It’s hard. I feel like non-parents have no idea how hard it’s been.
Yeah, it’s crazy how that worked out. I also don’t know what it’s like to pick up dog shit when walking the dog I didn’t get.
wrong analogy: it's having to take care of a dog which you got under the assumption there would be dog parks, you were allowed to use the sidewalk to walk your dog, that vets were available, that dog food would be sold in stores, etc. - then suddenly learn that all that was taken away, but you still have to take care of the dog.
jules, i get it, stirring the pot makes you feel powerful. have at. but parents did not get into the game knowing they would have a 9-hour shift of office work PLUS a 14+ hours childcare shift they would have to cover. if that was the case, the human race would be extinct.
It’s hard. I feel like non-parents have no idea how hard it’s been.
expecting empathy, or intelligence, from some is a stretch. see above.
another group in a different but unique situation are singles. can you imagine being a 20-something, living on your own working your first job, going out on weekends... then having to hole up by yourself for 4 months? these are the folks who are now spreading the disease, because they can't bear the isolation any more. it's easy to yell at them to stay home but you also have to sympathize with the loneliness they have had to wallow in.
i take it that most folks here have been able to keep their jobs - a blessing upon us all. my deepest sympathies to anyone who isn't working at the moment due to the pandemic. the increased unemployment benefits, if you can get them, aren't going to help you cope with the stress and uncertainty.
recent grads an another group that have it rough. imagine walking out of college with $100K in debt and a 12% unemployment rate?
(in case you're keeping score: jules is neither a parent, nor single, nor lost his job, nor a recent grad. no wonder he can flip a middle finger at everyone else's suffering.)
