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Disenchantment with life

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Stillness Fri 22-Aug-25 17:22:14

Is it just me or has life (people?) changed so much and not for the better post covid? I’m not sure if I’m depressed, just getting old and miserable, or if this is really happening. Every way I turn things seem to be changing and it’s getting quite rare now for me to like those changes. Eg I went to the theatre yesterday…quite a big production ....I’m sure a few years ago people made the effort to dress nicely for it but now they’re in shorts, jeans, tee shirts …and how fat are people these days?! Sorry, I know that’s not the word to use but it’s how I feel. Today, living by a busy road, I saw constant traffic queuing to get into our town for hours and hours. Windows down, music deafening, litter thrown out of windows. It seems like people don’t want to stay at home any more..Oh I could go on and I guess it’s all trivial but it adds up…I’d love to hear how others perceive things now. (Rant over).

petra Sun 24-Aug-25 17:41:00

Mt61

BlueBelle

I have completely forgotten Covid and lock downs it never really affected me I went out on my own to isolated places most days for walking never ever think about it now

You were quite lucky then, if it never affected you.
It affected me as I couldn’t go over my M & Ds doorstep, frightened the neighbours would grass. My poor dad started with dementia, I didn’t pick up on it until the pandemic was nearly over as my mum didn’t want to worry me, as we had a sick grandchild).
If ever occurred again I would ignore it next time round.

Mt61
I stopped following the rules when Professor Neil Ferguson he who predicted 500,000 deaths unless we isolated invited his married lover over to his house for some afternoon rumpy pumpy.
That’s when I said ( metaphorically) you can all go and +&#% yourselves.
Just in case people have forgotten who this two faced lying bastard is. Here’s the article.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8292249/Scientist-Neil-Fergusons-lover-said-lockdown-strained-marriage.html

Skydancer Sun 24-Aug-25 17:47:35

Marg75

I agree with both Stillness and Granatlast007, you can be happy with your own home, family and way of life, and have good days but things are changing rapidly for the worse in just about every aspect of life.

I’m another one who absolutely agrees with this. We Gransnetters have known better times. I can’t quite put my finger on what’s wrong but I have a sense of unease.