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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up lower middle class (so did my dh) and we are doing fine. Yes, we did have to cancel a trip and work at home.

But "quarantine" is basically our childhood without church, grocery shopping, and Gilligan's Island on TV.

We know how to cook, how to sew, how to garden, how to make bread so we are good. Catching up on TV and those long books we wanted to read. And all the sewing, cleaning, bread baking and gardening takes up a lot of time. [/quote]

All of that sounds enjoyable. That's like my dream quarantine. Instead I'm working from 6am and keep working until midnight because I can't get it all done. House is wrecked and toddlers scream nonstop. Sewing? Cleaning? I clean more than I've ever cleaned but everything is a disaster. hah at bread baking. I'm slinging food at everyone and we're barely surviving. [/quote]

I'm sorry OP. It sounds like you aren't the audience for he thread about doing ok right now. I'm sorry it's not going well.

I'm the pp. We have a bread machine, so use that to "bake" fresh bread. You could do that too, if you have one.if not, it's hard to get one.

Your house doesn't have to be clean, your toddlers could be in a room with a gate playing or screaming (my lower middle class mom would stick us in a "playpen" while she worked). She just let us scream, there was little to no entertaining or playing with us. And she kept us in there or in our rooms or in front of a TV so she didn't have to clean non stop. So dump the kids in a safe room with some toys to give yourself a break.. They will survive. Think of this as teaching them to play independently.

My point was, we didn't have money so all of our "hobbies" (sewing, gardening, baking) were there to save money and also blow off steam, and we didn't have money for "entertainment" or even for summer daycare. And that's the reason I'm doing ok now. I already cooked three meals a day before this started, I already cleaned my own house before this started, I already rarely went anywhere before this started because we barely have enough money to live in the DC area and save anything.

Was it enjoyable as a child? Nope. 
Is it useful as an adult? Yes.[/quote]

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