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Post by janniepea on Mar 29, 2020 4:03:35 GMT
No 😔
One of our sons lives with us but my other son and daughter live across the country from us. We talk or text daily but I miss them so much!
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Post by scrapmaven on Mar 29, 2020 4:10:39 GMT
My kids are home for the duration, but if they weren't I would tell them to keep their distance. Since your ds works w/the public I would stay put and call or Facetime/Skype/Zoom, as much as you want to.
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Post by gale w on Mar 29, 2020 4:15:04 GMT
My kids are home for the duration, but if they weren't I would tell them to keep their distance. Since your ds works w/the public I would stay put and call or Facetime/Skype/Zoom, as much as you want to. DD (who lives at home still) works at dollar general and is a foot from people all day long. She said they have barely been able to take breaks, it's so busy. They started closing at 9 instead of 10 so they could clean and restock shelves. She's probably a bigger risk than he is (he sells cars and since they laid off all salespeople except him and sales managers, he's very busy but still not seeing nonstop people for hours on end). If we do go tomorrow we'll keep a good distance away from each other. But I'm leaning toward just dropping off lunch for him along with his laundry and not staying. Normally he never asks us over so it kills me to say no-he must miss us. He usually comes over every other Sunday and we binge watch shows all afternoon (something we used to do before he moved out). He's only 20 and has only been on his own since November.
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Post by flanz on Mar 29, 2020 4:21:35 GMT
Nope. If you don’t live in my house, we will see you on FaceTime. Not worth it to expose anyone. I wouldn’t even be getting laundry to wash or take out. Every time you interact with someone, you are putting yourself and them at risk. This! Our kids both live very far from us so it's not an option to see them now. We regularly go very long periods without seeing them. You can do it now. It's weird and uncomfortable as it's not your usual routine, but you can, and should, avoid contact.
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Post by flanz on Mar 29, 2020 4:24:11 GMT
I watch my granddaughter when my dd and her bf are at work. She will be one on Tuesday and I took a year leave from work to do it. (Best decision ever). They live an hour from us so we meet half way. They are both RN’s in the covid ICU units in downtown Detroit at a hospital that is at capacity. We are as careful as we can be with the handoff of the baby but it’s still scary. One ds lives with us and is still on the job outside our home and our other ds and daughter in law we do not see mostly because she is almost 7 months pregnant and we are somewhat at risk because of out other kids. Oh, that's rough. I'll pray for the safety of your entire family. And please thank your two RNs for their service. True heroes! As are you, for making it possible for them to go to work, at pretty great risk to yourself. (((HUGS)))
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Post by sean&marysmommy on Mar 29, 2020 4:27:47 GMT
My kids are 6 and 17, so still live with us. But we're not seeing my parents, who are both in their 70s, even though they live a few streets away. My husband is still working and at least 1 coworker has tested positive so far. the kids and I have been home since March 14th.
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Post by flanz on Mar 29, 2020 4:31:36 GMT
We were just talking about this at dinner. Dh works with patients in a hospital. We really don’t have a great space for him to isolate if he has exposure. We came up with a plan tonight but it’s not perfect as it’s in older dd’s room and older dd would be with me. Dh said he heard that some docs in big US cities like New York are sleeping in their cars to avoid going home and being around their families as they feel the virus is every where and it’s too hard to decontaminate. I think it depends what area you’re in. Right now we feel ok with Dh coming home and showering. Bolded by me is heartbreaking. Smart, but heartbreaking. I feel so much for the docs nurses and other medical personnel on the front lines, as well as those who love them!
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Post by flanz on Mar 29, 2020 4:32:46 GMT
Can you get on zoom and have a family dinner online? That would be the safest thing to do while still getting to “see” and talk to each other. When my DH worked in India and my DS and I were in the US, we tried to eat together once a week like this. Great idea!
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Post by Nanner on Mar 29, 2020 4:37:08 GMT
DS lives a 5 minute drive from us. We haven't seen him for 2 weeks. He is still out there working, while we are self-isolating (working from home), so have all agreed that he stays away.
DD lives a 14 hour drive, so we communicate with her like we always have - by phone.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2020 4:38:44 GMT
Daughter lives on the east coast.
We see son everyday.
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Mar 29, 2020 4:58:54 GMT
My kids are 12, so they live with me. My mom is a widow and lives by herself.
I have been limitedly visiting her when I get her groceries or prescriptions. No one else in the family is going into her home now.
