Anyone else loving lockdown life?

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Just that really.
I could happily live like this long term.
I have 2 DC aged 10 and 14 and I love our little cocoon.
Life is so full of hustle and bustle and daily demands and to me this is heaven!
I feel strange for feeling this way, anyone else?

I think it’s ridiculous the comments about just thinking of ourselves because we dare find any positives. Yes it’s tragic what’s happening to the world and I pray daily for people but some of the comments have been totally ott.
Yes I’m enjoying my time but I also have serious health issues however I’m able to appreciate the time with family.
I don’t have money worries as I was skint before this due to my health so I could say YOU only care because you are losing money.
As for the comments about we obviously don’t have to worry about any relatives just because we are enjoying this time is bloody stupid. I’m actually shopping for 3 other vulnerable households and of course I worry but everything doesn’t have to be black or white.

I feel the same op.

Dh is a SAHD and I’m working from home so we’re lucky there’s no drop in income. He takes care of dc3 as normal and older dc are old enough not to bother me when I’m working so there’s less stress in my job if anything - especially as I have no commute and minimum contact with my arsehole manager who I hate.

I’ve had an awful 2 years - death, illness, family rifts, financial and relationship issues, work hassle and stress in ridiculous amounts - and I was close to my limit by January and genuinely considering if I could maybe run away by myself (which now seems ridiculous with hindsight). This feels like the first time I can breathe in months.

No obligations, no activities, no travel. Just beautiful weather, dc in and out of the garden in between home schooling, eating as a family every night, walks and cycles, more sleep. Also probably too much wine and chocolate but you can’t have everything 🤷🏻‍♀️

I feel very sorry for anyone struggling but I also feel grateful as the lockdown has likely saved my sanity and mental health from a massive downwards spiral.

No. The whole situation is awful.

Loving the 'oh i'm so priviliged and lucky, is it wrong?' posts?

No it's not 'wrong' but seriously..just listen to yourselves.

The lack of work stress has been eye opening for me. I fell like a different person tbh.

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Yep. Both my DC at home (ds1 usually lives away during the week). We've spent a lot of time playing board/card games. No pressure to "meet for coffee" or whatever.

But I suffer with anxiety/depression so the removal of that pressure has been brilliant for me.

I think if I could still go to my church group twice per week it would be perfect for me.(well if people weren't dying anyway)

I feel very sorry for anyone struggling but I also feel grateful as the lockdown has likely saved my sanity and mental health from a massive downwards spiral

I echo this as I realise now that I was at breaking point and about to go back on medication.

I think I will be anxious and grumpy when this is over. I love having a genuine reason to cross the road when I see someone and quite happy pottering at home with DD and DH. I think if I wasn't looking after my horse I'd go a bit crackers but I can so not much else to miss, really.

I would like to give my DPs a cuddle I think my DM in particular is finding it tough.

I would be in heaven if we had a garden. It's pretty great for us (mostly) in our flat though. We have a study so DH happily ensconced in there for his work hours, I don't have the stress of having to work (SAHM) and the children are (again, mostly) very happy (they're 1 and 3).

it's about having time to just relax and be with family really!

I really wish people wouldn't always assume that everybody is isolating with family, or even with a partner. This trope is everywhere at the moment and it's really galling for those of us who have not only ended up locked down in solitude, but who don't even seem to enter anyone's consiousness.

And im a single parent on benefits so clearly not privileged

I feel a bit guilty about it but yes, provided I have a job to do everyday, I love being at home. I've actually been a lot more productive at work, no commuting or lunch expenses and a lot less hassle. However, I do work longer hours and have been doing a bit too much so need to manage that better.

Dh is loving it. He's working four days a week stretched across the whole week. We're financially secure in that he's getting his full salary and we have plenty of money in the bank. We live by the sea, the sun is shining and he's getting to spend "quality" time with his children (faciliated by me who has to plan, cook and organise all of it). The kids are also having great fun (5 and 22 months) because they are getting mummy's attention 99 percent of their waking hours with lots of crafts, baking and "fun" things.

I'm hating it.

Yes it is awful circumstances overall but people are allowed to reflect on find positives of being forced into changing habits and routines.

I am still working out of the house at least half the week. Traffic is less so journey easy. Work is challenging and full on to the point of breaking me and the other worker.

As for family life. The children have mostly chilled and yes for the first time not killed each other. My husband is struggling with being a home as sole carer. Doesn’t do the housework and meals though still. House is still a mess no matter how much I tidy.

It has certainly shown me who does stuff here and who doesn’t. Even more reason to change my situation post lockdown. Proven I can still be independent.

Well I miss seeing my extended family ,but love walking to the river and crossing over the normally busy road with hardly any traffic .Air smells cleaner and we have watched loads of TV without guilt! Been fairly lucky with food shopping and even have eggs and SR flour! Feel sad though when more deaths appear on TV and stressed out Doctors and Nurses are worried about PPE! When we return to normal will seem very noisy I think

If I wasn't permanently terrified about covid, worryingly about our jobs and money almost importantly my kids education and futures, yes I'd be loving this time.
As it is, I'm not.

I'm also loving it, but I'm very aware that I'm in a fortunate situation as I'm living in a happy family set up with a bunch of fellow introverts. Both my children have issues with anxiety and are just delighted not to have any pressure to go out. As I'm wfh at present, I don't have any worries about that yet, either. Honestly, I feel like I could live like this forever. I love pottering at home, spending time with my children, chatting with my DH, reading, watching telly....etc. I never, ever get bored.

Everybody's lockdown is different, I think. I feel almost guilty that whilst we are so happy, my next-door neighbours are having a dreadful time: they are elderly and vulnerable and she is going through chemo for cancer. At the very time they need their families most, they have to struggle on their own. We are doing what we can to help them out with shopping and collecting prescriptions and they know we are here for them. My DH has also signed up for the NHS volunteers service, but hasn't had a single bleep from them so far.

I'm enjoying it and I'm completely on my own on furlough so not going anywhere but enjoying it whilst it lasts.

I am working overtime, exhausted. My dd19 left home in January, moved 100 miles away, into a room in a shared house with her boyfriend, she's a key worker. I want to hold her. So no, not loving it.

Not almost but most as above

Well said UnaCorda. SIL lives on her own. She can't see her children or grandchildren, and she can't see her husband who is in residential care. She is feeling so miserable and lonely.

Theres thousands of deaths worldwide
Whole family's out of work

Industry's closing down
Kids isolated and hungry
A million or so confined to one room with no company to be shielded
Care homes fucked
Hospices struggling to their doors open and staff safe

Doctors wearing bin bags

But yeah i guess my commute is shorter

Yep I'm loving it too, apart from being apart from elderly parents I am enjoying the fact that my DH and I are going for walks and discovering areas we never even knew existed, loviing the slow pace of life even though I'm still working full time. Lots of cooking and relaxing. Obviously worried for future finances but overall a reflective time with more emphasis on family time.

@PorpentiaScamander Already being on benefits doesn't mean you aren't 'privileged' in this scenario.

It means you're not worrying about losing your job, home or whether you'll be entilted to benefits and how do you apply for them and how long it will take for them to come through?

If you know your income and housing at the end of this are as secure as at the start (even if low income) then yes, you are 'privileged' in comparison to someone with no guaranteed income that could easily lose their home.