What is the worst mistake you have made during the pandemic?

[Lockdowner35]

I would say
A time where I went to the shop with my mask in my pocket but forgot to put it on.

Not taking all my cleared out bags of clothes and bric-a-brac to the charity shops when they were open!

And not being more persuasive with DS to convince him NOT to take a lease on a flat he has lived in for all of about 4 weeks since September!

Quarantining in lockdown 1 with a guy I’d only just started dating. He was a messed up lovebomber with an ex wife who was actually Satan (I hate the ‘crazy ex’ trope but having witnessed her behaviour first hand as she used to send him abusive texts about me, I can confidently say she deserves that label)

Rebooking cancelled holiday in May for November.

Yes the making the most of it in the summer for me too. I wish I'd gone out to eat/drank at pubs, at one point there were about 10 cases per 100k in my area, it was so unlikely to catch it at that point I wish I'd done a lot more socialising!

Would have been a good time to have a baby last year. Work was quiet, no travel or commuting. Easy to attend appointments. Now I've been made redundant and missed the boat

Making plans. Having hope. Keeping booking things (theatre tickets, particularly) when I should have known the law would change and they wouldn't happen.

Given up now. Everything I valued is gone till at least 2022, and probably not coming back then, and my DD is screwed for life.

Volunteered to be redeployed at work (NHS) ... I didn't realise my husband was so stressed about it. I was on a ITU ward (not patient facing) for 7 weeks.

I think it may have contributed toward a health crisis that impacted him. Although lots of other issues were also stressing him, but maybe it was the straw that broke the camels back.

Thank you so so much @aliasname.
You are a true heroe and I am sure he knows that.

Definitely regret not taking the time to overhaul my lifestyle and diet.

I’m still overweight and don’t exercise at all😳 At the moment I don’t even go for walks as covid levels are really high and no one is socially distancing in this area. Never mind covid, I’m going to develop type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease at this rate!

I am a nurse though and it’s been a tough old year so I completely forgive myself although I really wish I had more willpower.

I wish my DH had gone to see his mum in February. He was going too but was worried he might give her Covid without realising. She died in May (not Covid)

Wish I’d seen my extended family over the summer - have seen my parents twice in the last year and not seen my sister for over a year.

I regret not taking my 15mo to more baby classes when they were on over the summer. I was still being really cautious, and now I'm getting genuinely worried about her lack of socialisation.

Wish I’d started WFH a week earlier in March, then I wouldn’t have caught covid from one of my team in the office - it’s fucked my health up completely.

...and the health of my DH, who caught it off me.

@CosmicComfort

Definitely regret not taking the time to overhaul my lifestyle and diet.

I’m still overweight and don’t exercise at all😳 At the moment I don’t even go for walks as covid levels are really high and no one is socially distancing in this area. Never mind covid, I’m going to develop type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease at this rate!

I am a nurse though and it’s been a tough old year so I completely forgive myself although I really wish I had more willpower.

This, although I am not a nurse, year been shit in other ways.

I wish I took advantage of the the relaxed restrictions in the summer. Like overs have said I was over cautious too and now feeling bitter....

Not fighting my child’s corner enough. Lockdown was absolutely shit for us as a family, we had little to no support from school for them and I’ve since been told by several other agencies how much We were failed. My child was vulnerable and school did nothing, Despite having staff sitting around doing nothing as they had so few children in (I have a friend that works there, who was full of tales of sitting in the staff room For hours with other support staff waiting to be told what to do next).

Forming a household bubble with a single friend who then lashed out big style at me because everything was apparently only at my convenience (I have a young toddler so the day pretty much revolves around him). The friendship is now dead as she was extremely vicious when I suggested she seek mental health support (she's genuinely very unwell)

@CarlottaValdez

I was too cautious over the summer, wish I’d gone on holiday while I could.

Me too. I was ultra cautious throughout July & August when, in retrospect, we now know there was very, very little covid around apart from a few isolated hot spots. Unfortunately, one of those hot spots was my nearest city, Leicester.

Not moving fast enough when a family member who's not in my household, grabbed me for a "happy new year" kiss and hug when he came for a coffee in the garden. I made a weird squeeky noise. He thinks I was a twat, I think he was. 🤷‍♀️

i have done that and whats worst i dont do well with chest infections big mistake for me to make oooooooof

Not sending my son back to school when he was allowed in June.

Like others taking advantage of the more relaxed restrictions. We were planning on a mini uk break in September but DH delayed it until November due to his work. Wish I had just taken my DS anyway as we couldn’t go in November due to lockdown. Now not sure when we will go because I’m back at work now post mat leave. DH and I hardly ever get holiday time together as his leave is generally fixed (military) and often clashes with times I’m not allowed to take it, then add in Covid and I have no hope this year.

@PollyPorcupine please don’t worry about this. (I mean all of this really kindly) ,Your baby is so little, once restrictions reopen And you can start getting out again, your baby will soon learn to mix with others and be confident around others. I am really confident it won’t affect them long term and actually, having a really strong bond with you is a Really positive thing.

I’ve know babies who have been taken along to play groups From much younger than yours and the child refuses to leave the mothers knee, won’t look round the rooms, won’t acknowledge anyone else and they have grown in to perfectly sociable young adults. Please try not to worry, you are doing your best for your baby in a really tough situation.

Not going to the dentist in October when I started getting tooth ache. My area was just going up to tier 3, they were still open but I thought I'd wait a few weeks until cases went down...