Describe your weekly social life day by day?

[Anonymous]

Basically no social life. Maybe sit outside with neighbors and have a drink Friday or Saturday night. Kids play in the yard.

[Anonymous]

Only with my husband and kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I walk with 2 friends once a week each.

I see my neighbor once a week for dinner/drinks.

I see somebody else once or 2x a month... we have gone to a vineyard, thrown axes, brunch, dinner, etc

I traveled to visit my college roommate in September.

I went to the beach in June and I hung out with friends for 3 days.

I did not see anybody during March and April and part of May (except my 1 neighbor we were covid partners).

Ugh. You are why the US is a mess.

[Anonymous]

I have very little tolerance for people & am not very social in general.. so....not very often.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I walk with 2 friends once a week each.

I see my neighbor once a week for dinner/drinks.

I see somebody else once or 2x a month... we have gone to a vineyard, thrown axes, brunch, dinner, etc

I traveled to visit my college roommate in September.

I went to the beach in June and I hung out with friends for 3 days.

I did not see anybody during March and April and part of May (except my 1 neighbor we were covid partners).

Ugh. You are why the US is a mess.

Nobody in my friends group has tested positive. We are very careful, we work from home. I quarantined for 14 days before visiting my roommate from college.

You hermits are what is wrong with the US. You are why kids are depressed. Get some friends together, go for a hike, nobody is getting covid this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I walk with 2 friends once a week each.

I see my neighbor once a week for dinner/drinks.

I see somebody else once or 2x a month... we have gone to a vineyard, thrown axes, brunch, dinner, etc

I traveled to visit my college roommate in September.

I went to the beach in June and I hung out with friends for 3 days.

I did not see anybody during March and April and part of May (except my 1 neighbor we were covid partners).

Ugh. You are why the US is a mess.

Nobody in my friends group has tested positive. We are very careful, we work from home. I quarantined for 14 days before visiting my roommate from college.

You hermits are what is wrong with the US. You are why kids are depressed. Get some friends together, go for a hike, nobody is getting covid this way.

My kids aren't depressed and neither are we. If anything the extra family time is great. This is exactly how voiced is shared and you are why we cannot go back to school.

[Anonymous]

This weekend my daughter and I went camping with another family who are close friends.
Sunday: I went to an outdoor political rally, saw people I organize
Monday, I attended a work event on zoom
Tuesday: my boyfriend came over for dinner
Wednesday: just hanging out with my daughter at home
Thurs: friend coming over for dinner in the backyard
Friday: heading out for another camping trip

[Anonymous]

Friday night - socially distanced drinks in backyard
Saturday - ditto
Sunday - dinner al fresco in a friend's backyard


All outdoor, all distant.

[Anonymous]

I work M-F but it’s pretty flexible.

Each week I probably:
- see my parents once (maybe every other week)
- take a walk with a friend
- talk to a friend in a yard
- chat with 2-4 neighbors who happen to be out at the same time
- was doing some social Zooms but that’s dwindled to almost nothing
- group text (5 women) going strong
- text with 2-4 friends semi regularly

[Anonymous]

none.
maybe see family friends once on a weekend.

[Anonymous]

I am so drained by parenting a young child, maintaining my marriage, and dealing with my extended family that I avoid any social interaction that is going to require me to do more than the most basic emotional labor. I socialize a lot less right now because I get almost no alone time and I am responding to other people's needs so much that I just don't have the capacity to, say, listen to my friend complain about her MIL. Even if I love my friend and care about her problem! I just don't have it in me.

I am looking to carve out some time to talk to a therapist once a week. That's probably the only kind of socializing I can do at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that you're asking about weekly socialization blows my mind. Expand it out to monthly and I might be able to contribute 1-2 social activities. Unless smiling and waving at a neighbor as we pass each other walking our dogs counts as a social life?

Really? Do you work long hours or have something demanding a lot of time?

Full time job, active volunteer in PTA and several kids activities, some minor DIY home renovations underway, and I guess I'm just not a very social person - I'd rather spend my little free time with a good book or enjoying a glass of wine with DH on the patio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I walk with 2 friends once a week each.

I see my neighbor once a week for dinner/drinks.

I see somebody else once or 2x a month... we have gone to a vineyard, thrown axes, brunch, dinner, etc

I traveled to visit my college roommate in September.

I went to the beach in June and I hung out with friends for 3 days.

I did not see anybody during March and April and part of May (except my 1 neighbor we were covid partners).

Ugh. You are why the US is a mess.

Nobody in my friends group has tested positive. We are very careful, we work from home. I quarantined for 14 days before visiting my roommate from college.

You hermits are what is wrong with the US. You are why kids are depressed. Get some friends together, go for a hike, nobody is getting covid this way.

My kids aren't depressed and neither are we. If anything the extra family time is great. This is exactly how voiced is shared and you are why we cannot go back to school.

My kids are in school. I'm not the reason you are not back in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact that you're asking about weekly socialization blows my mind. Expand it out to monthly and I might be able to contribute 1-2 social activities. Unless smiling and waving at a neighbor as we pass each other walking our dogs counts as a social life?

Really? Do you work long hours or have something demanding a lot of time?

Full time job, active volunteer in PTA and several kids activities, some minor DIY home renovations underway, and I guess I'm just not a very social person - I'd rather spend my little free time with a good book or enjoying a glass of wine with DH on the patio.

PTA and kids activities is socializing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am so drained by parenting a young child, maintaining my marriage, and dealing with my extended family that I avoid any social interaction that is going to require me to do more than the most basic emotional labor. I socialize a lot less right now because I get almost no alone time and I am responding to other people's needs so much that I just don't have the capacity to, say, listen to my friend complain about her MIL. Even if I love my friend and care about her problem! I just don't have it in me.

I am looking to carve out some time to talk to a therapist once a week. That's probably the only kind of socializing I can do at this point.

You do need a therapist actually, your life is out of balance.