How will you behave after lockdown ends?

[Crazydiamond106]

I’ve been thinking about the profound effect lockdown / fear has had on (most) people’s behaviour. For example..me and my husband went from being very relaxed before lockdown began and thinking the media was over-hyping everything, to washing down the shopping and crossing the road to keep a distance from people on our walks.

When lockdown ends / is relaxed will we all just go back to normal, despite the risk still being there? We have a 3 month old baby and I guess I was thinking we’ll be going from actively keeping 2 metres away from people straight back to family and friends hugging and kissing within a day...but we’ve had that fear and change of mentality the past few weeks. It seems like it will be a strange transition!

Will you go back to your old life completely or be more cautious and avoid certain situations? It’s a tough one as we have to carry on to some extent if a vaccine is 1+ years away and when everyone’s back at school and work I guess any other distancing is futile.

I have hairdresser booked for August don’t know if that will be going ahead or not !

We will go back to normal whilst adhering to any requirements. Looking forward to travelling, seeing family and friends, just going out for a drink or a meal. I think work will actively be promoting more WFH so that might change.

I didn't think my previous post had uploaded! Looking forward to going to the hairdressers and having my eyebrows done as well.

I will be more cautious, but also will appreciate normal life more.

I'm going to assume that earths atmosphere is now deadly to humans and wear my space suit at all times

The only main impact for me behaviour-wise will be on foreign holidays, assuming health insurance doesn't cover covid related treatment. I don't fancy risking huge medical bills on something I can't insure against.

I suppose another change will be related to finances. High tax, low income = no money for extras. Less eating out.

More people will wash their hands, more people will work from home, more people will use local services such as milkman. I think there will be a huge drive from Brexiters for stuff to be made in the UK.

Personally, I will be a bit cautious about toddler groups etc and will keep kids home if they get a cold.

I will be mindful to wash my hands more often still but apart from that back to normal for me. I can’t wait to see my friends, eat in restaurants, go to the cinema..... the sooner we get back to normal the better

I will be washing hands after visiting shops and putting away shopping. Keeping my distance from strangers where possible, not hugging or kissing anyone (apart from who I live with) unless I really have to. Carrying hand sanitiser. Keeping anti bac wipes in the car, wiping down 'high touch' areas at home more frequently with disinfectant, especially when the dcs go back to school/nursery. I might even turn down more social invitations than I currently do (I used to be really social, but can't be bothered so much these days). I will probably go back to normal in terms of amount of times I go shopping and buying 'non essential' items.

I want to be normal but I presume I will get "STAY AWAY FROM ME!" vibes off of other people, which I will try to respect.

I won't book any holidays unless they depart in a few days and don't last long.

I dont think I'll practice "social distancing" or keep 2m apart anything like that but I will make more of an effort to see my family. The amount of times I've drove past a family members house to get myself home and think it's ok I can go tomorrow is unreal, now were lockdown and the most I can do is wave to my Mum from the driveway when I drop some essentials off really breaks my heart. I will definitely make a point of dropping in on loved ones for a quick chat and cuppa rather than put it off for another day

We'll go back to as normal as possible. We don't often go to pubs/restaurants/cinema these days any way, so our normal is going to NT places/Kew Gardens/Wisley and places like that at weekend with friends/family. We were discussing last night about face masks and thought we might wear them if we have to take a tube journey. It would be good if someone comes up with an antibody test, as that way more people would know what level of personal precautions that they needed to take.

Well, not quite what you're asking but I will try and say what I mean and mean what I say.
No more people pleasing.
Life's too short.

I'm retired so no worries about commuting on public transport or working close to others. We did actively reduce contact with crowded areas before it was really recommended and I suspect will continue to be a bit anti social.
It has obviously changed the way I shop for groceries and I think I will (for a while) continue to shop less frequently, mainly because I've got better at planning meals.
I'm a keen golfer so I'm itching to get back to that. As an activity, it naturally involves social distancing, but there is also a major social Social component to golf which I'm not sure how comfortable I'll feel about at first. Not sure if I feel I should be lunching with a group of over 70s after a round of golf