That's it I'm done

[babasaclover]

Right that's it I'm done. I've been locked in this house since January. First due to health now Coronavirus. I'm done been positive and thankful for having a garden etc - i need to MOOOOOAAAAANNNNN.

Anyone else thoroughly fucked off with it all? Never thought I would miss work and mundane stuff.

Yep all the fucking Dooey people 😡

Apparently wk 5 is when most people hit the wall, so buckle up...

I personally hate all the toxic positivity. I have 2 children who need, but are being denied, my attention and direction, a full on job, that directly deals with the current crisis and so is insanely busy, a small flat, no garden, a DH who is a key worker in a NHS setting and so is out of the picture for the entire day. It is shit. Lots of people are having a really hard time with this situation and should be allowed to say so without being shamed for their very justifiable feelings.

Give me strength

If there's one thing I'm happy about it's that I've finally found the ordinary human beings who are actually finding this as difficult as I am.

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“And most of all I am SICK of FUCKING SAUCEPAN LADY who bangs her FUCKING SAUCEPAN for five minutes during the FUCKING BULLSHIT CLAPPING and wakes up my kid and shits all over my ovenless fucking evening every fucking week.”*^

I must admit I've been tempted to bang a saucepan just for something different to do.

Hey, spend two hours building a fort out of cereal boxes that your toddler will spend precisely three minutes playing with. Create a hopscotch with educational activities to complete on each square. Turn your living room into an obstacle course and wrap your children’s feet in bubble wrap?

I did all this stuff with my DC when I was a SAHM and they were small.
The difference is that I could also go to toddler groups, shopping, the library, etc.

That is not a small difference.

I am sorry for parents of young children, health workers, the lonely, etc. I know I have it easier than many and you have every right to moan!

When I was at university we had this thing called ‘Primal Scream’, 9pm on the Sunday night before finals week everyone on campus opens their windows and just howls with anxiety. I think we need to start doing that on alternate days from the 8pm clap for carers

Omg yes.

Hello, fellow fed-uppers. I’m not doing so bad today, but yesterday I felt like walking into the sea. (Not really, before MNHQ pop up.)

Gripes here:

We have done a Sainsbury’s online shop once a fortnight for years, but now can’t get one because we are not vulnerable. Which is fair enough, but we have no car, and are running low on the stuff we usually get online - cat food, canned stuff, cleaning products - but are limited to what we can carry.

I had to collect a prescription from Boots on Wednesday and the boarded up bars and restaurants on my way made me want to howl.

I hate working from home.

All the CV telly popping up all the time gives me the absolute rage. But I can’t stop watching.

I’m on Easter holidays (teaching) this week and last, and really miss meeting friends for lunch/dinner, wandering round the shops, going for dinner with DP, LIFE. I had flu - or was it CV - over the Christmas holiday and spent most of them in bed.

I know about the greater good, and am SO grateful we have space, and a garden, and so on, but god, it is shite.

@Xenia and @wanderings I completely agree

Me. First really low day today. Everything is doing my head in And I feel like crying. Don't know why today more than any other day especially.

I’m in. I’m so fed up of this.
I’m sick of not being able to go out when I want to, and even when I go out there’s nowhere really to go.
I’m sick of worrying about me or any of our loved ones getting this fucking virus.
I’m sick of worrying about money because our household income has dropped by 20%.
I’m fed up that in exactly 5 weeks time I should be on a plane to LA with my husband for a holiday that we were so excited about and while it’s not yet been cancelled by the holiday company, it’s not obviously not going to happen. We have the option at the moment to postpone it for a later date....but when? When will we be able to fly anywhere again?

I want normal back.

*obviously not happening.

Ignore the first ‘not’

@ZJSH

I have the youngest in bed and the oldest is watching the tablet downstairs with husband on his headphones. I decided to go upstairs to have some peace and my husband asked me what I was going to do..my response was.. I don’t know (because it was a stupid question to begin with and why does it matter). If he comes up here in the next 20 minutes, there will be an argument and he will be sleeping somewhere else. Ffs 🙄.

@flyingspaghettimonster

Can I ask--how much is your combined income gross?

@cantata

So sorry to hear that

Thank you, Colouringin. Every kind word does help. I'm trying to cling to them, rather than the 'we love lockdown' noise...

Yes to the primal scream, excellent idea! May be best to warn the neighbours first though...no one wants to be that neighbour.

Fed up of not having a reason to put nice clothes on. The novelty of wearing either gym stuff or pyjamas has well and truly worn off. Always been against DD8 doing gaming but her friend from school badgered her to join Roblox so every day she asks to go on it. Not ready for this yet. Let her have an hour to fight cos l needed a break but then she couldn't sleep,cos her brain was so wired....called me upstairs three times crying cos she couldn't sleep. Have to call elderly mother every day to make sure she is ok - she doesn't understand it is only a quick call always wants to talk for ages and ages then l feel guilty trying to get off the phone. Ffs.

Tonight not to fight!!

I have a DC with severe learning difficulties and autism who doesn't understand what's going on. Lots of disruptive behaviour, sleepless nights, running away. I literally can't sit still for a second and take my eyes off him. I'm sick of people moaning on Facebook they're bored, I've stopped myself commenting so many times ID LOVE TO BE F*CKING BORED!!!!!

It is shit and its ok to say that! I mean - there are some positives - but it’s shite

Can I join? I'm stuck at my mum's, been poorly since last November, came to stay for Christmas & haven't gone home yet as I'm not well enough to manage on my own with ds. My mum has her own routine, she watches the same tv programmes at the same time every day, she gets up early & goes to bed early, ds & I get up late when ds isn't at school & stay up late, we escape mum's tv programmes by retreating to our rooms, ds to game online with his friends, me to read or listen to music. I haven't been outside since March 12, I ordered some crutches so I could try to start walking a bit, they only sent me one, the other one is supposed to have been on it's way since March 30. If I sit with mum I start reading, she starts talking & I forget what I have just read. I was supposed to have seen a consultant at end of March but due to Covid 19 it got cancelled, I need an adapted bungalow but there is no housing service to help get me one at the moment. Sorry for moaning but I feel like I'm banging my head against a brick wall at the moment.

Nat that sounds tough

I just want to go bed and wake up when this is over. Supposed to be helping ds with schoolwork tomorrow. cannot face another day of parenting

We banged pans two weeks running. Then I met a new neighbour who has an 18 month old, and I stopped because the poor parents are probably trying to keep her asleep.

Why can’t we do it at an earlier time?!

I have no more fucks to give.
My headache is almost gone..since when was a duck roast Dinner a cure for a headache
Anyway, I’m calmer now and have stopped swearing.

We watched the last orange is the new black..so I’m sad it’s done.
Tomorrow I need to go into town.