We are on week Three of social distancing. The first week, we did all stop by for a brief amount of time and brought her back dinner (our last time eating out...my niece was in town for a college program entrance test). Since then, I have reduced my time with her. The first week I’d stay for 20-30 minutes, bring coffee and chat (about two times that week). The second week is when the state went official and I’d stay for 10-15), not touch anything and sit in one place six ft away. Last week I’d bring in the groceries, help wipe them off, stand and talk for a few minutes (over six ft away), and leave. My mom always cleans everything after I leave. I need to set up Zoom for her this week. I’ll do it away from her and clean her iPad off after that.
This week we are shelter in place. I’ll probably still do what I did last week. I need to pick up groceries and prescriptions on Monday for her. Obviously if I have any symptoms, I will not go there. She is 73. We both have underlying health issues. My children and I are sheltering in place. My dh is an essential worker but not health care and not with the general population.
We are trying to be careful yet sensible.
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Post by 5peanutsnana on Mar 29, 2020 5:13:55 GMT
Not a chance. DD, SIL and 3 grands (2 college and one HS student) live 45 min. away. DS and 2 grands (both HS) , live about 10 min. away. They are self isolating and we won't see them until this craziness is over. We face time with them.
I drop off food and groceries at the door to my 94 yr.old Mom who lives alone less than a mile from me. It's the only place I am going.
We did a ZOOM with 17 members of my family last night (my siblings and a few nieces and nephews). There were 5 U.S. States represented and Australia. Technology is wonderful.
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Post by wonderwoman on Mar 29, 2020 5:30:44 GMT
No... really miss my grandkids..... :-(
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Post by flanz on Mar 29, 2020 5:51:49 GMT
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Post by tincin on Mar 29, 2020 5:56:42 GMT
No. I haven’t seen my college son since he came back into self isolation. We text daily and have driven by and waved once. My heart aches, but I’m doing my part. And getting fed up with those who aren’t. I’m getting fed up too. Today was my brother’s birthday. His wife posted on Facebook thanking their son, DIL, and 2 DGSs for having them over for dinner to celebrate. They are both late 60s but my brother is already in bad health, heart issues, diabetes, Chrons (?) disease, etc. Why? Just why? My birthday is next week and I’ve already told my kids we’ll just wait till this is over and celebrate it and our freedom with dinner and a cake.
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Post by flanz on Mar 29, 2020 6:00:32 GMT
We were just talking about this at dinner. Dh works with patients in a hospital. We really don’t have a great space for him to isolate if he has exposure. We came up with a plan tonight but it’s not perfect as it’s in older dd’s room and older dd would be with me. Dh said he heard that some docs in big US cities like New York are sleeping in their cars to avoid going home and being around their families as they feel the virus is every where and it’s too hard to decontaminate. I think it depends what area you’re in. Right now we feel ok with Dh coming home and showering. A coworker’s DH is a respiratory therapist. He strips in the garage and runs thru the house to the shower. Lol (he’s pretty easy on the eyes, so not a bad mental image 🤪) It is a fun image. I was having my DH do the same thing when he was coming home three days in a row after interacting with people who had traveled from far and wide just before things got really serious. On another note, did you read the sad, scary thread by PEAcan about her aunt tonight? She's been doing the same thing... but is now very sick.
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Post by hannahruth on Mar 29, 2020 6:15:59 GMT
We are in week three of social isolation and hating every minute of it!
I have been been to the pharmacy and to the shops for essentials but we have not seen our DD, SIL and three grandchildren, aged 12, 10 and 5 in that time and I am having withdrawals!
DS lives overseas so we haven't seen him as he is in lock down anyway.
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Post by ametallichick on Mar 29, 2020 6:27:35 GMT
My dd and her family are about 15 minutes away from us and we won’t be visiting them, as much as I want to see my dgd’s! But we’re laying low until the stay is lifted.
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Mar 29, 2020 7:05:43 GMT
No. I want to hug her so badly but I’m not risking it.
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Post by candleangie on Mar 29, 2020 7:50:42 GMT
She’s the only person I see outside of my immediate household. My kids all work together at a grocery store, the two girls are in the same department and work in each other’s pockets all day. We are currently driving DD20 home from work to keep her off of public transportation. Rolling Petri dishes.
She stays home once she’s there and so do we.
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Post by gar on Mar 29, 2020 7:58:47 GMT
Nope. If you don’t live in my house, we will see you on FaceTime. Not worth it to expose anyone. I wouldn’t even be getting laundry to wash or take out. Every time you interact with someone, you are putting yourself and them at risk.And then others too, indirectly. Eldest DD, SIL and grandson live 5 miles from us but we're not seeing them because every 'fire break' helps to stop the spread even if we think the risk is small, it's what we should do. Other DD lives 2 hours away. House Party group chats have been great - it's what we all should do wherever possible and yes, we all miss each other loads.
