What did you take for granted before lock down that you vow not to after?

iamstop

I took going for a long cycle and just stopping off anywhere when I was getting hungry or thirsty for granted. Not from now on.

Woke Hogan

Not speaking for myself here, since I always valued my health, but I hope people will walk away from this with a whole new appreciation for how lucky they are to be healthy and safe. Maybe put less energy towards shallow pursuits like drinking and travelling.

A nice creamy pint of Guinness.

gmisk

Having a lovely day out in town.
Cinema, lunch, couple of pints, home.

manonboard

Drinking and travelling tbh, miss them so much!

Stark

Trip to the pub. If it's a pub in a foreign country, all the sweeter.

Signore Fancy Pants

I took for granted not having 500 packets of Koka noodles, 20 packs of ready to bake baguettes and a wall of toilet paper in my house.

Nixers....used enjoy (and complain about) going off doing bits and bobs in evenings for extra cash

Pherekydes

Parkrun!

Hopping in my car and driving somewhere like the Hell Fire club and having a run or walk.

Richmond Ultra

Watching a live sporting event.

BillyBiggs

As simple as it sounds going to the cinema.

Cody montana

Giving the middle finger to oap drivers.

Cody montana

manonboard wrote: »

Drinking and travelling tbh, miss them so much!

Had you cancelled travel plans?

Happy4all

assholes starting new Covid 19 threads every minute of the day.

read corona threads

YFlyer

Cody montana wrote: »

Giving the finger to oaps.

And this.

HeidiHeidi

Flying willy nilly around the place quite a lot of times per year, purely for leisure purposes.



I actually did feel vaguely guilty about it, but it didn't stop me.


I suspect it'll be a long time before my lifestyle of recent years will be fully resumed, if ever.

Mam of 4

Truthfully, simply hugging people (not randomers btw!) . Never realised how many of us greet each other with a hug , family or otherwise , until you don't have that option anymore.

anewme

Woke Hogan wrote: »

Not speaking for myself here, since I always valued my health, but I hope people will walk away from this with a whole new appreciation for how lucky they are to be healthy and safe. Maybe put less energy towards shallow pursuits like drinking and travelling.

Travelling is not a shallow pursuit.

If I died tomorrow, I would be happy how seeing the world has made me happy and travelling on my own has grown me and broadened my outlooks. I've visited Italy so many times and it is an amazing place. Seeing the sadness the Italians are experiencing now makes me even more determined and hopeful that this will end and I will see the world again.

Watched Rick Steins lost weekends this evening, he was in Sicily. Sitting at a street cafe, in a square, having a coffee or glass wine and just living in the moment.

What is shallow though, is to judge others through your own narrow lens.

banie01

Access to my mistress

Cookie_Monster

Social liberties

eviltwin

Walking into a supermarket. Such a simple, mundane thing is now so much more complicated.

Sardonicat

Being with my fiance. Can't believe I had started to take that or granted, but I had.

Clegg

My grandparents. I'm 29 years old and I still have all four! But as I've gotten a bit older I've starting taking it for granted that they'll be around for a chat whenever, so I wasn't as diligent in contacting them as regularly as I should.

That sounds strange because they're all getting on now. Youngest is 79 and all of them having underlying conditions. But they've been an ever present in my life since day 1. I just overlooked how lucky I was to have them. I'm privileged that I've gotten to know them for so long and I want them to know that face to face.

Pac1Man

This whole thing has made me realise how little I actually do! Nothing much has changed for me to be honest, apart from work and going to the supermarket.

thecretinhop

my dad holding my 6 month old baby

thecretinhop

my dad holding my 6 month old baby

thecretinhop

my dad holding my 6 month old baby

fryup

coughing & sneezing in public

Pac1Man

Pac1Man wrote: »

This whole thing has made me realise how little I actually do! Nothing much has changed for me to be honest, apart from work and going to the supermarket.

