Relationships not cracking under lockdown

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Who's getting on with their other half during lockdown?

Just to see some positive stories that don't make us all look like Carole Baskin in training

A few petty bickers but overall going strong

We are grand. Both doing different bits and pieces but loving being in each others company.

me and my cat are closer than we've ever beem

Still making each other laugh.

Getting on okay considering I'm pregnant and slightly hormonal and anxious and it's just the 2 of us 24/7! Huge row last weekend but think we needed it!
Also feel lucky considering the amount of shit some women and men are going through with partners currently

We're getting on fine here. We don't tend to go out much anyway. Dh is working from home, and I'll be back to working from home this week too (I'm a teacher so have had these past 2 weeks off as Easter holidays). We've got a room each for working in, he's in the living room and I'm in the dining room (with 10yo dd2 doing her school work at the same time).

We're quite happy with each others company, chatting, watching TV, playing games (board, card or computer), I'm doing various crafts.

@septemberismyfavouritemonth I could have written the same myself. Also, September is my favourite month, too 😊

It's a testing time for everyone for various reasons. It's made me realise that the main source of my stress are the usual pace of life, rush, public transport in combination with long working hours and difficult clients (sometimes). This has nothing to do with DH. I'm delighted that I could get rid of all that stress at once and we have so much more time to enjoy each other's company, our hobbies and to enjoy the nature (garden/walks), too. We can't travel, which we love, but in all that mad rush of my usual life we had no time for so many other things that I like and can do from home. We've rediscovered them now. Also had so many small DIY projects that we couldn't be bothered to do before done now. Everything was in the garage and we were "too tired". I've concluded that my work-life balance definitely wasn't as good as I thought and I'll be doing everything possible to manage my time and approach differently and keep the good things that came out of this lockdown.

The bottom line is, the fact we've identified the root causes of our usual stress has been very helpful and I'm glad and lucky this has nothing to do with our relationship. I really love my DH.

DH and I bought a new house last year and instead of arguing whether to do DIY or go out we are having to do the DIY so we are both totally focused on the same goal and there isn’t even the usual getting stressed deciding on a holiday.

Don’t get me wrong I feel so bad for those who have lost loved ones and having financial hardship but apart from donating cash and buying extra food for the food bank there is only so much we can do. We both volunteered for a local group and the national one, but no tasks yet.

Anyway we are trying to be proactive, on our walks from home we litter picked and we are trying to eat as well as we can, not drink too much and do as much in the house as we can. We are both still working so it’s restricted to evenings and weekends but with that and the yoga, I’m too tired to argue

Dp and I are doing really good although we are both pretty calm and rational people, he is thoughtful and caring and this isn't too different to our normal daily lives. We both wfh anyway and would usually only go out maybe twice a month for lunch or dinner or cinema/theatre etc.

It would have been absolute hell with my exh

We've had a few tough weeks (I was very ill, he's been redeployed to frontline a&e, DC with ASD being very violent to siblings, I'm having to old-school and WFH) but it's brought out the best in both of us as we need to pull together or collapse in a ball of hell.

DH and I always get on better the longer we spend together. Aside from mammoth WFH workload and anxiety about everyone and everything going on, I am loving being in lockdown with him and DD!

Loving it here most of the time. Three little kids and my dh has stepped up. House is a tip but we are both doing our fair share of keeping on top of it. We bicker loads but that is normal for us and we never hold a grudge with each other. Very tactile and getting it on more than normal.

It's brought us closer together. We are really enjoying our time together, have talked lots, loved lots and it's just great thankfully.

We're doing pretty well I think, really cemented us as a team. We've always been very solid though.

We're doing well. We both work from home anyway so not much has changed in that respect and we've been enjoying catching up on a million jobs in the house and garden. We were due to get married in 9th May which is now pushed back to late October. Lockdown is the ultimate pre-marriage test !

Me, there's no one else I'd rather be in lockdown with. We both enjoy each other's company. It's the kids that are driving us mad

I've just been told I'm not allowed to orgasm and I was not prepared for that news

Yeah, I'm surprised that part of the new emergency legislation hasn't had more news coverage.

We are getting on great. There have been niggles, because the kids are struggling and it's stressful, but generally it's better than ever.

We are having all the sex :-)

We're good here. Surprised how well we are getting on!

We always get on well together and we are enjoying having more time. We are both working from home in different rooms, but being able to get together for lunch, go for a long walk together every day, have time to plan meals & cook together is a treat. We give each other space and just rub along really nicely together with kindness and consideration. It is the work of 30 years right enough, but we just know each other so well we know when to enagage and when to back off.

I feel very lucky to have such a calm, kind, stable husband when I read about some of the horrors on Mumsnet.

It's been great having so much time together. DH often works long hours and sometimes works away so him being home for 3 weeks is wonderful.

We get on really well. We are best friends as well as lovers and laugh and talk all the time.

I am so grateful that we have each other and that we still love and like each other after 40 years.

We are doing fine. I wouldn't go as far as other posters to say I'm loving every minute of it, but we haven't argued or anything. He's a very mild tempered person who is pretty introverted and happy at home most of the time. I get stressed and snappy much more easily and am going stir crazy not being able to go out, but it's not because of anything he's doing, I just hate lockdown. But he keeps to himself upstairs during the week to work, does his fair share of housework and childcare, and we go for a walk together every day and watch a film together in the evening so we are getting on fine. We live in a very small house but are careful not to get under each others feet. He's a very easy person to live with so I can't complain.

@donquixotedelamancha
Yeah, I'm surprised that part of the new emergency legislation hasn't had more news coverage.

Wait.....what?!

We feel like we've been practising this our whole telationship! He works from home and I'm a SAHM so have always been around each other. Even before kids we stayed in most of the time. So we feel lucky we have it easy.
I miss taking the kids out but again we were never 'constant activities' people so the kids are fine staying indoors.

Well, after everything that I wrote earlier, I have just found out that I'm pregnant so you can see how well DH and I have been getting on 😂

Not a cliché lockdown baby for us, I lost two pregnancies in the last year and it's been a journey. Fingers crossed third time a charm 🍀🤞