where i am

I've been apart from the person I love for three days, we just had our 1 year anniversary. In only three days, being away made all doubts I've ever had resurface like a massive wave. I called him last night and broke up. Now all I want is to see him, not to get back together, just to see him. Where I am, if I leave my house I risk getting fined or going to jail. Now I'm spending my time googling ways to ease puffy eyes from crying.

god grant me patience and margaritas

My fiance will be the death of me!

I love my fiance. Obvious right? But since shelter in place has gone into affect, I've began to notice everything he does wrong. Leaving trash around, throwing clothes on the floor, leaving dirty dishes everywhere. I am NOT your mother big boy! Clean up after yourself. Even our 13yr old boy does it! God grant me patience and send me lots of margaritas!!!

stay high kids

Yes, I'm stuck home with my parents. Yes, I'm hitting the pen in my room at least 4 times a day. Yes we do exist. Stay high kids!!!

the only thing he has going

The guy I'm seeing is a musician. All his recording sessions have been cancelled, he doesn't have anything to work on except his own projects - which he had been actively avoiding since way before the quarantine. He doesn't have a lot going on right now, and I'm feeling so much pressure to be his source of entertainment, comfort, distraction... He's also far from his family, and basically told me that I am the only thing he has going right now. But I had been thinking about ending it since before the quarantine. It's not working out, for a variety of reasons, but on top of that, I miss my ex. I miss his energy and how grounded he is. But this is such a shitty time to break up with someone, and I don't want to leave him when he doesn't have access to his support system, a source of distraction, anything.

virtual dating men

My boyfriend and I just broke up before the pandemic and now I am trying to date but am stuck to virtual dating men on dating apps. Why do they all insist on sneaking out to meet up? One said "I love being a rebel." For the sake of public safety, nah

on and off the market

Our house has been on the market for a while now. Finally sold and thats same day told my boyfriend maybe we should think about where we want our life to go and if it is necessarily going forward together or apart.... so we are moving forward apart, but now we have a long quarantine of packing, crying and fighting . Cheers and good luck out there. Things might get tough but we are tougher!

ghosted in the nude

Been seeing this guy for a few months but due to the social distancing recommendations, we’re now not so sure if it’s socially responsible for us to hang out. Yesterday h sent me some pictures of him working from home and I decided to spice things up and send him a nude. He still hasn’t responded. Being ghosted hurts even more when you can’t go and date someone else to forget about him.

pen pals without benefits

I told my boyfriend we needed to breakup the Saturday just before COVID19 really hit. He asked to take a break, so I sort of agreed. Now we’re on a break, but both live alone so we have limited people to talk to constantly. So we’re essentially pen pals who may or may not have to get married if we both survive this because who can wait that long for a rebound?

conscious-uncoupling during corona

Hi Meg, I’m not sure if you’re still taking stories about interesting quarantine situations but.... I’m currently quarantined w my ex husband.... 

Our post-divorce relationship has been a cross between a Gwyneth Paltrow-esq “conscious-uncoupling I’m so grateful to have a good ex husband” hippie shit and “thank god you’re no longer my problem/ wtf was I thinking?!”

I’m saving for a house... so we thought it could work short term. We work opposite schedules. Him in an office 9-5 and me in the restaurant industry at night. Perfect scenario right?! We can co-parent our 2 sons in the same house! Well. Enter on the scene Corona virus. He is now working from home, I have no restaurant to manage. He chews with his mouth open. This is gonna be a disaster. My shit will be lost. To be fair his will be too, I’m no peach. Please send actual corona. And limes.

sibling solidarity

Hi Meg-My fourteen year old daughter had a complete meltdown-with tears!-because I gave away the Reese’s peanut butter eggs so that I wouldn’t eat anymore of them. At 11 pm her brother took her to buy more #quarantine. Also I’m a teacher and afraid this is how the semester will end

I HATE IT HERE (here=the universe, or zoom, which ever comes first)

I submitted a story about how the universe has been cock blocking me because I've been separated from the guy I've been talking to for a couple of months. Just found via a ZOOM CALL that he has a GIRLFRIEND.


I HATE IT HERE.

leaving behind ten years

I just moved across the country for a business venture with my boyfriend. Leaving behind 10 years of a place I called home. To "temporarily" live with him, and his parents. Our property isn't ready till late April. His parents are amazing, I'm overall very grateful to have shelter/food.
We are not getting along. Every day I'm berated, and belittled by this man child. I have no friends here, nor is it an option to go back home as it is pure chaos there. The 3 job offers, and opportunities for freedom have been obviously postponed. As much as I'd love to go be with my family, my mother has an autoimmune disease, I cannot put her at risk.
Everyday is getting heavier, and I'm unsure how I'm going to keep it together.

we might not survive each other

Overreactions

Being stuck at home during a lockdown has inspired me to get projects done around our house that have been painfully ignored. This includes painting the recently installed drywall and putting up new mirrors above the vanity in our bathroom.

During this new normal, both my S.O. of seven years and myself are working from home on a daily basis. At first I thought it was fun like a snow day, but inexplicably, everything he is doing is driving me insane. The amount I snap at him is increasing exponentially by the day.

So last night when I asked him if he could finally hang the mirrors in the bathroom he hesitated, “Are you sure you want to do this together right now?”

This was a valid question to ask after I demanded an hour earlier that he eat dinner at the opposite end of the house from me. But I’m stubborn and strong-willed, so of course I reply, “Yes! It will be fine!”

