Covid has made it clear how few friends I have

[Fluffymarshmallows]

Does anyone else feel like this?
Especially now that people are getting excited about meeting one other person outdoors again or 6 other people outside from the 29th.
I don’t have anyone to meet up with, well I have one friend, but she’s busy a lot of time with her own stuff, work commitments etc.

I feel more lonely than ever.
My family don’t live near me, they are several hundred miles away on the other side of the country.
I just feel so isolated.
I have to message people to arrange a meet up, they never seem to message me first.
I go for a lot of walks by myself, I don’t even have another person to exercise outdoors with.

We should all make our own what’s app group and all
Become friends think we’re all in the same boat 🚣‍♀️ 🥰🥰🥰x

@nordica

Covid has really made me realise how everyone seems to have a huge extended family. I have two living relatives - my mum in her late 70s and an aunt in her 80s who lives in a care home. There's been no family Zoom parties or quiz nights, no WhatsApp groups, and no support bubble as they live in a different country.

Most of my friends either live further away or we were mostly communicating online or by phone before covid too.

I feel like there's no one waiting for me at the end of lockdown either, no one to meet in April, May or June when restrictions change/lift. I will see people eventually but I'm definitely not top of anyone's list at all (and probably can't travel back to see my mum for a long time yet).

I’m much the same. I live with my partner but I only have one living relative left — my mum, who’s in Australia, and very sick, so I’m keen to get back there as soon as it’s possible.

I’ve lived overseas, in different places, for ten years now, and most of my contact with friends is online. Don’t have much in the way of local friends so there’s no one to reunite with. Just reminds me I’m a long way from my mum.

@nordica sorry to hear about your mum . I hope you get there soon to see her x