FOR BETTER OR WORSE AT HOME WITH YOUR PARTNER. RELATIONSHIPS THE NEW ERA.

Forget Tinder, RSVP and E Harmony, this might be the new way to find a partner. “Man with 95 rolls of toilet paper seeks lady with 50 bottles of sanitizer”.

How our values change!

Years ago, it used to be a standard joke “Man seeks lady with boat for relationship, please send picture of boat”. Boats are now less valuable than toilet paper. Really? Our values are changing.

Well, as the weeks go on, and the reality sets in, relationships change and tempers get frayed! People in difficult domestic situations must be really feeling the pinch. Separated families must be finding themselves dealing with new issues. Each family situation has its own challenge.

We lost income due to a holiday rental property being off limits due to Coronavirus. The advice we were told was to contact a government agency to work out the support we could get. Sounds fair enough, but if you really want an exercise in frustration, call an overworked government agency, supporting 99% of the population, in a way they have never experienced before. Not only are they suffering the frustration of technology failure, but they are treading into new territory as we all are, and they are dealing with agitated and anxious clientele. An explosive mixture.

I got on line to sort this problem out.  What an exercise in frustration! All going slowly but making some progress, or so I thought until my husband, got up from the chair where had been helping me work through the process and suddenly decided to busy himself sponging marks on the carpet.  His approach to dealing with government departments on line.

I had been pleased when I saw a post saying that all the jobs husbands had been able to avoid, they now had time to do, one of the benefits of self-isolation and I thought so till this happened. Now I am not so sure. I have the feeling the filing cabinets which need sorting, the broken cupboards which need repairing may still be there in many houses long after we are socializing again.

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