What are the first things you'll want to do after the lockdown is lifted?

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I'll probably be hugging all my friends and throwing a party since it will be okay by then (I HOPE). And also going to the cinema, there are some really good movies I look forward to!

I’m staying inside until I see what happens.

But the minute I can, the minute the oldies are set free, we will be visiting my mum who is 300 miles away and feeling v lonely right now

Day out with the kids. Cider in the sunshine. Nando’s for dinner.

Does anybody have any notion of when it will be safe to visit the olds? I’m thinking maybe September or October?

I want to say go to Alton Towers but I think it will be a long long time before theme parks reopen if at all this year, social distancing will be difficult on rides and impossible with ride operators checking restraints etc. so I'm going to say camping and a day out at a National Trust place or the beach.

This is not meant to be inflammatory, but is everyone assuming life will go straight back to normal once lockdown is lifted? The chances of catching the virus is still there; greatly multiplied in fact if everyone is back in the streets again?

See my family.
Have a McDonald’s breakfast
But a proper coffee

Haircut
Buy new clothes
See my mother
Go to Waitrose to buy gallons of cava

(In that order, as even though we will have been in lockdown for possibly months, her first comment would be, ‘Well, you need to smarten yourself up and have a haircut!’ Hence the need for wine afterwards.)

Thisismytimetoshine
No, but all of these things will be possible eventually, even if not straight away.

Love the theme park idea, we are booked to go first weekend of September, fingers crossed.

Get a new hair color
Get back to the photography! I had plenty of Photoworks edits to serve people with but I need some new content for my social networks to keep moving as a photographer!
Visit my friend who lives in another city

With respect to those saying that we should remain cautious and indoors after lockdown is lifted (which I do agree with) I think the purpose of this thread was to inspire a bit of hope/positivity/daydreaming about what life will eventually return to. To remind ourselves of those small pleasures we used to take for granted, and to inspire people to look forward rather than dwelling on what we’ve lost.

I don’t think it’s helpful to take it literally, and assume that what this thread is saying is that on day1 of the gradual lifting of sanctions everyone is saying they plan to rush out and start infecting the vulnerable and flinging themselves around with wild abandon. We all have more sense than that in reality.

Allow people a bit of fun daydreaming about the positive times to come. Please!

See my family. My dad is on the shielded list, as is my stepdad and my grandma. I can't wait to be able to hug them.

Me and my 2 DS's walked past my grandmas house on our walk last week and waved at her through the window, she was miming I love you at us and crying happy tears. I sobbed all the way home

Be in the house, on my own, no questions, no noise, no one hogging the WiFi......

Give my preschooler and my toddler to someone else to look after!

n.b. lighthearted

Get married.

Get a Big Mac and take my toddler to the park....she is missing the swings!

Drive to my parents and give them a massive hug.

Oh yes @doradoo - to be quiet at home with the dog, doing my own thing! Not having to clean the worktop every five minutes after DH has made yet another cup of tea and left the spoon on there (despite asking him many times not to!). Nobody looking over my shoulder when I am on the laptop!

Send DS to the park or his friends house, or have his friends here. I don't want to do anything involving DS myself as we've had weeks on end of time together and he wants his friends, not me!

For me, pub, shops, long walks without the zombie shuffle to worry about. Work, I really miss work. Pret sandwich.

Extended family trip to the beach if the weather is decent

Gym
Pub lunch in the sun
Short trip away with the kids
Mooch around the shops

Take my children to see their Dad (he lives in central London so we’ve decided it’s not an option at the moment)

I want to see my best friend (NHS worker, I worry about him every day)

Have my FWB over for 48 hours of non stop sex 😳

Go to a café... alone

I don’t think it’s helpful to take it literally, and assume that what this thread is saying is that on day1 of the gradual lifting of sanctions everyone is saying they plan to rush out and start infecting the vulnerable and flinging themselves around with wild abandon. We all have more sense than that in reality.

If only that were true! If you read some of the posts on Mumsnet and watch the news you'll know that some people are currently behaving with "wild abandon" despite the lockdown. Or else asking questions like 'will the lockdown be lifted this weekend' or 'will I be able to take my foreign holiday in May'. So I don't agree that some posters are just daydreaming. I think some genuinely think we'll go from lockdown to normality overnight.

Perhaps if the thread had been called 'what are the things you're most looking forward to doing when we return to normal' those realists amongst us might not be so grumpy!

Move out of the flat I’m currently in, into a place with a garden.

I loved my flat before all this started, but I don’t have any outside space at all - and my mental health is suffering. I’m getting out for walks, but it’s not the same. The lack of my own outdoor space is driving me batty.