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Post by ~KellyAnn~ on Mar 29, 2020 8:01:41 GMT
My dd lives just a block away, and because I'm divorced and she's single, we spend a lot of time together. For the past two weeks we are self isolating. She is a nightshift nurse at our local hospital, and is worried about getting me sick. I'm worried about her getting sick. One day I did raid my linen closet and brought over more hand sanitizer, wipes, Vitamin C, Sambucol, and immune booster tablets. We met outside on her porch and sat more than six feet apart. I wanted so badly to hug her. My son and his wife live an hour and a half away, and made me a grandma at the end of January. I only got to see her 3x because she spent 10 days in the NICU, and now this. But they are great at sending pictures everyday. My daughter-in-law is a pharmacist, but on maternity leave, and my son starting working from home on Wednesday.
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Post by AllieC on Mar 29, 2020 8:14:37 GMT
My daughter and her boyfriend live 2 minutes away from us. We are only seeing them outside and no going inside each other’s houses or sharing food. They came around today, used the outside gate to get to the backyard and we sat outside chatting 2 metres away. No food, no touching no sharing of anything.
My husband is 70 so we are being cautious. I am still working outside of the home so we don’t want to add another person and their contacts in. It’s really hard and I can’t wait to hug them again but we all agree that this is the best thing.
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Post by peasapie on Mar 29, 2020 8:17:50 GMT
No. I miss my kids and grandkids so much.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Mar 29, 2020 10:10:50 GMT
My DD is alone right now and she's having serious paranoia about coronavirus. We are limiting time together but I can't close my door to her. I'm terribly worried about her mental health right now. She hasn't been here in a week but I invited her to come do laundry on Monday and for dinner on Thursday. If she weren't alone, I would feel differently.
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Post by compeateropeator on Mar 29, 2020 10:20:13 GMT
I have no kids, but I am the kid. I have not seen my parents for at least 3 or 4 weeks. They live about an hour away and I typically see them at least every other weekend or so. We are FaceTiming daily (multiple times many days) as we typically do and that is it.
I miss not seeing them in person but I am still working. I have only been able to work from home since Tuesday and still have to go onsite at least once a week. It just seems safer for everyone. Other than a year abroad right out of high school and a brief stint in living in Florida years and years ago, this is the longest that it has been since I have physically seen them. I have to say we are so lucky to have FaceTime now days.
It is the same with my brother, sisters-in-law, niece and nephew. They live an hour away and I typically see them every few weekends or more. Or my niece and nephew would come and stay overnight with me. My nephew plays sports and I went to many of his games and events. I also FaceTime, message, or talk on the phone with them pretty much daily. My niece has diabetes and they have been totally in their bubble for about 3 weeks. I miss seeing them immensely.
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Post by MZF on Mar 29, 2020 10:33:40 GMT
We decided not to as of this weekend. My DS#4 lives with us and works at grocery stores, so we are afraid his public contact may endanger not only himself and us, but we might transmit. It's a whole new, kind of scary world. I already miss my kids and grandkids.
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Post by lesserknownpea on Mar 29, 2020 10:33:41 GMT
No. I am only around the family I live with. The others I FaceTime
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Post by ddly on Mar 29, 2020 12:46:04 GMT
My dd doesn't live far away, but we only see her when she comes to pick up the stuff we left on the front step for her. We do talk everyday. She has a lot of anxiety and is convinced she has the virus. She doesn't. No fever, no coughing. I just try to reassure he she is okay. I got her some allergy medicine she is picking up today and hopefully that will help. We'll wave through the window!
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Post by Basket1lady on Mar 29, 2020 12:49:04 GMT
My kids are home for the duration, but if they weren't I would tell them to keep their distance. Since your ds works w/the public I would stay put and call or Facetime/Skype/Zoom, as much as you want to. DD (who lives at home still) works at dollar general and is a foot from people all day long. She said they have barely been able to take breaks, it's so busy. They started closing at 9 instead of 10 so they could clean and restock shelves. She's probably a bigger risk than he is (he sells cars and since they laid off all salespeople except him and sales managers, he's very busy but still not seeing nonstop people for hours on end). If we do go tomorrow we'll keep a good distance away from each other. But I'm leaning toward just dropping off lunch for him along with his laundry and not staying. Normally he never asks us over so it kills me to say no-he must miss us. He usually comes over every other Sunday and we binge watch shows all afternoon (something we used to do before he moved out). He's only 20 and has only been on his own since November. Can you all sit outside, keeping the 2 meter separation? That way you can still talk, but no one exposes the other. As much as it would hurt my heart, I wouldn't be hugging or kissing him.
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