Today, I'm jealous of people who get to hug. My mom has banned hugs in the house because of COVID-19, and the only person I've hugged in the last 6 months is my boyfriend. He's been away for work for the past month and a half. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I get to see my boyfriend again for the first time in six weeks. Since I’ve come down with Covid, the only real difference it makes with our virtual contact is that now we can wave to each other in person. FML
Today, I'm extremely depressed because I can't play live music due to this stupid virus. I can't get a date or even a hug, and the career I worked for seven years toward was totally destroyed. All my friends are too busy for me, unless they need a favor. I hate my life. I need a hug. I'm not going to get it. FML
Today, I was going to hang out with my crush and tell him how I felt, but he cancelled because I had COVID 5 months ago and his mom is afraid I’m contagious. I’m safer to hang out with because I now have antibodies and can’t transmit it. I’ve also had 4 negative tests since then. FML
Today, I ran into a childhood friend for the first time in years. It turned out her mother died of COVID a few days ago. It was heartbreaking to see her close to tears all the time we talked, but due to distancing I couldn't even hug her to make her feel better. FML
Today, I realized how friendless and lonely I am. I cried this morning as I recalled my older (20 to my 16) brother visiting last weekend. He began his visit by hugging me and saying, "I love you sis', thanks for letting me be your brother." His affection to me is the only hug someone not my parents has given me in two years. FML
Today, I woke up to my mum on the phone telling her boss that she'd tested positive for Covid, which means I can’t see my girlfriend before she moves 6 hours away. FML
Today, my fiancé left to take care of his little sister who lives alone and recently got COVID-19. To be cautious, he will remain there for weeks until he tests negative. Feeling lonely, I texted my mom for comfort. She immediately canceled our engagement party this summer instead. FML
Today, my spouse gave me the gift of hugging me. I'm so touch-starved, I cried. I can see our relationship crumbling but I'm the only one who seems to want to fix it. Our kid saw me and I can't even explain how sad it made me. FML
Today, I tested positive for COVID-19. I just spent 5 weeks at a job training and was supposed to go on holiday on Monday, the first since 2019. Now I can’t even go home and hug my son. FML
Today, my six year old son came up to me with his arms spread and said, "I feel like a hug." I got really excited and hopeful because he is very anti-social and hates physical contact. As soon as I stood up to hug him he said "Feeling's gone" and walked away. FML
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raven_of_azarath 35
She does realize that if you all live together, banning hugs isn’t going to make a difference, right?
Rusty Armstrong 13
that sounds nice
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Comments (6)
RichardPencil 32
And let's hope he's not hugging a bunch of other girls. But back to you. How about getting a body pillow or a Real Doll?
raven_of_azarath 35
She does realize that if you all live together, banning hugs isn’t going to make a difference, right?
bloopaloop 27
Maybe she does. Maybe mom didn’t wasn’t to hug her anyway. 🤷♂️
spinspinsugar 12
my in laws banned hugs too. hell, there was a time when they wouldn't come to our apt for months.
Rusty Armstrong 13
that sounds nice
spinspinsugar 12
I actually like my in laws better than my own parents so no, not really.
aussie89 6
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
People have lost their mind! 99.6% of people survive this so called virus, it’s nothing but a mild flu
Mathalamus 25
Nope. You arent using statistics correctly. Of all the closed cases of coronavirus so far about 864,162 people have died. There were 18,319,684 who recovered, implying a death rate of 5%. I’m pretty sure the common cold kills less people.
RichardPencil 32
It's much deadlier than the flu, and some survivors sustain permanent damage. Quit spreading Trump-Putin-Bolsonaro-Modi-BoJo bullshit! They've turned their countries into the shitholes.
millsjoshua949 12
It's a friggin pandemic. Nobody should be hugging. You act like it's just you. Guess what? It's all of us. We're all in the same boat.
nemcali 34
As tough as it seems, it’d be much worse if you get the virus and spread it to your family. And if one of them dies or recovers but with permanent damages, you’d feel terrible. Sometimes it might be better being safer than sorry :(