can you feel the love tonight?
been asking my partner to move in for months now and all it took was worldwide quarantine for him to finally commit. love is in the air.
there's no place like home
I have no idea why I stayed here. I could have gone home and slept on my own bed. Instead I'm getting high every night and falling asleep on the couch. I try to work during the day, but instead I'm get distracted by the random people that flow in and out of this apartment. Oh, and to make matters worse, my girlfriend of five years and I just broke up. Over Snapchat. And she's my only source of entertainment when I look away from my laptop screen.
Tinder is a shitshow right now, but at least a few people's wild stories can keep a conversation going for a few hours. I really wish I went home.
calm down susan
I'm stuck in my boyfriend's parents' house with them and him, and I have a low fever so I have to spend most of my time in a separate room. I'm trying to maintain a positive outlook and focus on gratitude that I have the ability to self-isolate, I'm only mildly sick, my financial situation is stable, etc. But my boyfriend's mom is the queen of worrying and overreaction. If she GASPS out loud again the next time I tell her something benign like my temperature went from 99.5 to 100, I'm going to yell. Calm down and donate the extra masks you bought, Susan. (Also, you're the reason I'm sick. Thanks.)
14 days in
This morning I woke up to my roommate sitting at the end of my bed. She scared the living daylight out of me! It was very odd. We aren't that close. She just sat there sipping her coffee in silence. Then looked at me and said, " 14 days in and 14 more to go... sighhh". Silence. Honestly, I don't know what's scarier the fact that she was sleep watching me ( How long has this been going on for? and other questions) or that we don't actually know how long we will really be in isolation for. All I know is that if she wants to give me morning countdowns she better start bringing me coffee too.
three’s a crowd
My fiancé and I are stuck in isolation with my obnoxious mother and two cats. They don't have a common language—my fiancé and mother that is, not the cats. She keeps expressing disgust over our excessive clinginess, which is a direct result of all the stress we are going through and has turned out to be our only refuge except for maybe all the beer we've hoarded. We had just escaped from another continent and my fiancé's parents on the last flights, and now we're stuck dealing with my mother who's getting crazier and crazier every isolated day that passes. Not to mention that my fiancé's parents are still harassing us over the phone since they're unable to follow us now that everything has shut down, so I guess we have that going for us.
fate worse than hell
My mother-in-law sent an email to my husband’s whole family about how hard it is to get together and that she wishes we were all under one roof instead of our separate houses since we don’t have our jobs. My initial thought: fate worse than hell. And then I smiled, realizing I finally have an excuse to get out of all the damn family dinners and events for a while.
this kid
This kid will not leave me alone. He pokes me when I’m on conference calls, he asks to be fed 3 square meals plus snacks, he follows me every time I go to the bathroom and watches from the door. He’s 29 years old and a man child and I don’t have anywhere to hide in our tiny one bedroom apt. Send help.
sidenote
Got in a fight with my S/O. He yelled at me “I’m going back to Seattle, straight to the hospital to lick all the f*cking door handles. I can’t take your bullsh*t anymore” Lol. Men are WAY more dramatic than we could ever strive to be. Convince me otherwise. Sidenote I’m really not that bad.
goals 👩❤️💋👨
i think it’s SO cute that my boyfriend likes to pretend he doesn’t know what a dishwasher is 🥰🙈 like aww babe it’s the appliance rIGHT NEXT TO THE SINK THAT YOUR DIRTY DISHES GO IN AND WHEN THEYRE CLEAN YOU PULL THEM OUT AND PUT THEM AWAY 😍☺️👩❤️💋👨
tinder is a shitshow
I have no idea why I stayed here. I could have gone home and slept on my own bed. Instead I'm getting high every night and falling asleep on the couch. I try to work during the day, but instead I'm get distracted by the random people that flow in and out of this apartment. Oh, and to make matters worse, my girlfriend of five years and I just broke up. Over Snapchat. And she's my only source of entertainment when I look away from my laptop screen. Tinder is a shitshow right now, but at least a few people's wild stories can keep a conversation going for a few hours. I really wish I went home.
