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Showing Original Post only (View all)Social distancing -- What do you miss most? [View all]
Besides the obvious loss of in-person contact with children, grandchildren, and co-workers, what conveniences, social settings and things we took for granted do you miss? Simple daily things and bigger things and events?
I miss getting together with friends for lunch, special interest classes at the library or community college, the sound of kids outdoors playing.
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I miss libraries, all of them. I still have limited access to libraries on line...
NNadir
Apr 2020
#6
My students, art galleries, libraries and book shops, cafes, seeing family.
GreenPartyVoter
Apr 2020
#8
Absolutely nothing. I miss nothing. I'm saving the lives of my loved ones and myself. Can't...
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2020
#11
Best wishes to you definitely. My SO is working on the front lines too, at an 'essential'...
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2020
#18
Not a whole lot, except for lunch at my favorite little restaurant
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2020
#21
meh. i suppose i miss being able to just open packages without sanitizing them first.
unblock
Apr 2020
#29