it’s a boy(friend)!
Currently 20 weeks pregnant. My boyfriend wants me to move in to his house with 5 members of his family, add me = 6, baby = 7 and 2 dogs.
My other option is stay in my current place, renting a room with 4 other people, 2 who smoke. None of them know I'm pregnant.
Had the full anatomy/gender reveal ultrasound a few days ago but they wouldn't let him inside. (It's a boy)
I've been watching lamaze videos on youtube cause classes have been cancelled.
And oh yeah...I'm a teacher, school is closed, will I get a paycheck? Will I have a job next month?
Will I have to bring my own masks and medical supplies to my child's birth?
Hoping August is better than March.
SodaStream©
Usually me and my husband are very loners and try to make an effort to go out and be social every now and then. We're usually just at home. We've been in quarantine a day and a half now and figured that "yes, separate rooms for video/sound-conferencing is smart". Otherwise... Hm. I am kinda sad for missing that dungeon and dragons game that was scheduled next week. Also, no extra soda :/ Damn. THIS is when you need a Soda Stream.
we aren’t even Irish
My selfish and still very existent plan to hightail it to Costa Rica: My highschool closed on Monday but I predicted that there was going to be a long "vacation" about a week before, so I naturally (not about to stay locked up in a house with the fam for a month in rural Vermont no sir) began looking at flights last Thursday to remote Hawaiian islands. My friend has a house in Costa Rica and offered for me to join her and her family there. Well I proposed the plan for my entire family to meet them in CR, and I was met with hysterical laughing, and also one family member abruptly leaving the house in angry disbelief/shock at my proposal-right before my mom's St Patricks day 'celebration' (just the fam arguing about the nutrition of Irish food and the high carb content of potatoes). I throw the old emancipation card into the conversation and needless to say sh**t hit the fan. Now there is Team Costa and Team Unworldly Meanies (guess who made team names), as well as Team Ireland and Team "We aren't even Irish".
cleaning the shit off the fan
I live with my roommate and we are both working from home.
She bragged heavily about the amount of supplies she had stocked up on, before s*#t hit the fan.
I searched everywhere for Clorox spray and of course found none.
I asked to borrow some of hers so that I could clean my bathroom.
I wasn't used to the foam spray so I guess I got a bit too trigger happy and used more than needed.
She pointed out that I used the whole bottle and she doesn't have anymore.
She text our group chat to tell everyone I used the whole bottle and she doesn't have anymore.
I'll be leaving the house at 6am to scavenger hunt for Clorox spray.
Can't let disinfectant take out my 20 year friendship before it takes out Covid-19
but when he’s home…
I am working from home. My husband travels 6-8 months out of the year for work but when he's home, he does not work. He got mad at me when I told him he had to stop lecturing me on why he isn't an alcoholic so I could get on a conference call. He then got up and deliberately farted next to me while I was announcing my presence on the call.
so long, loving
Just got out of a long, loving and ultimately heartbreaking relationship. Currently forced to quarantine with my sister and her boyfriend who remind me every day of the love I used to have.
I hate it here
a family for a while
We haven't been a family for a while, but we do love each other. Now we are not only socially distancing the world, but within our home we live in distance, each of us inside our independent screen, unconsciously waiting for the sleeping hours. What does it mean to be a family anyway? Sticking together or wanting to?
studying aback
I’m a college junior, I was studying abroad in Italy. I had to obviously go home — the way I found out drunk and in Paris at four AM receiving a text I needed to get on the earliest flight which was 8 AM. I did not sleep I was up packed a bag said goodbye to my friends got back to Italy packed my room and cried through my N25 mask and sunglasses on the train to the airport. I, then get home and my kitchen is under construction — so currently our home has a makeshift apocalyptic-like kitchen in the back of our house. My favorite meal: Vegan curry from Trader Joe’s. Also my dogs shit everywhere because they can’t go outside due to construction and if they want to go we have to take them outside and around the block. I really do hate it here.
gumstruck
My mum stuck gum in her ears. She was working from home and found the household too loud so, all alone in her room and unbeknownst to anyone, she stuck a giant wad of gum in each ear. She came downstairs after several hours of working with gum in her ears, crying that there was gum stuck in her hair. We were all dumbstruck.
curiosity (almost) killed the cat 🐈
My neighbor has an adorable, extremely overweight cat that has PTSD from being abandoned by a previous owner. To help him cope, she lets him out into the yard to wander around a couple times a day. Pretty standard hipster Brooklyn stuff.
A few days ago, our cleaning lady was over and doing laundry in the basement. She has worked with our landlady for a long time and has access to the basement, but we don’t, as our landlady keeps her nice stuff and summer clothing down there and understandably doesn’t want it messed with.
As the cleaning lady left, the cat slipped in unnoticed. Our neighbor frantically looked for her and eventually found her in the basement window. We have no key. The cleaning lady with the key was on the Metro North back to NJ and not coming back to the city until the coronavirus calms down. The landlady’s son is stuck on travel ban in Paris. The landlady lives on the other side of the country.
In the middle of a citywide lockdown, a local hardware guy had to come and try to break into the basement to save the cat. The lock almost didn’t open, but when it did we all laughed like crazy people. The cat plodded out, totally oblivious.
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.