How Has the Coronavirus Affected You?
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Telecommuting for a few weeks...not being social in groups, distancing and reducing time in grocery stores etc...1
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All bars/libraries/restaurants/cinemas/etc are closed, so... staying home and fighting the boredom.
We've moved all the teaching to online, which basically means instead of giving lectures I'm writing lecture notes and everything else remains roughly the same (assuming we're back in school before finals).
This semester will be such a *kitten*, though. The younger students see it as 1+ months of spring break, the older ones are freaking out over job instability and such. Not entirely sure how to deal with either...2 -
I'm collecting my retirement, but I'm still self-employed....was self-employed. I could make do on the retirement, but I've never just "made do."
Job insecurity at my age seems insane, but here it is: insanity.4 -
Everything changed overnight. My anatomy and physiology class and my drawing class are both online now and I am going back to my EVS job at the hospital. My husband is a PTA there as well and has been helping other departments just so they won’t send him home. We had a buyer for our house the Thursday before everything hit the fan and now we are talking about staying here for a couple more years just to get back all we lost through all this. It’s been a very stressful time. I wish it was as easy as sitting in the couch watching Netflix. I’d be so down for that.6
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XxFunctionalStrengthxX wrote: »TwitchyMacGee wrote: »XxFunctionalStrengthxX wrote: »TwitchyMacGee wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »TwitchyMacGee wrote: »I might try
running
outside
I’m being a little dramatic since i used to quite enjoy trail running (as much as it’s possible for a slug to enjoy cardiovascular exercise). But i did get harassed a couple of times last year and I’m sure it’s only gotten worse out there. And no, I have no one to go with.
Harassed ?
Tell us more !
.... it's not like we don't have the time.
I actually recorded one instance but i hate thinking about it.
The other was *kitten* weird. Two guys in a truck getting too close to me and warning me about the dangers of going out alone
I never run along roads. Too many perverts. Most just verbally abusive, some of them actually physically threatening. Stopped doing it years ago after a close call that scared the crap out of me. I only run on trails now. Seems like most of these nasty perverts are too lazy to leave their trucks. Too much work so they stick to harassing women on pavement. Gross.
When I was training for a triathlon a number of years ago, I was out running and this car with a couple of women in it kept circling past me. Probably 4-5 times while I was out running. Cat calls, even a few honks of the horn with whistles. Some women can be just as aggressive as men.
Unless you think they were armed and about to cause you bodily harm it’s not the same
While I didn't think they would do anything (though they did almost hit me with their car), my point was that women can be just as aggressive as men in making remarks, comments, etc. I did not take it as a compliment, and did not appreciate what they were doing.
But, I have had it where I had a truck with three women in it stalk me while driving down a busy road late at night. They passed me, slowed down, one of them hung out the window waving at me. Then, just as we were getting to a bar, they turned into it, cutting me off which forced me into the parking lot.
They parked, and I got out to *kitten* them out for pulling this stupid stunt. Two of them grabbed me and led me into the bar while the third parked my truck. One sat next to me, blocking me from leaving the booth and the other two sat across from me.
I was 17, and stupid for getting out of the truck. Luckily they gave me my keys when the third got there. I was stuck in the booth for about fifteen minutes while they were trying to convince me to go back to their place. Bartender and bouncer were nowhere to be found, and I hate to say it but the one sitting next to me was significantly larger than me and I couldn't push my way out. All of the women were bigger than I was, and at least twenty years older than me.
I finally told them that if they didn't let me out, I was going to piss my pants right there. Being that the bathrooms were slightly out of sight, I ducked down and ran for the truck and avoided that part of town for a long time. Never reported it because back then, who'd believe a 17 year old boy wouldn't want to sleep with three women? Telling this to a couple of my friends, they were like "WTF were you thinking? You could've had an orgy!". typical teenage boy BS...
So, yeah, I can relate in some fashion.
I cannot relate to this even slightly. Not that i think you're wrong, or should have done something sexual with these women....its just something that i cannot comprehend happening. i have encountered aggressive women as well as men. Can never say i ever felt compromised to a point that i could not impose my will. At least from the age of which you described until present. As a young kid sure.
Makes me think about the movie i just saw the other day, Once upon a Time In Hollywood.......the ending of that movie is always how i imagined it should have ended when 3 hippies, 2 being slightly built females with knives, break into a home and confront 4 young adults, 2 being men. Unfortunately the reality is, most people are not prepared to fight for their life.5 -
XxFunctionalStrengthxX wrote: »TwitchyMacGee wrote: »XxFunctionalStrengthxX wrote: »TwitchyMacGee wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »TwitchyMacGee wrote: »I might try
running
outside
I’m being a little dramatic since i used to quite enjoy trail running (as much as it’s possible for a slug to enjoy cardiovascular exercise). But i did get harassed a couple of times last year and I’m sure it’s only gotten worse out there. And no, I have no one to go with.
