Here’s the first thread, which I started approx 172 years ago on April 6.
Wanting to hear again from people who are without ANY human companionship in their cell bubble. Pets yes. But no adults, teens, children (including babies), partners, lovers, friends, spouses, roommates, lodgers. All alone 24/7.
And especially (but not exclusively) if you are retired or otherwise not working. IOW you have no regular, spontaneous, unscheduled contact with other human beings.
Okay. I’m an introvert and I’m fine with spending lots of time alone, but this is ridiculous!
How are y’all coping? Phone calls (with those “awkward silences”-- see my post in the August Rants thread), Zoom get-togethers, outdoor/distanced meals, walking with others? How you are handling no in-person activities and nobody in your house ever to talk to, to see/touch you, to share a meal or conversation?
I’m going bonkers over here. But I also want to keep my chances of catching this as close to zero as I can, so I’m very compliant with protocols. Yes, I know about “risk assessment,” and I have gone to doc appointments in person, haircut, and pedicure. I’ve been invited over by one family-- my friend says “we’re all healthy here!”–but her husband had a lung transplant a couple of years ago, so maybe I’m not healthy enough. I haven’t been tested.
Or maybe this is you-- deliriously happy to be released from the obligation to ever see anyone in person?