very conscious and very uncoupled
Like some others, I’ve been living in the same house with my ex (married young, 10 years ago ) pre-quarantine, mostly peacefully. I’m saving for a place, we have two young kids. I was managing by keeping my distance, dating, and trying not to be home when he was. Now we are stuck here and I am working from my bedroom while we share parent duties. The first day of the Bay Area lockdown he had already told me he hated me. We have opposite personalities. I’m glad we are already broken up because this whole situation would have caused us to. I’m trying to stay happy but I wish I was anywhere but here.
a bug’s strife
I'm actually currently self-isolating alone but it's going spectacularly (except for an upsetting incident with an ant this morning which I will explain). I'm reading more, cooking food I otherwise wouldn't, and going to bed/waking up earlier. As for the ant incident: I saw a pretty large ant on my wall today as I was finishing my lunch--chicken, vegetables and rice. I decided to try to move the ant with a piece of paper to my windowsill so it would be freed from my apartment. The ant did not want to stay on the piece of paper and decided it would take its chances by jumping off the paper straight into my rice cooker (empty, but still extremely hot). I screamed "NO!!!" as Mr. Ant fell and landed smack dab in the middle of this sizzling pan. I saw him squirm and writhe in what I assume was the pain of him cooking internally, and quickly scooped him back up. I then transferred him to my flowerbox on my windowsill while cursing the ant and praying that he lived a long and happy life after this, likely life-changing, incident. I've been feeling inconsolably guilty since this happened. If I see Mr. Ant again, I will feed him some crumbled up bread and send him on his way.
growing up and staying home
Being quarantined here is beyond insanity because living with my boyfriend and his sister is a massive nightmare. I thought I'd seen the worst just by seeing her for more than 10min at a time on the weekend but boy was I wrong. She's a stay at home freeloader and somehow manages to fill our day with complaints about how unfair life is because she can't go out to buy things she wants with others money (she's in her 20's btw). If I have to hear her yelling out stupidity one more day I'm going to lose it.. what's worse is my bf wants me to take the high road rather than tell her to STFU even though he can't stand her either! For now I'll stick to passive aggressive comments lol maybe she'll get the idea to grow tf up already.
snap judgement
Snap Map emotionally devastates me. My significant other and I split up (amicably) not long ago because he said he needed to be alone and "focus on himself". We agreed we'd remain friends. Once social distancing started his Snapchat location showed him at a woman's house, for four days straight. They met right before he and I split so now I'm wondering? I finally asked about catching up a few days ago and he replied that he had just left town. Our university permanently canceled classes that evening. I will probably never see him again. I can't tell if I'm more hurt by the possibility that he left me for someone he met a week before we split, or if I'm more hurt that he's made no effort to keep in touch like we said we would. I think the keeping in touch.
eat hot snick and lie
the only things I have done the last 3 days are read, do puzzles, get sunburnt, run for copious amounts of time, and eat snickers - i miss high school - and they canceled sports, this is Armageddon
hairbrained
I have been social distancing for most of my life. I am good at this. But I do also love fresh air, so I often take walks around my posh suburban neighborhood and I likely wont discontinue these SOLO walks. Yesterday, two days after a call to practice social distancing, I walked through a park, getting my fresh air and some cardio. There, I spied an entire child's baseball team and their parents about to scarf down 6 pizzas that one of the mom's was balancing as she walked back through the park from her car. I didn't shame them or yell at them, but I secretly hoped that there were ball hairs on their pizzas.
my so-called life
I am a first year in uni and in September I met this amazing guy. We were just starting to get closer and now I probably won't see him for 6 months and it is making me miserable. Meanwhile I am quarantined waiting for my test results and can't even spend time with my family because I am not allowed outside of my room in order to not infect them. I officially hate my life
preaching to the choir
I'm quarantined with my girlfriend and my sister... everything's fine except that my sister won't stop singing church music.
spouses without borders
A few weeks ago, I traveled to Spain to pick up my kids from my ex-husband‘s vacation home. They are four and six years old so they cannot fly alone. When I got there, the borders closed so I was stuck in my ex-husband’s home with my kids, my boyfriend, and my ex-husband‘s new wife. My ex-husband traveled to America for work and cannot back get back into the country. it is getting super claustrophobic here and I cannot afford a hotel right now nor do I want to leave the house because so many people are sick here. I cannot stand my ex-husband‘s new wife and things are getting tense with my boyfriend. If I have to stay in this house another day, I’ll end up fighting my ex-husband‘s new wife. Please open the borders, Spain!
off the hook(up)
I have been madly in love with my co-worker for the past three years. We hooked up and decided not to pursue it further, however became very emotionally close over the period. Quarantine and work from home came into full effect and I find myself mourning our "fake" relationship while being quarantined as we try not to have out of work contact
However I see it as a blessing as its forcing me to break the emotional connection as well as focus on my marriage and children. My husband and I are definitely getting along better while we try and keep things normal for our young children in quarantine. This maybe the break I so despise needed and may save my marriage.
olfactory factory
In the grand scheme of things this just isn't important.... but I just dropped $250 on scent diffusers because the smell of my house is annoying me
the little bad
A few years ago, when I was still studying, we spent everyday together, as I went to his office with him. Little discussions here and there but we got along and it was great.
