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OcelotPanda · 20/02/2021 10:51

I was quite used to lockdown last year, we got in the rhythm of it. This time round I can’t settle though. I think it’s because last time I had a bit of hope that we might come out of it soon. This time I know they fucked up test, trace and isolate. They won’t support people to stay home if they have symptoms. They’ll probably come out of lockdown too fast again, having not invested in the systems needed to keep rates low, and then plunge us back in again for months. It just makes me despair.

userxx · 20/02/2021 10:52

@Helenj1977

I quite like our little bubble. I like not having to see people. I like not doing the school run.

I’m quite worried about it ending.

Continue living that way then, just don't ask me to do the same.

grapewine · 20/02/2021 10:57

Lockdown may suit settled families in nice houses but it is a prison sentence for some of us.

Yep. I feel so trapped.

LucilleTheVampireBat · 20/02/2021 11:10

It’s ruined my career, my industry and my life. You can live under lockdown type circumstances most of the time if you choose. Take a job where you can work from home and don’t see anyone if that’s what you want. But don’t talk about how lovely it is to destroy millions of lives, decimate huge sectors of the economy and send people plunging into poverty just so you don’t have to do the school run

VERY well said.

This thread is in really poor taste. Those of you who are enjoying this can stay inside for the rest of your lives if you want.

Theeffectofthevaccine · 20/02/2021 11:18

I can't believe how we were lied to about the vaccine. It's a disgrace

Oh don't be so ridiculous

Theeffectofthevaccine · 20/02/2021 11:20

I feel completely suffocated and my situation is perfectly fine. It's abhorrent for so many people and I think about them so very often

GalesThisMorning · 20/02/2021 11:32

I'm ok. My kids and my family are all ok. Im grateful for that. It's not life as we know and want it but it's not the pure misery that so many people here seem to be enduring. Part of that is luck and I suspect part of that is personality and outlook. I miss so much and can't wait for lockdown to end, but I've never felt that I'm living not existing.

Beaniecats · 20/02/2021 12:00

Vaccine is our way out
Er... clearly not

GobbeHappy · 20/02/2021 12:12

Yep, I'm loving it. I'm in a bubble with my parents. My daughter has deferred University for a year and is working on my parents farm and I'm now freelance so I don't even have to go into the office anymore. Went to move my car the other day and the battery was totally flat as were two tyres. Went to the shops in my dads old tractor.

Fuckadoodledoooo · 20/02/2021 12:38

@GobbeHappy

Yep, I'm loving it. I'm in a bubble with my parents. My daughter has deferred University for a year and is working on my parents farm and I'm now freelance so I don't even have to go into the office anymore. Went to move my car the other day and the battery was totally flat as were two tyres. Went to the shops in my dads old tractor.

That sounds like my childhood. Not my parents farm but we lived next door to one. The old guy that owned it used to take me and my mum to the shop over the fields on the tractor trailer

Beaniecats · 20/02/2021 15:14

@GobbeHappy

Yep, I'm loving it. I'm in a bubble with my parents. My daughter has deferred University for a year and is working on my parents farm and I'm now freelance so I don't even have to go into the office anymore. Went to move my car the other day and the battery was totally flat as were two tyres. Went to the shops in my dads old tractor.

Good for you

pommedeterre · 20/02/2021 16:17

@GobbeHappy

Yep, I'm loving it. I'm in a bubble with my parents. My daughter has deferred University for a year and is working on my parents farm and I'm now freelance so I don't even have to go into the office anymore. Went to move my car the other day and the battery was totally flat as were two tyres. Went to the shops in my dads old tractor.

What you really mean is that it made it possible to rethink and rejig your way of life and now you are more fulfilled. Thats great. That's not necessarily enjoying lockdown per se, just that you are now happy. You could live the same way post lockdown too.

Onedaysomedaynowadays · 20/02/2021 16:19

@GobbeHappy

Yep, I'm loving it. I'm in a bubble with my parents. My daughter has deferred University for a year and is working on my parents farm and I'm now freelance so I don't even have to go into the office anymore. Went to move my car the other day and the battery was totally flat as were two tyres. Went to the shops in my dads old tractor.

I can't think of anything worse than being stuck on a farm with my parents 🤣

Iusedtobecarmen · 20/02/2021 16:48

Im used to it and i honestly dont mind it overall

Maybe because no way am i bored!im a keyworker and have worked throughout.
I have more time in the sense of no school runs ,after school activities etc, but my days off are busy supervising school work or looking after dc who wouldn't be there in the day
Im still knackered and have no time to take up a hobby or DIY project!
We have dogs and go out every day to a park or for a walk.
As.for socialising, i dont go out that much although i do really misss dressing up to go to the pub.I miss going abroad but i will be happy going on a Uk hol.