Harassed ?
Tell us more !
.... it's not like we don't have the time.
I actually recorded one instance but i hate thinking about it.
The other was *kitten* weird. Two guys in a truck getting too close to me and warning me about the dangers of going out alone
I never run along roads. Too many perverts. Most just verbally abusive, some of them actually physically threatening. Stopped doing it years ago after a close call that scared the crap out of me. I only run on trails now. Seems like most of these nasty perverts are too lazy to leave their trucks. Too much work so they stick to harassing women on pavement. Gross.
When I was training for a triathlon a number of years ago, I was out running and this car with a couple of women in it kept circling past me. Probably 4-5 times while I was out running. Cat calls, even a few honks of the horn with whistles. Some women can be just as aggressive as men.
Unless you think they were armed and about to cause you bodily harm it’s not the same
While I didn't think they would do anything (though they did almost hit me with their car), my point was that women can be just as aggressive as men in making remarks, comments, etc. I did not take it as a compliment, and did not appreciate what they were doing.
But, I have had it where I had a truck with three women in it stalk me while driving down a busy road late at night. They passed me, slowed down, one of them hung out the window waving at me. Then, just as we were getting to a bar, they turned into it, cutting me off which forced me into the parking lot.
They parked, and I got out to *kitten* them out for pulling this stupid stunt. Two of them grabbed me and led me into the bar while the third parked my truck. One sat next to me, blocking me from leaving the booth and the other two sat across from me.
I was 17, and stupid for getting out of the truck. Luckily they gave me my keys when the third got there. I was stuck in the booth for about fifteen minutes while they were trying to convince me to go back to their place. Bartender and bouncer were nowhere to be found, and I hate to say it but the one sitting next to me was significantly larger than me and I couldn't push my way out. All of the women were bigger than I was, and at least twenty years older than me.
I finally told them that if they didn't let me out, I was going to piss my pants right there. Being that the bathrooms were slightly out of sight, I ducked down and ran for the truck and avoided that part of town for a long time. Never reported it because back then, who'd believe a 17 year old boy wouldn't want to sleep with three women? Telling this to a couple of my friends, they were like "WTF were you thinking? You could've had an orgy!". typical teenage boy BS...
So, yeah, I can relate in some fashion.
I cannot relate to this even slightly. Not that i think you're wrong, or should have done something sexual with these women....its just something that i cannot comprehend happening. i have encountered aggressive women as well as men. Can never say i ever felt compromised to a point that i could not impose my will. At least from the age of which you described until present. As a young kid sure.
Makes me think about the movie i just saw the other day, Once upon a Time In Hollywood.......the ending of that movie is always how i imagined it should have ended when 3 hippies, 2 being slightly built females with knives, break into a home and confront 4 young adults, 2 being men. Unfortunately the reality is, most people are not prepared to fight for their life.
Nothing wrong with your not being able to relate. You grew up in your life, while I grew up in mine. Doesn't mean either of us are wrong. Whether you believe it or not, this is true and what happened as I was a different kind of person back then. However, your comments are in line with those who doubted me back then and why a lot of men do not report abuse or rape.3 -
Im glad I still have a job (for now). And I appreciate it more.
I feel kinda bad I didn't visit my mom 'that one time' before the heavy "social distancing" became so mainstream important.
As of the past week or 2, I feel it to be socially taboo to go out to a store and not wear a mask and gloves, like people are looking at me like I have the plague and I'm a bad person if I don't
I never in my life thought I may get fined for walking/running in a park, or being in close proximity to other people...now I'm confused at what distance I have to stay away from people to not get a $750 -$10,000 fine.
People can't see my friendly facial expression behind my mask (when I am friendly - I was enjoying smirking and sneering a bit today)
...I feel like I (we are) living in a sci-fi movie plot - and sometimes worry I may be insane or delusional
...thinking about a lot of *kitten* I took for granted before
...feeling paranoid that its 'unreal' and I'm a "sheeple"1 -
everyone in this house sits around looking at each other a lot like this:
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Motorsheen wrote: »everyone in this house sits around looking at each other a lot like this:
My kids..
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_Miss_chievous_ wrote: »Motorsheen wrote: »everyone in this house sits around looking at each other a lot like this:
My kids..
Makes me happy I only had one.
We're surviving by avoiding each other in separate rooms and coming together every once in awhile for food and a game of Uno that devolves into everyone screaming at one another.6 -
Ohh 2020...what a mess1
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If this year had a face it would be this
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I have gained so much weight I’m afraid to step on the scales.3
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Haven't spoken to another person face-to-face for 2-wks. In another wk, I'll go food shopping, which will be about 24-days without human contact.
