Has Covid changed life for you?

It affected me too. I felt uneasy for a long time after Covid. DH and I were lucky not to have caught Covid and he went back to work quite happily. For me it was different. I found it hard to go out and it was a while before I met up with friends and got back to some sort of reality again. It's only recently that I feel 'normal' and that is due to the support of my family.

I think you are doing well Annsixty to go out as much as you do. I think I'm a bit of a recluse in some ways. I keep thinking I should join something but apart from exercise classes - which are fun and there's time for a chat - I can't find anything that suits. I go to the occasional concert if my granddaughters partner is playing and enjoy catching up on their news but I do watch a lot of TV, knit and read a lot in the meantime

I get what you are saying annsixty. Although I’ve never been the most socially active person I did think after several years I was picking myself up and going out and about after my husbands death.

Covid put paid to that and I feel I had to start all over again. Sitting about practically doing no exercise has affected my mobility and where I once thought nothing of walking into town and back I now use my car to go everywhere. I still do my garden but I don’t worry about how it looks anymore and find ways to get around doing the things that need doing.

A bit fat yes.
My ex son in law was able to finally persuade my daughter to agree to moving to New Zealand during Covid. Long story, but basically he tried to persuade her to go abroad from the day of their marriage, first to Canada, she refused, then Australia, she refused, Scotland and Cornwall, no, but during Covid he managed to persuade her that a year to two years in New Zealand would be preferable to lockdown. He told her she’d be better off without her very loving and close family. It nearly broke my heart.
They’re now in the middle of an acrimonious divorce, in New Zealand.

I think you’re around my Mum’s age AnnSixty if I remember right, early 80’s ?
For sure Mum has become more hesitant since Covid about going anywhere unless I or one of my DD’s is with her.
My own age group and my DD’s seem to be normal getting on with life and doing things and seeing people.

I certainly don't get out as much as I used to and as I am not significantly less mobile than before Covid, I fear this might be more about a altered mind-set.

You are right. But most people I speak to say their lives have been changed by covid so it isn’t just us older folk.

I think that any major event in a country’s life changes lives for its citizens. Look at how war changes our lives.