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As A Mum In Lockdown, My Social Life Has Never Been Better. What Happens Now?
As someone who has worked from home for a few years and has a young family, it’s fair to say I never really got to go out much.
The logistics of home life, the school run, and the need to be chained to my computer for work prevented me from living the fulfilled social life I envisioned for myself. `No office to go to meant no colleagues to chat with, and so most of my human contact was with my small children and my husband when he returned from work. Is this it? I would think to myself. Is my entire dialogue really just about Paw Patrol and the washing?
This was, of course, before lockdown. Like everything else around us, my social life changed drastically.
Where I would sit and clock watch as I worked from my dining room table, I’m now fielding about six WhatsApp chat groups, each buzzing away throughout the day. Friends who would always vanish behind the doors of offices in the morning only to emerge fatigued and too tired to call in the evening are now all up in my face, asking each day: “How are you? Fancy a FaceTime?”
Even when the workday is over, it doesn’t stop: I’ve Housepartied, I’ve Zoom pub quizzed, I’ve even watched a friend do an Instagram Live on flower arranging. There’s a whole world of digital social activities, talks and events, once held in places hard to get to on a Thursday night, popping up and allowing all those stuck at home a chance to finally join in.
While a huge part of me is incredibly anxious about the overall impact of what’s happening in the wider world, in particular, the absolutely terrifying global number global cases, I’m not ashamed to say I’ve revelled in lockdown. I love that I can look into my calendar and feel overbooked for once. I love that I have the power to choose which events and activities I want to do that night. I love that I’ve reconnected with old friends, some of whom I haven’t seen for years, over a socially distanced drink on Skype. Without the stress of planning travel and...
