How long before we’re all disappointed with normal life again?

[Thewinterofdiscontent]

So we’ll all go out with friends and family ASAP and pop round each other houses. And go shopping. It’ll be fantastic.
How long before people start moaning again?

Those with no friends and family are going to feel even worse once everyone else has somewhere to go.
Everywhere will be packed and we’ll be pressured to spend a fortune just because we can and we haven’t seen each in so long.
We’ll remember how rubbish having to physically turn up for work is and get resentful of people who have been kept at home. And those at home will feel sidelined.
Crime will be back up again.
Hospitals rammed again and impossible waiting lists.

Do you mean how long until my husband and I lie in bed on a Saturday night moaning that we're too tired to go out and meet friends?
How long until we reach that point in a pub of thinking shit I should have just stayed at home, the hangover won't be worth it
How long before we're sniping at each other over the length of queues at airports, being annoyed not to be able to get a reservation, going into shock over the price of a movie ticket, fretting about getting home late on a Sunday...

All those little inconveniences will seem such a luxury won't they! I even found myself missing early morning birthday parties at the leisure centre!!

Well I prefer working from the office so have been going in a few days a week anyway. I have 0 friends regardless so nothing will change for me in that respect. I do miss holidays and concerts though.

Personally I think you're being very miserable. I didn't feel that way pre covid so can't see how I suddenly feel like that now. But then I've still been going to work so I'm not particularly use to be stuck at home.

I don't understand this thread. I would love to have a chance to be disappointed by cafes, restaurants, galleries, museums, gigs, travel and yes.... school!

I quite liked my 'old' life. It wasn't perfect but it was pretty good. I fear some aspects relating to my work may have changed permanently, and not in my favour, but I'm still desperate to get back to a semblance of how things were. I hate this 'life'.

I’ll spend time with friends and family.
I’ll go to the theatre and gigs and football matches. I’ll eat in restaurants sometimes alone sometimes with mates.
I’ll visit beautiful places around the world.
My house will be full of my children’s friends again.
I’ll take my 80 year old mum to Rome.

Yes, it will be utterly awful.

LOl HelloMissus. MN is so utterly miserable and grumpy sometimes. There is another thread where posters are celebrating not having to go to the pub and see their friends. I want to say: who forced you to do that? It is not compulsory.

I can't wait to sit miserable and hating life in the softplay . I've always done my best to avoid softplays my parents took my children every weekend. I would give anything to be taking them to a softplay today. My 9 year old said to me the other day when they open back up she will probably be too big to be allowed in .

LOL I meant. Not LOI!

Oh very quickly.

In 2009/10, in my mid twenties, I had a horrific time with my health that forced me to move back in with my parents for a couple of months and completely took me out of social circulation for nearer a year, and I lived alone at the time. I promised myself I'd never take the basic stuff for granted again and always enjoy the simple pleasure of just being well and meeting a friend for coffee etc.

Did I fuck! I reverted to type within a couple of years. And we'll all do the same collectively.

Frequent I’ve no idea why people say that had to do all these things that they hated.
Like the theatre police show up with a ticket to Hamilton and you face a fine if you refuse.

I am actually new to the country and don't have ANY friends or family here. But when lockdown lifts, I will go out and make them. I won't sit here moaning about how I don't have any. Such a defeatist attitude.

I think it will encourage us all to make positive changes to our lifestyles, maybe to make more social connections in person, I plan to invite people over more often and worry less about the extra school activities as they seem to drain us of seeing the actual people who matter. I'll make more time to ask my Mum to babysit even if I feel exhausted from day to day life rushing around. To appreciate all the things I miss but used to moan about

Normal life is people in so many industries being able to work, children/young people not having to study online, cancer patients getting their operations, people with conditions other than COVID getting treatment etc etc. Maybe people won’t be disappointed with normal life because they can appreciate how much better things are for other people.

I love pre-lock down life and I love lock down life.

Guess I just love life.

It's a sad reality that there are certain individuals that would be happy if lockdown stayed forever. Life is for living.

I don’t think anyone I know will be moaning about normal life. Quite the opposite.
Get the balance that’s right for you. What’s the point of moaning?

I'm inclined to believe that some people will always be unhappy. So in answer to the OPs question, not very long. In any case, there will be people for whom the restrictions have brought unexpected and or welcome benefits which will end. People who were working in a place they did not like and for whom wfh has been a blessing. Those who have had reduced aircraft noise. Those who feel unable to say no to social activities they don't like. And many more.

Crime never went down from what I'm seeing locally online. Lots of vans driving round trying to steal people's dogs. What is the world coming to?

Yuko, yes exactly this. Its to be expected. People will be Pollyannas for a while and then the humdrum will become humdrum again.

I don't understand why people here are annoyed by the idea.

It would be lovely to be able to moan over bollocks which doesn't even matter rather than legitimately horrendous shit daily.

I look forward to once again being occasionally bored and never incarcerated.

Wow, what a miserable OP. Judging from this site there will be tons of people who mourn lockdown and tons that are ecstatic.

I too was happy with normal life.
I had a job

I generally liked my old life how it was and I have been saying I will never take it for granted again but we have short memories and I expect I will just take it all for granted quickly enough

I used to moan though about things like my commute, after school pick up, taxi-ing kids around but once it was taken away I wanted nothing more than to be able to do the things I didn’t like.

I'll be very happy when I'm fed up of everyone and want to go home and be on my own.

The world will be restored.