It's the little things you miss...

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sally maclennane
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I liked this article, it sums up how I feel about my "old life"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... dApp_Other

I miss pootling around in shops, and I miss going out for breakfast at weekends. I miss not doing a mental risk assessment before I do anyfuckingthing!

What small things do you miss?
Christ on a bendy bus son, don't be such a fucking faff arse
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I miss walking in a straight line, actually NEXT to MrA, rather than having to zig-zag to avoid people coming the other way or overtaking us. I will not miss having to regularly step off the path onto the mud, while muttering “Which way are we all going?”
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I miss going into town at the weekend and mooching about/grabbing a bite to eat. I miss going to somewhere other than my local town/work/supermarket, I want a walk along the coast.
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It's odd, because I am not someone who enjoys shopping, but I am desperate to be able to potter about the shops and pick up a few non-essential bits and pieces. I am sick to death of trying to ascertain the size and quality of stuff online, and reading a million reviews before committing to purchase anything. The last time I was able to do it was about October maybe, and it was still shit because of all the queuing / dodging oblivious twats / getting steamed up glasses. My friend is having a baby soon and I want to go out and fondle weeny clothes, not send yet another gift that I never see myself.

I also really miss just getting on with stuff, like I need a tree taking down in the garden but I'm paralysed about calling anyone in case they're not going to observe social distancing etc.
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We've been talking about this recently as well.
Last week I had a day off and old me would have had a mini spa day or lazy lunch or at least a coffee with cake while reading my book.
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I miss window shopping then coffee and cake somewhere. I miss seeing my Aunt. Deciding on a whim to drive up to my friends for the night. Seeing the kids socialise and have fun.
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I miss the sea and I miss sitting with friends having tea and cake at my favourite cafe. I miss long walks with hills and geocaches.

I went to town at the weekend to exchange something that had been delivered in error and sneaked a browse in the book department of WHSmiths. It was lovely!
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sally maclennane wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:26 am I liked this article, it sums up how I feel about my "old life"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... dApp_Other

I miss pootling around in shops, and I miss going out for breakfast at weekends. I miss not doing a mental risk assessment before I do anyfuckingthing!

What small things do you miss?
I read this yesterday and it really hit me.
The mental risk assessment of everything! I miss just living a life and not worrying that it's inadvertantly going to kill someone else, or to a lesser extent, that people will think I'm a hideous human being for sending my child back to school or going for a walk.

I miss my family and my FRIENDS and making plans and actually believing they might happen and walking in a crowd of people. I miss seeing other people having a good time, things I never really valued in any way at all- like seeing people cheering at a football match when their team scored. I miss walking round in this city and seeing it alive with people. I miss sitting on the wall in the playground outside school chatting to a friend and waiting for the kids to come out. I miss that SO much.
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To me none of this stuff is little (well, apart from walking in a straight line :)) ) - it's what makes life worth living as far as I'm concerned. Time with friends, weekends away and changes of scenery, meals out - all the good stuff. One of the many reasons I made the very deliberate decision not to have a family was in part because I enjoy doing what I want, when I want so much, and having had that taken away over the past year has been increasingly difficult to handle.

But aside from that, I'd love to go round a museum or gallery at the moment. Just by myself, drinking it in.
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God yes, Del, I haven't been to a gallery for the longest time. In my normal adult life I'd go roughly monthly, it's part of the reason for living in London. I wish I'd gone last summer but it seemed such a faff to prebook and have a timed slot and a part of me felt I might as well wait a little longer and just go for a spontaneous mooch like I used to.
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I think "she lived for a spontaneous mooch" would be a fantastic epitaph :hbeat:
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I miss watching A’s football matches (although I can live without training).
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Tabitha wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:49 am God yes, Del, I haven't been to a gallery for the longest time. In my normal adult life I'd go roughly monthly, it's part of the reason for living in London. I wish I'd gone last summer but it seemed such a faff to prebook and have a timed slot and a part of me felt I might as well wait a little longer and just go for a spontaneous mooch like I used to.
I'm not going to be a dick and queue up outside Wetherspoons at 9am on opening day, but I definitely feel the same about how I was last summer- we held back on loads of things for longer than was necessary and I'm not going to do that this time, as long as I feel personally ok about it, and it is legally allowed, I'll take the opportunity, accept the distancing and the queuing and the prebooking and the opinions of others and go.
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Chatting with randoms in the work kitchen and not having to try to plan shopping with military precision to avoid having to buy food with a child in tow.
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I went to galleries a few times when there was a window of opportunity last year, and it was so lovely. I can't wait to get back to that.

Other than that, all the usual, meals and drinks out, hanging out with my sons (indoors!) and seeing my sisters. I miss walking across London Bridge on my way to and from work, and lunchtime walks in the City.
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Rosa wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:59 am I miss walking across London Bridge on my way to and from work
I used to love this so much when I worked in the city! When it would coincide with a good, upbeat piece of music playing in my ear it was particularly joyous.
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Being in different places with different people each week, through work. I miss that so hard. I miss train journeys to random places. My phone threw up a "1 year ago" photo which I took of freebie wine and a nice menu on Eurostar. I was travelling business premier because it was a last minute 3 day job in Brussels and that was all that was available with one day's notice. And that pretty much sums up EVERYTHING I miss about my pre-covid work life.

And, yes being able to act on a whim for leisure stuff - make a decision the day before or on the day to go somewhere without having to deal with online pre-booking being sold out.
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Heebie Jeebie wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:54 am Chatting with randoms in the work kitchen
I really miss this. I used to chat to all sorts of people I don't work directly with, and I wouldn't necessarily pick up the phone to them now, but I still miss the chitchat.

I also miss being able to go out for the day and know I'll be able to stop for something to eat/find a loo. I am 80 :lol:.
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The toilet situation is VERY stressful :weakbladdered:
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Yes to toilets! Having to say no to a cup of tea when garden visits are possible, because you can't afford to need a pee.
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