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Which specific moment from this will stay with you forever?

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RosieLemonade · 13/02/2021 15:18

Positive or negative.

OP posts:
NotQuiteUsual · 13/02/2021 18:31

Finishing a rare early evening shag with dh in the front room right on 8pm on the first Thursday clap. For a full minute we thought the clapping was for our efforts Blush

Bourbonbiccy · 13/02/2021 18:32

The moment being told you couldn't see family, it was so surreal.

I often think, when telling the story of this to my son, I don't think he will grasp the severity of the situation and how it was to live through it.

BrowncoatWaffles · 13/02/2021 18:32

Sitting in the garden eating dinner with the kids on a bank holiday weekend with DH and I both awaiting news of Dominic Cummings' long-delayed press conference. Finally catching up with it after the kids were asleep and hearing someone defend Barnard Castle as 'him doing what was right as a father for his family' and feeling utter fury at having followed all the rules to the detriment of my parents and DMIL.

It sounds silly but it is what I remember more than anything else.

Ohcomeonitsrubbish · 13/02/2021 18:33

My DD having an urgent op during last summer and the anaesthetist wearing full PPE, including breathing apparatus. I remember thinking how oddly distorted his head looked (poor chap).

Bourbonbiccy · 13/02/2021 18:34

The positive was Not feeling guilty for wanting to stay at home with my son, and making the most of every minute of us together at home, and loving it.

TatianaBis · 13/02/2021 18:34

Lying in my garden in the hot summer on a weekday listening to the birds.

Tupperwarelid · 13/02/2021 18:35

Falling over and breaking my ankle while out running at the end of May. DH took me to the emptiest A&E I have ever seen. I was literally in, X-rayed, given a boot and crutches and told to go within half an hour. The hospital was spookily quiet.

Madhairday · 13/02/2021 18:35

Getting my first shielding letter back in March, the words 'you are at risk of serious illness' hitting home and realising I was going to have to shield away from my family for the next however long.

The best bit - having my first Pfizer vaccine two weeks ago.

Tempusfudgeit · 13/02/2021 18:36

At the start of the first lockdown I tried to buy two small bottles of ready-made formula for my baby who was screaming in the car, one for now, one for later. The shop assistant said there was a one bottle limit (no sign on the shelf).

I bought one and went out to the car park and the man who was behind me in the queue shouted and came running over. He had bought the other bottle for me.

LunaNorth · 13/02/2021 18:36

Visiting my mum in her care home, through a glass partition. She waved at me as she disappeared around the corner, going in search of a Mars bar from the care home shop.

The next time I saw her she was semi-conscious in hospital, and she died that day.

Boredsillyathome · 13/02/2021 18:37

Last March when lock down was announced going to Asda people queuing in the cold, everyone quiet it was so unsettling felt like the end of the world, and the schools closing taking my daughter to school and hardly any kids being there, and the panic buying beforehand which was awful - these memories will stay with me

Emmacb82 · 13/02/2021 18:38

Giving birth to my precious ds2, him being poorly in hospital and my husband and ds1 not able to visit until we came home. Having him was also the best positive of this whole thing though too. He’s been a shining light in all the darkness

Professionalplayingcards · 13/02/2021 18:38

Oh these are all so sad and yet some lovely. The man rushing over with the baby milk, why does the kindness of strangers bring you to tears almost more than the sad stories.

monicacat · 13/02/2021 18:39

Packing up all my grand child's toys and standing in the garden while my son-in-law came to collect them.
My daughter and grand child both sat silently in the car and watched with the car windows shut. I didn't cry until they drove away.

Werkwerkwerkwerkwerk · 13/02/2021 18:39

Driving to work early March, 4months pregnant, and thinking how surreal it was that we were going about our everyday business; I had a deep seated dread that things were about to change beyond our wildest dreams. I couldn't understand why everybody else was so ambivalent, but I had a friend in Lombardy which probably afforded me more insight into what was coming than others.
I clearly remember having a big argument a week after with my mum, and heading back to hers to have a cry and apologise for all of the arguments we'd ever had. I had a funny feeling it was to be the last time I'd see her for a long time; sadly I was right :(

Montysauras · 13/02/2021 18:40

@SuperbGorgonzola

The Queen saying "we will meet again".

Having to stand on the pavement outside hospital in labour, freezing having severe contractions leaning against a bollard, and not being allowed in until a midwife made her way from Maternity, had me put on a mask and walk alone with her to the labour ward.

@SuperbGorgonzola this one made me tear up. After a pretty horrendous birth and suffering with a bit of PTSD I honestly cannot imagine what that would have been like without DM and DH Flowers
DaisyHeadMaisy · 13/02/2021 18:40

Tempusfudgeit

Ah that's lovely he bought it for you. It must have been a very scary time for formula feeding Mums. I know people were buying it up to put in tea Hmm

renovationfatigue · 13/02/2021 18:41

When Boris Johnson made that first statement and said that many of our loved ones would die. I remember saying to my husband that I feel really scared. My ds has underlying conditions and it wasn't so well known how it affected children then. The breaking news alert to say Boris Johnson had been admitted to intensive care. Really thought he might die, it just seemed like such a low moment. Going into town for the first time a few weeks into lockdown 1 and seeing all the signs and social distancing markers and really feeling like I was in a dystopian novel.

Ansjovis · 13/02/2021 18:41

Standing outside Tesco on the first day they introduced the NHS hour as we waited for it to finish and the "regular" shoppers to be allowed in. Some of us were trying to queue properly but the majority had lost patience and were pushing and shouting and swearing like there was no tomorrow. I was genuinely worried that someone was going to be hurt. I wanted to leave but I was penned in on all sides and had no food in so had to stay put. Never thought I would ever see those kinds of scenes, especially not in a supermarket!

Werkwerkwerkwerkwerk · 13/02/2021 18:41

Also, I queues for hours at 6 months pregnant for some paracetamol. When I got into the shop they said cash only and I had none, and they were pretty curt with me. A lovely older man paid for me and it made me cry.

tinkywinkyshandbag · 13/02/2021 18:42

The first day they shut the schools that first lockdown and my two teens were just in shock and we didn't know if we could even hug them or what to do for the best. We had dinner that night and all ended up arguing and there were more than a few tears. Awful!

Dontfuckingsaycheese · 13/02/2021 18:42

Sitting in my back garden when they clapped for the first time. IT had only been something being talked about on the news but now it was all around me, from the road behind us and the houses around us. And I cried.

Montysauras · 13/02/2021 18:43

Wow this thread has made me feel super emotional (I blame the two gins I’ve already had). I’ve coped pretty well the past year but really struggling recently... I definitely cry a lot more these days! Sending love and virtual hugs to all that need it Flowers

Montysauras · 13/02/2021 18:44

.. and just to add, I will never forget the initial BoJo lockdown announcement. I grabbed hold of my DH hand and just cried. It was so surreal!

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 13/02/2021 18:44

The map of the world showing how quickly it spread, it was like a disaster movie.

Not being able to buy loo roll.

Getting covid with absolutely no symptoms or after effects despite being in a high risk category and the awful realisation that I had been swanning about like plague Mary at work and doing my monthly shop with no idea I had it.

Only found out by chance during a random test.