I'm actually nervous about seeing another person. Do I say 'hello'... keep my head down & an 8' distance just to be sure, nod, wave & smile through my mask?
Geez... as an introvert, who's not always comfortable around others, this isolation is making me want to go out less & less rather than craving contact. If I weren't a girl & worried about safety, I'd walk a few miles outdoors at 3am, just to ensure I didn't come across another human.
I'm trying not to be weird... but I feeling pretty freakin' weird.
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Well. I’m fatter. And less happy. Those things might be related.
My children and I have been home together for weeks now.
I’m less patient with extremism and straw man arguments even if I agree with the underlying reasons, and I am calling it out where my energy permits. I know it is sometimes perceived as angry or hostile in spite of my having genuine affection for many of the people I’m talking to and despite my best efforts to be calm and factual. It’s what my conscience requires.
I’m also trying to be kinder to people I’m only meh about because they deserve kindness before they die.
Eta: and I’m buying houseplants the way other people buy toilet paper4 -
I haven't gotten gas in a month. I've lost weight because I don't need excess calories being in a one bedroom apartment lol. I do take brisk walks and runs every so often. I've been catching up and binge watching shows I thought I would never finish. Playing video games I never thought u would get the time to play. More sleep and my stress levels have been on an all time low since early March. So many wonderful benefits.2
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Itsthatdood wrote: »TarryTaffyTwo wrote: »Haven't spoken to another person face-to-face for 2-wks. In another wk, I'll go food shopping, which will be about 24-days without human contact.
I'm actually nervous about seeing another person. Do I say 'hello'... keep my head down & an 8' distance just to be sure, nod, wave & smile through my mask?
Geez... as an introvert, who's not always comfortable around others, this isolation is making me want to go out less & less rather than craving contact. If I weren't a girl & worried about safety, I'd walk a few miles outdoors at 3am, just to ensure I didn't come across another human.
I'm trying not to be weird... but I feeling pretty freakin' weird.
There's an app for that
I have not had any close contact with anyone for a month...just online messages, phone calls and video chats0 -
corinasue1143 wrote: »I have gained so much weight I’m afraid to step on the scales.
Haha it's okay I hear many people are Fat and Happy Now and are enjoying it!!1 -
I haven't gotten gas in a month. I've lost weight because I don't need excess calories being in a one bedroom apartment lol. I do take brisk walks and runs every so often. I've been catching up and binge watching shows I thought I would never finish. Playing video games I never thought u would get the time to play. More sleep and my stress levels have been on an all time low since early March. So many wonderful benefits.
Same here. And, I feel slightly guilty in saying that this lockdown has taken away the bulk my stress... been interviewing for a long time with no luck, so now that I'm not pummeling the world with CVs 15-hrs/day (no kidding), for the 1st time in a long time, I feel some peace. Worried, but not stressed to the nth degree, as per usual.
Like you, I'm slowly losing weight... I'm a stress non-eater & also rationing to cut down having to go out for food. I'm stretching shopping to every 3-4 wks.
Also, it's of benefit to not think I have it worse or better than others. We're all affected, in varying ways. It can be depressing to be alone... but, I'd imagine irritating at times, to be with others 24/7.
Be well.0 -
Quote thingy not working. But I have the same issue as the previous poster - I'm losing weight, not gaining. And I'm already at maintenance, so I don't need or want to lose. Also losing my fitness - used to lots of long distance outdoors exercise and those days are gone. It's depressing.0
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Working from home, curfew affecting my outdoor walks, lost some customers, cancelled an overseas trip, unable to attend church in the usual way, doctor cancelled my appointment, upset about a friend who can't have her scheduled brain surgery done, shopping restricted, salary cut, .......
Didn't even realize the list was so long until I started typing!!3 -
I'm jaywalking a lot more!2
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It's now Month 2 of Quarantine. Anyone traveling soon?0
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The negative: I'm super stressed out between working 70ish hours a week out of the house (anxious about bringing COVID home to my kids) and homeschooling 4 kids (currently failing 6th grade math🙋♀️🤦♀️).
The positive: I'm still employed and working out of the house a lot ( I can pretty much have as much OT as I want), which means I'm not stuck at home 24/7 with 4 kids.3 -
Buttermello wrote: »The negative: I'm super stressed out between working 70ish hours a week out of the house (anxious about bringing COVID home to my kids) and homeschooling 4 kids (currently failing 6th grade math🙋♀️🤦♀️).
The positive: I'm still employed and working out of the house a lot ( I can pretty much have as much OT as I want), which means I'm not stuck at home 24/7 with 4 kids.
marh is hard.
...... so is speling.4
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