Both dh and i have small families that of course we would like to see, but we dont get to meet up probably more than once a month normally due to work patterns.
Dh is a keyworker too and he thinks the same.
Dc are happy and healthy, miss friends and sports but love being at home(a bit too much).
We still keep busy, but in a different way

SugarfreeBlitz · 20/02/2021 19:02

I'm missing the swimming pool... I'm missing community events. Other than that I'm completely happy with everything I need right here and no annoying callers.

whatisforteamum · 20/02/2021 19:03

Moonface123 are you me🤣🤣

bare123 · 20/02/2021 19:52

@Meruem

I think the people that love lockdown/ don’t want it to end because they are either introverted or wfh and have had no financial effects are just as if not more selfish

And this is the problem, and where the sniping comes in. Those of us who are ok with lockdown are not in the government, we have no influence on decision making, we did not impose lockdown. While yes, some may feel nervous about it ending, nobody wants it to continue on a societal level. Even if they would personally prefer to be at home. We are more than aware, and feel for, all those affected negatively. It’s not selfish to say you’re coping ok with lockdown, it’s just a personal viewpoint.

Whichever “side” we’re on, let’s not make others feel shit. There are people who have no choice. Those who are housebound in normal times, people who just don’t have the money for all these theatres, meals out and holidays. I have seen those people on other threads say they also feel crap hearing people call it a half life. You do realise large parts of the population only earn enough to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads? A situation which will have been worsened by all this.

It’s fine to say you miss all those social things. I hope you get to do them again soon. I really do. I don’t want to see all these businesses fold and even more people out of work. I feel for all those separated from loved ones. I myself really want to see my sister, who I haven’t seen for a year. But let’s stop calling each other selfish or sad or whatever. There’s no need for it.

I know there is a difference between being used to lockdown and loving it/ not wanting it to end, my statement was about people in the latter. I am not on anyone’s “side” as I don’t think we should be on sides, but I do find it rather annoying when lockdown haters are considered selfish and lockdown lovers aren’t even though there is others not as fortunate as them who are suffering terribly with the effects of lockdown.

I am happy there are people finding a new lease of life in themselves during this lockdown and hope they carry this into normal life (hopefully soon!) and don’t feel the pressure to do anything because at the end of the day no one is forcing anyone to do anything.

MaudesMum · 20/02/2021 20:20

I'm a fairly grumpy introvert, who is used to living by myself and working from home, so I should have been absolutely fine through all of the lockdowns, and I'm totally not. I miss contact with people - whether friends or just the small informal contacts that happen if you live in a friendly, community minded town. I miss travel, either in England or abroad - seeing new places and exploring new cultures, food and landscapes. And , I pine for live theatre, for art galleries and for concerts. I think some people are coming through this and realising they're happy with a simpler life, and thats absolutely fine - to me it's making me think about the fact that (at 60-ish) I've got less years ahead of me than behind me, and I'm now wasting a year or more when I could be doing things. As soon as I can, I'm going to be out there taking every opportunity I can - I'm going to be spending my dwindling savings on travel, and theatre, and life...

Timeturnerplease · 20/02/2021 21:19

Term time has seemed much the same in that I work late into the night. A fair bit of extra work on top of this re switching to remote learning has kept me occupied for chunks of the weekends too, though this has meant less family time.

This half term I have really felt the impact of lockdown - holidays are when I do the bulk of socialising, play dates for DD and days out etc. Instead, this week I’ve been trying to entertain a toddler who does not want to do any more wet and cold walks, but equally is bored of her toys at home. Normally, shitty weather would be dealt with by things like soft play and playing at friends’ houses.

I think if I was childfree I’d have quite enjoyed a week of chilling out at home, but I guess that gets old very quickly if you’re furloughed or similar and it’s been Groundhog Day since the start of the year.

cardibach · 20/02/2021 21:57

I get that some people don’t want to have massive social lives and have hobbies which are solo, and that’s obviously fine and normal - but it’s not all about pubs and crowds, is it? Don’t any of you miss being able to go into a shop to chose an item properly instead of doing without or guessing you’ll like it from a picture on the internet? Do t you miss popping into a quiet coffee shop (alone if you prefer, or with a friend for a chat)? Don’t you miss going somewhere different for a wander?
That’s what people mean when they say it’s a half life or just existing I think. It’s not some great slur on the lives of introverts or home bodies. Pretty sure even introverts and home bodies go out of the house occasionally in normal times.

everythingisstillginandroses · 20/02/2021 23:12

@cardibach yes, I know what you mean. On a couple of other threads I've mentioned that one of the things I miss is sitting in the pub and having a quiet pint on my own, usually not talking to anyone, maybe reading, maybe people-watching. Or I might have a casual chat to someone on the next table - it might last for a few minutes, it might go on for an hour. It's a tranquil space away from home and responsibilities.

I'm an introvert and lockdown has been good to me overall as I said upthread, but even so I like wandering around a different town for the day or booking a hotel in another city for the weekend. I haven't allowed myself to think about it too much. What I really don't want is some awful, strained pretence at normality, like my local town centre in the summer: people milling around with their masks hanging off their chins, drinking takeaway pints and trying to look like they weren't nervous. I'm v risk-averse atm after having an unpleasant time with Covid in March-April last year, and now I want to wait until I can do stuff properly again, iyswim.