I’m a bit like that too. Pub or a concert about 5 times a year and outside that I barely leave the couch from a Friday evening til a Monday morning.
If I could do my Saturday morning shopping and visit my parents then I’d be back to normal.

gmisk

thecretinhop wrote: »

my dad holding my 6 month old baby

Triplets?

I miss the little things like going for breakfast after a swim, or just wandering around window shopping. I miss the OH who is in isolation. I really, really, miss hugs and cuddles.

fermanagh_man

The commute to work

That was where I had time to myself for 1hr a day, to listen to a podcast, call friends I don't see that often etc:

Neames

I don't feel too bad for myself.

My daughter is 12 and an only child, she's keeping the best side out but misses her pals. It can't be easy for her.

Getting my favourite takeaway delivered or nipping down the road to a restaurant

And also going into the office a few days a week, solely for the socialising with coworkers

Sam Hain

Dogging

pinkyeye

Hugs definitely the thing I miss most. I met my son at a garage last week and sat 6 feet apart on a wall afterwards. So hard not to hug hello and goodbye.

Bobblehats

Combat 18

RobertKK

I can't say I took sport for granted, but I took it for granted that something could happen that would lead to no sport.
Usually in bad times like when we have the banking/property crash, we still had our sport to watch.

I think friends and family will be appreciated even more, as at the end of the day, they are all that matter.

Church on Tuesday

It will all come back in time.

The world has not ended; it has merely been put on hold.

Chin up. Be safe.

retro:electro

Getting into the car and driving for miles, stopping off somewhere random and going for a long walk. Browsing the shops and not being so averse so other people. Being able to pick my nieces up and give them a big smacker on the lips. Just having the freedom to get up on a weekend and going where I want.

L1011

Sitting in a nice, quiet ish pub with the papers of a Saturday or Sunday; maybe get a toastie (and soup, if its a good one) between finishing the first and going to the second paper.

Would do it maybe once a month, but I was about to hit that month the weekend before Paddys Day, so it didn't happen.



I've worked on the road/abroad before; I'm used to keeping contact with people online so not losing much there.


Now, if I can't get off this feckin island at least once this year I'll rather miss that as well. Did a long enough trip in October so its not distant a memory.

Shady Grady

My long walks by the river and fishing.

Ultrflat

Hair cuts,
Not looking after my self as well as I Could diet/exercise
Not getting out there and meeting new people.

I swear to christ I've never been so board in all my life.

Still waters

Cody montana wrote: »

Giving the middle finger to oap drivers.

I miss fingering grannys as well

s1ippy

God I loved going in to work.

Stheno

Going to the office
Going for drinks after work
Dinner with the Oh on a Friday
Going to the garden centre
Celebrating occasions with family, was the ohs birthday after Paddys day, normally wed go for dinner with his kids so it was a bit sad

Most of all, not feeling afraid, be that of going to the shop, getting on a bus, whatever

How life has changed

castletownman

My weekend job consists of going around the county covering every manner of GAA match for the local paper, with other sports thrown in now and again depending on the schedule. This weekend would have been the start of my busy period, and if the weather is bad I would be cursing that I have to go to some venue that invariably doesn't have a stand.

Rush home to email off my report, bed after Match of the Day, and off somewhere again on Sunday morning and afternoon to cover more matches. Send off my reports as soon as I get home. Have been known to be in a ratty mood what with all the driving around and impending deadlines. Or if I have been sent to a lower grade match ahead of a more attractive fixture.

However, I would always try to go for a couple of pints on a Sunday evening when all my typing is done (depending on the roster for my midweek job), mainly just to dissect/debate whatever local games were on with the usual enthusiasts.

I tell ya what. I will never complain about having to go to GAA games again. In fact, I will probably go to even more now. And I will definitely enjoy my post-match pint even more so too.

Purple Mountain

Cheap flights to Europe at a whim.

Stheno

I forgot sailing

Strumms

Richmond Ultra wrote: »

Watching a live sporting event.

This, it’s the weekend and there should be a wall of sport, including football seasons heading to a climax.

clappyhappy

Having my kids friends over and watching them playing together outside instead of playing through PlayStation.