One hour, one broken screw (because power tools are acceptable for cheap Target hardware), and three extra mistake holes in the wall later, my SO is slamming doors and tools around because my first reaction to one of the mistake holes being visible outside the frame of the mirror was “too negative”. I’m crying in the mirror because to avoid digging this hole deeper, I can’t add that it’s so fucking off-center I’m never going to be happy with it.

We’ll probably survive coronavirus but we might not survive each other.

a beautiful little boy and his stupid father’s actions

My marriage of 10yrs has been at breaking point for 9 months or so after discovering my husband has been having unprotected sex with prostitutes. Since the discovery I’ve given birth to a beautiful little boy who was luckily unaffected by his stupid fathers actions! Stuck it out in hope that things would get better but now wish I’d gone ages ago. Feeling trapped in this toxic environment, Looks like we’re stuck together for the next few weeks if we don’t kill each other in the meantime. Can’t catch a break fuck you Covid19

"I want to marry you someday" kinda (cw: mention of assault)

My boyfriend and I have been dating for 2 months, but pretty serious, "I want to marry you someday" kinda dating. Two weeks ago, I got too drunk and kissed some people I shouldn't have. The night got worse and I ended up being assaulted by a stranger.

I told my boyfriend everything, and we almost broke up. He didn't blame me for the assault, but couldn't understand why I would get drunk and kiss other people - to be fair, neither did I. But after a lot of tears and talks, I've decided to stop drinking and he's decided he wants to support me and stick it out. We have a lot of work to do to re-establish all the good things in our relationship, but we love each other and want to make it work.

He lives with his dad who is diabetic and paranoid, among other things. He also has a 90-year old grandmother who can't see and lives in the same city. His dad and grandmother are planning to stay together for a while starting this weekend.

There are rumours that London is going to be locked down in a day or two.

My boyfriend and I had originally planned for him to come stay with me and ride this out together. He's now thinking he should stay with his dad and grandmother instead.

If we meet up and have any contact he would have to isolate from them for 7-14 days, so basically going back to his house and being on his own completely.

I know that family is more important than anything, and it doesn't make sense for him to stay here for weeks on end when I am working from home and he's just chilling out on paid leave. But I'm worried that our relationship can't survive the distance.

We have the same love languages - quality time and physical touch. It just feels too soon to lose those parts of our relationship and still be committed to each other.

A guy I used to hook up with lives an hour walk or 30 minute bus ride away. I keep thinking about asking if I can pay him a visit. We're texting already.

If I make it through this year in one piece it will be a miracle.

before it was cool

She broke up with me just as quarantining and social distancing were becoming a thing. Her reason was she needed more space and time to work on herself. Well, she certainly got what she wanted.

massive comic cockblock

I'm a freshman in college and I had just recently starting falling for this guy who I won't see again maybe possibly ever. Nothing major, we never even exchanged numbers or anything, but there was MAJOR flirting. It's a big deal to me, though, because I've been trying to get over this guy who broke my heart some time ago (we didn't even date I'm just a weenie.) Now I'm stuck back in my hometown with the aforementioned heartbreaker, and I'll probably never see my classroom crush again :( I should also mention I'm 19 and I've never even had my first kiss, so this whole thing feels like one massive cosmic cockblock. I h8 it here.

my dad, however, stocked up on edibles

My obsessive nature already had me spending hours on the computer, daily, reading anything and everything - from the World Health Organization's daily situation reports to what 100 items disappear first during a national crisis to how to make an immune boosting garlic sauce that pairs well with anything...at least a week before Italy went on lockdown. Needless to say the pantry was stocked and I wasn't worried about the stores being out of TP when the first case was confirmed in our area. My dad, however, stocked up on edibles. I guess when SHTF we all have our priorities. Fast forward a couple days, and at least one edible into the afternoon for Pops...and, my announcement to the family that our best chance is to "self-isolate" gets interpreted as: to avoid the virus, we all need the new anti-viral called "sufisolat" (suh-figh-so-luht). I'm just glad we cleared that up before he went to the pharmacy to ask for some… or started tweeting about it…

send tequila

I live with my ex-stepdad (he's the best) and stepsister. He recently started dating someone new after him and my mom broke up a couple years ago. He introduced my stepsister and I to his new girlfriend for the FIRST time on Thursday.... By Monday, long story short, she is now hunkered down quarantining with us for an unknown amount of time. Nothing like a crash course in seeing if a relationship works than locking yourself in a house together with two opinionated daughters. TURNS OUT, she is TERRIBLE. She sits in the common spaces with her phone on speaker phone for an hour at a time. Her phone notifications are on as loud as they go and boy do they go off ALL day. And... she's an anti-vaxxer who doesn't believe in western medicine. WISH ME LUCK. Send tequila and the patience of a saint.

chicken soup

Our chickens have an enclosed run to keep them safe from predators. Since we've been home, I've been letting them out to free range around the yard since I can keep a watchful eye on them. I was inside the house doing some quick chores when my husband pointed out that the chickens were shredding the flowerbed in the front yard - kicking dirt all over the walkway to the front door, pooping everywhere, and tearing out our tulips, dandelions, rosemary, and artichokes. Jokes on them because when we inevitably run out of meat, I'm throwing those sneaky mother cluckers into the soup pot. Desperate times call for dinner on the table.