm missing it a lot.

I'm gutted that my first holiday alone (since the separation last year) with DD was cancelled.

I'm very relieved that I moved out last year, even if that means I'm spending a lot of time alone.

I love to laugh at weird people while drinking really nice coffee

For the first part, watch Tiger King on Netflix.

For the second, order an aeropress I guess? I am so very grateful for our bean to cup coffee machine right now, caffeine is the only thing keeping me vaguely alive.

I feel so much better reading these. I am social worker and I’m seeing some terrible things at the moment. My brother and his partner have both lost their jobs. My mother has pneumonia and is in another country.

I have work and I have two healthy DC I can afford to feed. I consider myself very privileged atm.

I also feel deeply ashamed that I am so gutted re my fortnightly manicure. It is one thing I do for myself and it makes me feel about 500% better about how I look.

So shallow of me and I hate myself for caring about something that is not important.

You lot have helped me not feel so alone. None of you is petty. You are all just coping loss and disappointment.

First family holiday abroad in nine years. We've been getting excited for months. Looking forward to holiday shopping etc.

I miss my work mates. We have a group chat to keep each other sane

We've had to cancel our building work and I was so looking forward to having more space in the house! Also I just started going to the gym and improving my swimming and I really miss it.

And I was really looking forward to getting some pregnancy massages. I'll have to try and train up DH instead

I finally persuaded my DH we could get our new lot of rat babies. (Only been allowed one related same sex trio).

Saw the perfect litter, came down with "a chesty, fevery, hard to breath virus" just over 3 weeks ago, still coughing like a bitch .

Rats do not do well around strep type infections and he won't take any chances ( I do agree with him, but gutted.)

@dramaticpenguin. That is SO sad. Could you post a photo on here so we can admire him?

What foundation please ??

Hi thank you again for all of your responses, and warm wishes to all of you X
I have now found my foundation on line, thank you, and no it wasn't from BnQ, lol
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Sending love to all of you.

I was supposed to be flying to the Maldives tomorrow for a holiday of a lifetime.

I've just found out I've ruptured my acl in my knee but can't get surgery or even physio for months so will be hobbling around in pain as it gets worse.

We're all missing out on something- All these special occasions can be re-planned, and hopefully all the people you expected to be there, will be.
Hair, nails, just as well I have to stay at home!!!! Things are going to get ugly!!!

I need alone time in the house fairly frequently or I feel overwhelmed. I treasure the days I’m off work and my WFH husband goes into the office.
Just going to another room isn’t enough. Me leaving the house doesn’t work (did our allowed grocery shop combined with a mercy dash to the pharmacy for a neighbour yesterday).
I just want to scream at my beloved husband and teenager to leave me alone. Which is not doing my anxious feelings any good at all.
I will send them off to stay with my in-laws as soon as we are able!

Actually just writing this out is making me feel a little less like a selfish cow.

Don't look or listen to either. So nope. Will be a great opportunity to work through all my sky recordings.

Easter/spring is my favourite time of year and I am gutted to be stuck inside. Also sad that I don’t get to go to baby groups with DS (2 months old) - he won’t care or remember but it’s not what I had in mind for maternity leave. Also I was planning on starting to look at childcare options for when I go back to work, which is clearly on the back burner now as nurseries are a bit preoccupied.

This sucks.

I had found the perfect good luck card to give to my daughter just before her GCSE exams, which she will now not sit. Super insignificant in the overall scheme of things, but it makes my heart hurt a bit every time I see it in my drawer.

Not something that upsets me, but something nice. We live near a ratrun for the M4, every time there's a problem on the motorway, the village becomes like a grand prix track. Very few cars today, and I can hear the birds.

Petty as anything but I’ve had to cancel my 40th birthday party and Weill have to cancel my holiday too. I know it’s small fry, but my 30th was rubbish so I’d been really looking forward to it.

After years of putting it off, I had finally started GCSE Maths last September.
Then the college was shut down in November due to safeguarding issues. I was finally offered a place at another local college in February.
Now I may not get the GCSE grade to apply to do schools direct. I am pretty shit and needed the next two months to up my grade.
I have a 2:1 degree but not a C pass in Maths and it pisses me off!!

I will admit to hoping the whole thing stops the fucking Archers altogether - there is really no need for it.

@Hingeandbracket
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I think my partner is with you on that one !

My sister and my nephews were finally planning to come for a visit in June - first one in over 12 (I live abroad from them). Last chances really for family holidays together as our kids are finishing uni and a masters this year (or meant to). All off now and who knows if we can ever get it organised again.

I feel so sorry for my girls whose major exams have been cancelled because they’ve been working so hard for the last few months. It also means they will not have a graduation and may not see some of their friends who will be going to another college in September.

I do hope all countries afflicted by the virus will stay strong and overcome this crisis so life can return to normalcy as soon as possible.