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Is anyone else leading a nearly ' normal' life.

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Christmaspud20 · 08/11/2020 19:46

For me. Except the local theme park being closed again and things like soft play for the kids,
Nothing else is different for us.
Thankfully this time dh isn't furloughed or anything, so he's working 6 days.
We don't mooch round the shops in general. I rarely go to town as I find it stressful at the best of times.
I generally wait till I have a few things to go for and just do 1 morning and list the shops in order to get it done fast.
We don't go for meals or drinking. The last time was December for his works drinks
I shop 1 big one a week and maybe 2 small top ups, but often just 1 We just don't have the fridge space to just do the once.
I do use wilko etc for toiletries so still do that and it's walking distance
Kids are at school and pre school as normal.
My bubble is my DF who's a single parent to my dsis who is under 18, she comes round most days after college when dad's at work.
I Drive to school runs etc, so obviously traffic is near enough the same as that's the time everyone is so understandable.
I know I'm very lucky and dh could be furloughed at any point of there's not enough work for his place to keep them all on atm.
But for me the only different thing is the social interaction with others at groups etc. But I'm happy in a group chat online and be done with it.

Loads of others I know in my normal social circle is the same. Only my DM is saying how different it all is as she's furloughed.

OP posts:
Iremembertheelderlykoreanlady · 09/11/2020 23:03

No.

I can't go round to my parents house

I'm breaking the rules if I meet my mum and dad for a walk in the countryside with my son

My son's outside school activities are all on zoom

I haven't seen my brother and my nieces since we went into tier 3

OH is WFH so here all day and a bit under each other's feet (it's been better than I thought to be fair)

The only positive is that I'm WFH which I love and don't want to end!

MadameBlobby · 09/11/2020 23:22

To be fair your normal life sounds quite boring to me if you never go out

Tootsietoot · 10/11/2020 05:45

I miss going out so much. Usually twice a week with friends and occasionally DH!

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