discodumpling
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Thanks ladies. I appreciate all of your opinions. Perhaps I'm a little too anxious to get out there.
Dinner and a movie at home will have to do!
Dinner and a movie at home will have to do!
I need to do this. Thanks for reminding me and I assume they’re exempt from the lockdown.
I would go.
If I can stand six feet behind a stranger inside a store with multiple strangers, no sunlight and recirculated air then I can enjoy the company of friends six feet away in the fresh air and sunshine. A Target run is far less safe than outdoor socializing.
Guys I have a dilemma. This weekend is DH's bday and his BFF and his wife have invited us over to pop bottles on their deck. He is hesitant. Are yall having socialy distant events? These are our usual party friends and we would be sitting 6 feet or more apart on the deck. I honestly dont know how to get back into....life? Would yall go?
Oh and the wife of this duo had the 'Rona in mid March. Yall going or nah?
Guys I have a dilemma. This weekend is DH's bday and his BFF and his wife have invited us over to pop bottles on their deck. He is hesitant. Are yall having socialy distant events? These are our usual party friends and we would be sitting 6 feet or more apart on the deck. I honestly dont know how to get back into....life? Would yall go?
Oh and the wife of this duo had the 'Rona in mid March. Yall going or nah?
Yep. On one hand I am saving thousands of dollars. On the other handSummer camp cancellations are starting to roll in and I swear these parents are going to lose it
My next door neighbor is a car guy. He stay in his drive way cleaning his or his wife's car! Like all the time. DH paid him to detail my car for Mothers Day! This man cleaned my car inside and out and asked for $30...I told DH to give him $50 and it was worth 3x that! All I had to do was disinfect Lol!
Microban in the seats and disinfectant wipes on the hard surfaces.I'm interested ... how are you disinfecting the interior of the car? I need to have some work done on my car (new battery, state inspection, tire rotation type stuff) and am worried about mechanics being in there breathing all over everything. And then I'd have to get in the car and hold my breath as I drive home.
I'm really torn and not sure how to manage this ... Thoughts anyone?
I wouldn't just because you said your husband was hesitant about it.Guys I have a dilemma. This weekend is DH's bday and his BFF and his wife have invited us over to pop bottles on their deck. He is hesitant. Are yall having socialy distant events? These are our usual party friends and we would be sitting 6 feet or more apart on the deck. I honestly dont know how to get back into....life? Would yall go?
Oh and the wife of this duo had the 'Rona in mid March. Yall going or nah?
I wear a mask in stores but I'm not taking walk outside with a mask on unless the street looks like pre-lockdown Manhattan.I took a break and decided to go for a walk in my neighborhood. People aren't wearing masks anymore. I had my mask on and this white man was walking with his kids on the other side of the street and I heard him cough. I dont care if I look silly, I will continue to wear a mask when I'm out.
Up and down the same aisles that 50+ people of unknown hygiene went before me?The amount of time that you are exposed matters too. A Target run lasts for a few minutes with you hopefully moving quickly to get what you need and leave.
“Growing evidence suggests that Covid-19 infection, like with other illnesses, is related to prolonged time exposed to the virus. The longer you stay in an environment that may contain the virus, the higher the risk of getting sick.”
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/18/us/coronavirus-time-risk/index.html
Spending a few hours with someone who is infected, even outdoors is probably riskier than spending a few minutes with someone who is infected in Target. Especially if you are both wearing masks and social distancing.
I hear suicides are up but I haven't checked the statsI wouldn't just because you said your husband was hesitant about it.
But your thought about getting back to life is an interesting dilemma.
Our country is not going to be shut down like the likes of other countries. All the violence over mask no mask, all the protests, people calling people sheep for trying to be compliant, people flocking to the first place that opens guidelines be damned, more experts divided means we will all be exposed for a long time short of never going anywhere. I'm not going to plan an elaborate vacation or have a huge house party with a bunch of people but this tiger has to get out the cage. Risk vs reward for me. Might be stupid or shortsighted on my part because I'm so at risk but I just cannot be little to no contact much longer. Its affecting me badly. With living alone and just sitting here day in and day out I just cant anymore.
Just shows me it's a no win situation. Living like a hermit is for the birds and I was kinda doing it even before this virus. I'm going absolutely insane and I needs..yes needs with an s... to get out this cage for my own wellbeing.
I opened my pool last weekend and had a little family gathering. It was amazing for my mental health to be around people.
I liken the way we have opened up to being prescribed a 7 day course of antibiotics. They tell you even if you feel better take the whole course. Some get to day 4, feel better then stop. I think we stopped short of getting to day 7 but the cats out the bag now.
I will still take every precaution I can, I have my stash of cleaning supplies and PPE, I still screen my family and the 1 friend I see regularly for symptoms plus he's been thoroughly tested multiple times because of his job so I feel comfortable allowing him to come around but I cannot be crazy about cutting myself off to the world any longer. For me it's not just a matter of boredom its deepening an already deep amount of anxiety and depression I have. Humans were not made to not interact.
I might be ok if I had kids or Aj was still alive but with it just being me I'm suffering.
My family still shops for me. I literally haven't been anywhere except to the dr or my nieces in so long.
If so he is being very irresponsible by not wearing a maskWhat is this mess?
I still think that he's testing positive.
yes I've seen some stories of suicide or murder suicide escalated by the restrictions. . just read a horrible DV story where this cop beat his wife so bad her eye was hanging out the socket.I hear suicides are up but I haven't checked the stats
Anecdotally I have a few friends that have lost people to suicide.
If so he is being very irresistible by not wearing a mask
Mental Health in all this is real. Several of my staff talked to me about depression. Being away from family, especially if they live out of town is really hard. One person quit on me to go home in another province/state. He was balling....my daughters roommate also did the same thing...yes I've seen some stories of suicide or murder suicide escalated by the restrictions. . just read a horrible DV story where this cop beat his wife so bad her eye was hanging out the socket.
I'm not jumping off any buildings but I recognize what I need for my own personal care.
I'm not talking being reckless rather just surrounding myself with humans I trust and that's my family and my boyfriend.
Up and down the same aisles that 50+ people of unknown hygiene went before me?
Stepping in front of the same register space that someone was breathing all in five seconds ago?
Store air just a swirling with an abundant sampling of the carbon dioxide from the lungs of the county? Picking up a jug of detergent that other people touched, putting it in the cart others touched, touching it to unload after the cashier (with gloves on) touched it after ringing up 28 people before me?
Nope.
Six plus feet away, soaking up vitamin D with a bring your own drink arrangement is a thousand times safer.
Every celebrity that catches Corona assures everyone that they will be fine. And like clockwork in a few weeks they are fine. I think there is a cure out there that the general public doesn't know about. It is so costly to be ignorant or unaware.