Now, we're both working from home and we spend everyday on the computer and cellphone and we barely talk to each other. I feel I've been looking a lot at the little bad things he usually does but, to be honest, my reactions have been the most we have been interacting so far. Not really sure what's going on.
man-child
Because of his flexible schedule, my husband watches our toddler during the week while I’m in a traditional office setting. Clearly now we’re all home together and he is playing video games all day while I balance working from home and entertaining the 2 year old. How did this happen? Why is this ok? I’m going to lose it.
getting shot down
My family and I were supposed to go on a beautiful trip to California last Tuesday, March 17th. We rented out a beach house in Venice that was just moments away from the ocean. For background: My family lives in Las Vegas, NV and I live in NYC. It’s been about year and a half since I’ve seen them and in this time, I now have a new nephew! So this trip was very much welcomed. By Sunday March 15th, as we all know, shit hit the fan. Around 8 P.M. my phone is going off but, I can’t answer as I’m at work. Finally after some free time, I’m getting messages from both my sister and brother in law, sounding frantic. Turns out California Gov. Newsom calls for home isolation, essentially shutting down everything from bars to gyms, restaurants to theaters. By 10pm, Gov. Cuomo essentially does the same. By Monday, I’m unemployed, so is my brother in law, and everything we had planned is absolutely cancelled.
But.. That was just the intro to the gossip.
Well in just 24 hours, out of nowhere, both my sister and brother in law become conspiracy theorists (we’re talking the kind using verbiage like “Deep State” and matching Apple icons to Illuminati type stuff), and gun nuts. My sister, on her instagram stories, shows she’s buying another gun. Perhaps if NYC had different gun laws, I would be viewing this differently but, even when I lived back in the west coast, I never agreed with the idea of guns. So to me, this feels a little extreme, especially with how abruptly it became a priority for them.
At first, I did my absolute best not to mention anything about the guns or how they look like nuts posting conspiracy theories. In my mind, civilization hasn’t collapsed, we’re just being told to stay the fuck inside! Well, my sister eventually asks me what I’m going to do, do I have food and water, do I have cash on hand? She’s genuinely concerned but, then she begins asking things like “How will you get out of NYC if all the bridges close?”, well, one thing leads to another and the subject of guns finally comes up and it all falls apart with us. She’s saying it’s to protect her family (sure, understandable), I’m saying it’s a little extreme to go from stocking up on toilet paper to mad max fury road on this whole situation. And well, the conversation didn’t end nicely. We haven’t said a word to each other since Tuesday. I don’t know if I’m upset or sad to know my family were like this but, it’s a bummer I won’t get to sed them anytime soon.. or maybe not? (No, i’m kidding!)
a different kind of social distance
Last March, I started a correspondence with someone. In May, I flew out to the east coast to meet him, & we both decided that we had feelings for one another. It has been a long-distance relationship ever since.
Our story is rather complicated, but the short version is: DD (boyfriend) currently going through a messy divorce, & I'm married to DJ (husband) who has terminal cancer & has been supportive of this whole thing. Because my relationship with DD has been purely email, call & text-related, & not at all physical, we've been able to build a foundation that is strong.
The big downside: there have been countless attempts to meet up with DD ever since May, & each & every time, it has failed spectacularly. Some of the blame is due to his job, which takes him away for 6-10 weeks at a time. But most of the blame has been due to his fears of actually being able to have happiness with me. We've cried, talked, & distanced ourselves from one another during these hard times ... but it's clear that we cannot function without the other, even in a friendly manner.
But now, things have changed. Since this virus hit, & having the relief of knowing he's back from Europe & safe in his home, he has been under mandatory self-quarantine (he's not infected, thank heavens). Yesterday he called me crying & said that somehow, his fears of being happy with me have completely disappeared. I can't explain it, but for the first time since this all started, I believe him. I felt it with him & we cried together for the better part of an hour over the phone. I guess when you're completely isolated like he's been, priorities shift & things that once seemed important become fodder compared to what really matters: love.
He's made up his mind to come out to where I am in the Rockies after his quarantine is up (on the 30th). He's finally ready. And what's even more striking is, it'll be on the exact 1-year anniversary of when our correspondence began. It's been dramatic for so long ... but now happiness can really start. Finally.
ration the wine
DON'T TOUCH MY WINE!! So, my fiance and I decide to stock up and stay in. Before this we make a list of projects, food and booze we will need to survive. He chooses beer. I chose my wine and we buy enough to keep us out of the stores for a bit. The other day ( our 3rd day in) I come upstairs from laundry and he is sitting on our patio drinking a glass of MY WINE. I totally lose it and start screaming at him as if he was the worst human being in the world. I am like " what are you doing? Why are you drinking my wine?? How could you do this to me???? You are so selfish!!! On and on. I didn't even know who I was, lol. He was like "I'm already bored with my beer so I thought I would have a glass of wine" ...pretty harmless under normal circumstances, but these are not normal times... so in true hysteria, I tell him he has to ask me if if wants a glass so I can monitor intake and gage how long I have till I am out. Then I locked it up and now, I AM THE ONE SITTING ON OUR PATIO WITH A GLASS OF MY WINE thinking "God the poor guy is in for it". He really has the patience of a Saint and I will try and share my wine, maybe... 💯❤🥂
the only science happening in my home is a sick social experiment
About a year ago, I was so sick of my husband playing video games in the living room that I moved his entire gaming setup into the home office that we never use. He loves the space now because he can do whatever he wants with it. Fast forward to Covid-19 quarantine, my husband and I are both working from home. He's a chemist and can't run experiments from our house. I actually need to work, but I can't because my husband won't stop playing Fortnite. The only science happening in my home is a sick social experiment.
twisted sister
My sister knows how scared I am of getting the coronavirus and she has begun to develop a cough. Every time she coughs SHE TURNS AND LOOKS AT ME. Every time I complain the rest of my family yells at me and I’ve resorted to going to bed at 7:00 every night.
hangry
Last week, on our first day of WFH and beginning of quarantine, my husband ordered a bagel off Grubhub and I didn't find out about it until it showed up at our door. He didn't ask if I wanted anything. I got shaky angry (hangry) with him and he acted like her had no idea why. I called him a cunt which I've never called anyone in my life.