What did COVID-19 pandemic do to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s made me mad. I will never ever forget the feeling of abandonment. The whole world walked out. I was home alone with 3 small children, one with special needs, for 15 months. Our schools didn’t reopen. Therapies were only on zoom. And nobody cared. My parents social distanced from us. My DH can’t work from home and was out of the house from 8-7 every weekday. Soooo many “friends” and neighbors gushed about all the “silver linings” of the pandemic and how they enjoyed the family time and slower pace. Can’t relate. At all.

You can't relate to spending increased time with your family? That's really sad.

[Anonymous]

I got to know my neighbors.

I got a new job and a taste for working from home. I can’t go back to the office now.

I realized that it’s important for me to have green outdoor infrastructure for walking, biking. So we moved and I’m loving the new neighborhood.

I also realized that it’s very important for me to be surrounded by beautiful esthetic. We updated the house and I love how it looks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Covid put trump and his idiot sycophants in the rear view mirror.

Finally woke up the country to the fact that an idiot as Commander-in-Chief is the stupidest thing you can have in a crisis.

OMG yes. I thank God I don’t hear that voice on the news any more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Made me drink more, realize it was too much, make me nervous when I had a hard time cutting back, read The Naked Mind, and then quit altogether.

So the pandemic made me quit drinking.

And introduce me to the awesomeness that is leisurewear.

Same here on the drinking. Cut out friends who only wanted to drink and were unsupportive of my sobriety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s left me utterly confused. The politics… the masking… the vaccine… the public school parents… everyone seems completely intolerant of different points of view now.

+1 I could have written this post. Thank you for expressing what I've been feeling.

[Anonymous]

Having small kids and taking care of them is the most isolating and tiring experience even when there is no pandemic.

People need to also understand that having more than 1 or 2 kids is not easy. No one owes the raising of your kids to you. The parents have to raise them. If they are lucky they will have paid or unpaid caregivers at various times but it is not a guarantee.

If you cannot do it on your own and do it well then don't have kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Having small kids and taking care of them is the most isolating and tiring experience even when there is no pandemic.

People need to also understand that having more than 1 or 2 kids is not easy. No one owes the raising of your kids to you. The parents have to raise them. If they are lucky they will have paid or unpaid caregivers at various times but it is not a guarantee.

If you cannot do it on your own and do it well then don't have kids.

Oh shut up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Having small kids and taking care of them is the most isolating and tiring experience even when there is no pandemic.

People need to also understand that having more than 1 or 2 kids is not easy. No one owes the raising of your kids to you. The parents have to raise them. If they are lucky they will have paid or unpaid caregivers at various times but it is not a guarantee.

If you cannot do it on your own and do it well then don't have kids.

Oh shut up.

This poster isn’t wrong though…when the going gets tough, raising kids is entirely on the parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s left me utterly confused. The politics… the masking… the vaccine… the public school parents… everyone seems completely intolerant of different points of view now.

Yes. I truly cannot relate to a lot of people. Not looking to debate here just saying I personally cannot relate to people who supported the school closures in dmv, who continue to outdoor mask on hikes etc. I look at them and see nothing in common. It’s unsettling to feel like our society has splintered into maybe 3-4 very distinct camps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Having small kids and taking care of them is the most isolating and tiring experience even when there is no pandemic.

People need to also understand that having more than 1 or 2 kids is not easy. No one owes the raising of your kids to you. The parents have to raise them. If they are lucky they will have paid or unpaid caregivers at various times but it is not a guarantee.

If you cannot do it on your own and do it well then don't have kids.

Oh shut up.

This poster isn’t wrong though…when the going gets tough, raising kids is entirely on the parents.

Absolutely. But do you understand how many people had to work in person over pandemic that had no childcare resources? Our children are absolutely our responsibility…but no one has 11 back up plans for plague. It’s so dismissive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s left me utterly confused. The politics… the masking… the vaccine… the public school parents… everyone seems completely intolerant of different points of view now.

Yes. I truly cannot relate to a lot of people. Not looking to debate here just saying I personally cannot relate to people who supported the school closures in dmv, who continue to outdoor mask on hikes etc. I look at them and see nothing in common. It’s unsettling to feel like our society has splintered into maybe 3-4 very distinct camps.

Oh yeah that’s a good way of putting it. I feel unsettled too. My closest friend in this area dropped us (and most everyone else too honestly) like a hot potato because we weren’t “cautious” enough. My DS asks about her DS all the time. I don’t even know what to tell him. But I also don’t have much in common with people who are still doing masked outdoor hikes at 7 am so they don’t run into people. And it’s not like I knew this about them before Covid either.

[Anonymous]

My husband lost his aunt to Covid and his mother barely made it. MIL still has side effects. Both had adamantly refused to get vaccinated. 🤦‍♀️
I spent the past two months worried sick about my family in India. I’m now taking stock and counting all my blessings.

[Anonymous]

COVID was like a magnifying glass. If your household, job, health, finances, family or relationships were functional or dysfunctional it just got magnified 100X. .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel so fragile now. Like a leaf struggling to hang on before another blast comes. I never felt like this before and our family has been through a lot.

This is EXACTLY how I feel. I used to think I was a tough cookie! Now I feel afraid and anxious - not necessarily about Covid, but more like - when will the other shoe drop. I know I need to be strong for my family, so I just have to fake it. But sometimes I can’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Cost us an enormous sum of money (small business owners)

2 of our 3 kids feel behind in school, one is also depressed.

DH and I have both gained weight and drink too much.

I had to go back on meds for my anxiety, and DH is depressed (first timer). Marriage not in a great place.

We were all healthy and thriving before.

It has been very unfair, and absolutely no one cares. A few have born the brunt of this, while so many others have “enjoyed the break”.

It is hard not to be bitter.

But, you asked.

I’m really sorry. A certain class of people (work from home with nannies or sahm
) have had the loveliest time of this. They have no self awareness or compassion for people like you. It makes me sick. Everyone’s ok-ness with no school encouraged our family to leave dc. Can’t live around so many thoughtless lemmings.

Umm some SAHMs were screwed just as much. I suspect the PP with husband who was out the door for 10 hours a day is one. With that many young kids.

It was not a picnic for SAHMs.