[Misc] Changed relationships?

PeterOut · Apr 10, 2020

We are all aware that we are in very strange times. Some are working even harder than usual keeping essential services going. Some are WFH. Some are self-isolating / shielding. Some are laid off due to their employers closing, and so on.

The point is, that for pretty much all of us, our circumstances have changed.

So, in this new order that we find ourselves, have you noticed that your relationship with anything or anyone has changed, particularly in ways that you did not expect?

Have you found out anything unexpected about your loved ones, your co-workers, your neighbours?

A particular gadget round the house? A service that you took for granted?

Whether things have changed for better or worse, what has surprised you the most?

father_and_son · Apr 10, 2020

Apparently the missus isn't working at Woolworths anymore.

Your Mum · Apr 10, 2020

Your mum.

PeterOut · Apr 10, 2020

Your Mum said:
Your mum.

Bless her, she's always had the ability to do that

AmexRuislip · Apr 10, 2020

The guys that collect everyones crap, I'm either at work or in bed sleeping off nights when they're about.
I've witnessed them collecting the green waste, in bags which are supplied by the borough council, full to the brim with small twiglets on top covering a multitude of lumberjack debris underneath, which people cannot be assed to cut up.

essbee1 · Apr 10, 2020

I will be using small shops like farm shops and butchers much, much more after all this. They
have been a lifeline when the supermarkets are a bit of a nightmare.

I feel guilty that I haven't used them before.

jonnyrovers · Apr 10, 2020

My daily relationship with the A23/M23 has become much less shouty and abusive. BC - 40 minutes, AC - 22 minutes. Every cloud....

Madafwo · Apr 10, 2020

I appreciate work a bit more, and I've realised that my relationship with Jaffa Cakes is bordering on abusive.

The_Viper · Apr 10, 2020

One of my good mates has irrevocably damaged our friendship forever during all this shitshow. Her attitude has been a disgrace and it has shocked me big time at how a time of crisis can turn such a nice person so nasty.

schmunk · Apr 10, 2020

PeterOut said:
A particular gadget round the house?

You dirty *******.

doogie004 · Apr 10, 2020

Madafwo said:
I appreciate work a bit more, and I've realised that my relationship with Jaffa Cakes is bordering on abusive.

Custard creams going to bankrupt me

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Taybha · Apr 10, 2020

doogie004 said:
Custard creams going to bankrupt me

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Or Sunday night poker .

Lower West Stander · Apr 10, 2020

Gone from my partner and I going to work every day then coming home to each other or an empty house, to me working from home with my two kids both there having come back from uni. My partner is a nurse so she still leaves every day at the same time.

It’s pretty stressful and my daughter in particular is very high maintenance. It’s definitely put a strain on my relationship with her.

Still, everything needs to be put in perspective when you live with a nurse. I really don’t know how she does it......

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Live by the sea · Apr 10, 2020

Having relied on local deliveries from butchers , fishmongers & greengrocers for the last few weeks, I’m going to continue to use them after this crisis is over and do far far less shopping in Waitrose.

dstanman · Apr 10, 2020

We have found at work those who are willing to step up and those just wanting to disappear

lost in london · Apr 10, 2020

Flipping this on its head I think some retailers’ relationships with customers will have changed - some have really stepped up to the plate. Two bakeries near me. One we use regularly shut almost immediately, the other cleverly pivoted to a nice website, deliveries and a stall every now and then. Turns out their produce is better too. Same with some local (garden) nurseries, some have probably benefited from this by offering free deliveries, others didn’t have the nous to change their ways and will probably not be around when this all is over.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Apr 10, 2020

Being with them 24/7, I'm delighted how much I enjoy being with the missus and nipper. I was contemplating my possible melt down, as I have very very limited tolerance of others, and like to spend most of my time on my own.

The other thing is how much I miss my son. He can't come round for dinner because he lives elsewhere and you can't do that now. Last time I saw him, he came to the Amex with me and stayed awake all the way there and all the way back. The time before (6 months ago) he slept both ways. I had assumed it was late night gaming, and felt peeved, but when I mentioned it to him he said 'much less overtime and much more sleep'. I felt ashamed.

Ah well, it will be so good to have him round again, and for us to watch the Albion again. It will happen. Fact.

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