Funny how the media is calling this the "New Normal". This is mostly our normal normal.
I read on social media about parents complaining about their kids being home and how they can't handle being around their spouses 24/7, people buying puppies because they have time for them now and it makes me sad.
Why did you get married if you can't stand to spend time with your spouse?
Why did you have kids if you can't handle being a parent?
If you did not have time for a puppy prior to the virus what makes you think you will have the time in a month when you go back to work?
All of this makes me realize that I am a bit different from normal people. I am a pro at social distancing. I like being home and shopping online. I don't mind only going to the grocery when I need to. I like meeting with my potential clients via Skype vs in person.
I like being around my husband. I like spending time with him even when we are just sitting on our laptops not talking, just being.
We have a dog because we work from home all but one or two days a week. Not because we have time now, but because we always have time.
I like seeing our grandson once a week and when our kids were young we worked from home, so we were with them all the time. To the point that they still enjoy being around us.
People complain about all of the things that we have enjoyed for the past 30 years. They don't get that this is how it should be!
You should love being around your spouse all of the time.
You should love being around your kids all of the time.
You should have pets when you have time to devote to them all of the time.
I know we are mostly social creatures but I think the priorities of this world have changed from being family insular to being socially outward.
Maybe this will remind people of what is really important.
Our families
