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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 3 kids ages 5 and under. In my circles - through the local ES, preschool, my exercise group - everyone went into lockdown in March and very few are creeping back out. I’m a sahm as are most of my friends(?)... I’m the only one I know of whose husband can’t work from home. I’m also the only one without local family or a nanny/Au pair. I’m always alone with my kids. All day every day. I’ve asked to do socially distanced bike rides and picnics and so on and it’s always met with concerns of risk. I’m so over it. We have a group text going and nobody is taking their kids trick or treating... or going to pumpkin patches this year. I just can’t believe that so many people are willing to live like this for this long. I am certainly taking precautions. No crowds. We always wear masks. My kids aren’t in school. But I would love to do outdoor play dates. More for ME than anyone else. 
My sisters in New England are taking precautions but life doesn’t seem so restricted. They can’t believe so many of my “friends” are content to stay holed up in their houses for the duration of the pandemic. [/quote]

What does your husband do? If he’s exposed to a lot of people, then meeting up with you and your kids is basically meeting up with all his contacts. The fact that you have three young kids probably means they aren’t great at social distancing — and the more kids, the harder it is to watch out. I don’t think this is personal, honestly.

We are doing play dates only with families who are on strict lockdown and we are only doing them outside and masked. (That means we have done maybe 4-5 since March.) Pumpkin patch only if the place follows strict regulations and is very large and empty. No playgrounds. [/quote]

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