What is your hardest sacrifice during the pandemic?

[Lockdowner35]

Apart from seeing family I would say going to the cafe and going to the football

Going to a cafe, especially one in an art gallery/museum

Not being able to go dogging.

Our children’s education going up the shitter.
And the pub.

Not being able to go to work

Blimey funkypolar!!
Not seeing friends is mine. No concerts.

My partner not seeing his little boy who lives in Spain. It's utterly heart breaking at times

Having to go back to work....I left because I'd had enough of teaching. I've had even more than enough now lol. Still....probably saved the roof over our heads!

No theatre.
No sex.

Not necessarily in that order.

The impact on the kids.

No skiing holiday this year ☹

@Alightfromtheshadows

I'm secretly relieved at missing some gigs. Although I love live music I now have fibromyalgia and my god I suffer with all the standing! We go to a lot of smaller gigs so no seats! Even at the big gigs dh doesn't want to sit (not do I really!)

Sanity

Restrictions on the kids.
Understand why though.

@TitsOot4Xmas

Sanity

Fair point.

@Funkypolar

Not being able to go dogging.

Having time to myself in the house. I work v part time and usually once I've walked the dog I can clean or cook and have a nice lie on the sofa in the middle of the day without feeling guilty. So I can't wait for DH to go back to the office

In all other respects this way of life suits me down to the ground. I no longer have to find excuses not to socialise with people and I'm not nearly as busy.

Not being able to go dogging.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I don't care about anything for myself, but seeing DM not be able to socialise in person and DD not be able to do team sport and having her GCSE exams cancelled is just horrible.

Not being able to go more than 5km from home(I'm not in the UK). I miss the woods that are about 10km away, the dog walks in my 5km are uninspiring to say the least, I think even the dogs are sick of doing the same circles over and over.

Choice. Spontaneity.

Didn’t have much of either due to the kids, but I resent being trapped in the same place, with the same people, doing the same things. Even though I like my home and area, love my family, and enjoy many things like reading and cooking.

Lack of support during a miscarriage, followed closely by playdates for my three year old.

No parkrun.

It doesn't bother me that much - no holidays is disappointing and it will get wearing if we can't go away later this year but I think the impact on the youngsters is the worst. But if you say that you are not contributing to their "resilience" and people got on with it all during the war.

Not being able to access toddler groups and baby support groups. I have a 3.5 year olds and a 9 month old - born at the start of lockdown - and I could really have used the support from other mums.

Agree it’s the impact on children. I’ll follow the rules but what makes me most inclined to bend them is to make DS happy- seeing a friend at a park for example.

No gigs. What I would give to be in a sweaty crowd watching a band I love. My girls missing their dance classes. It is really knocking their mental health