the simple life
My partner and I rearranged a few pieces of furniture so that we can close the bedroom door. Because I need my introvert- friendly bad TV and he needs to play the fucking drums and work off his extrovert ADHD. Also we’ve been really good about keeping every pair of wireless headphones in the house charged. We’re in rural Washington, tho, so we can take the doggo for a walk and he can go for a jog and I can get drunk in the lawn in my bikini. Thank the gods that we’ve already had the poop-with-the-door-open convo after two years of living together. I can’t even imagine how it must be like for people living in big cities. Y’all’s have my love and support and my instant pickup of FaceTime calls. Also, saw your write up on Vogue and I am so happy to share these stories and see other shares. Thanks for everything!
long distance love affair
So, I’m having an affair during this time. Safe to say, it’s fucking tricky. While yeah, it’s been nice to have someone to talk to, someone to turn on, and someone to process this with... There’s only so much fulfillment one can get out of provocative pictures and dirty messages. We’ve been contemplating breaking the rules of our state to meet up, but where there fuck would we even do it? Can’t even FaceTime because well, our people are also always home. For now I guess it’s this long distance love affair? Selfishly hoping this time apart doesn’t bring about any sort of moral clarity for either of us. I’m fairly confident it won’t, but evidently nothing brings out insecurities like isolation. Wish me luck in illicit long distance romance!
quel dommage
Confinement à Paris 3days into quarantine an my partner get a testicular infection. Needless to say my only plan for the quarantine is now non-existent. Fun times.
me and my dog
My dog who is home ALL day alone due to work is perfect. An angel! Lockdown and now I'm home and this shit, decides that everyday he's going to poop inside right in front of the door!!! "Mom!!! Stop messing with my routine!!! This will teach you." He's a dick! Lol. (Note: i love my dog more than anything. He's mine. I can call him a dick)
me and my cat
Well, I moved out nine months ago. Prior to that we lived together for about 3 years....Our relationship has been on the rocks since. He always thinks I have one foot out the door and I'm about to run any second of any day. (Which is sorta true?) I hate being told what to do, and he's bossy by nature. We have a tendency to get on each others nerves and argue about things that are really, really stupid. We have two cats, one came with me and one came with him. They are buds. HIs is 17 and mine is 10. HIs has health problems and mine is, somewhat overweight. I have left my cat with him over the last 9 months with the intention of some day taking him to my place, but I can't quite muster up the heartache to take him away from his buddy...
Meanwhile, my roommate at my apartment came back from overseas and had to quarantine, so... long story short, I've been quarantined with him for days on end. We argue. NO resolution. I'm ready to run and take my cat. this is it. thanks covid. no end in sight..
she said, she said
So. I’ve been dating this guy for about 5 months. We definitely love each other and whatever. But, this past weekend I went out (don’t judge me, covid hadn’t grown or peaked the way it had been this week) and I met this girl who I was SUPER attracted to-but like drunk attracted to not actual attracted to I guess.
Anyway, she’s been texting me and I haven’t been really hitting her back. She asked me today if I wanted to hang this weekend and I’m like “???” She goes “I’m lonely and wanna hang” I don’t wanna be a bitch but I have a boyfriend and am not lonely and don’t know how to break it to her that I’m not trying to let some girl that I met at a bar that my boyfriend doesn’t know about into my home.
Lol. There’s the tea.
innie outie
I thought I was an introvert until I got my current job and now spend all day helping people and love it. I need the social interaction and feel good when I leave work.
But now we're doing WFH and quarantine and I'm stuck at home with family who aren't the most social and I'm going crazy. My close friends are all long distance and we chat daily, except we spent three hours last night in a dumb argument that made no one feel good, partly bc I got way too focused on making sure we all talked through exactly what we meant. Not everyone needs to talk that much! Just me!
So now I gotta figure out how to get my newfound social interaction needs outside of a chat group and family-roommates.
Anyone know how to make friends during a quarantine???