How much damage did Covid do?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

Would you say it’s covid related as well?

I do hear of some couples who are kinda divided the way Torque mentioned. Sad that some women and men might have had very different opinions and experiences with covid that might lead to separation.

I don't want to get into details but we've been together for 30 years so I know my wife and she's not the person she was pre-COVID. I'm still exactly the same person I was pre-COVID as I was fortunate to work the entirety of COVID so my life stayed fairly regular and the whole pandemic thing didn't get into my head as my day to day life was largely the same.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

Would you say it’s covid related as well?

I do hear of some couples who are kinda divided the way Torque mentioned. Sad that some women and men might have had very different opinions and experiences with covid that might lead to separation.

Just to clarify, it was a huge shift in personality that occurred in her over the pandemic as a result of the anxieties brought on by the pandemic and how divided people were; she became very negative, very black and white about things (people, relationships) in a way that I was not. We largely agreed on the fundamentals of COVID, neither of us were anti-maskers or anti-vaccine (hell, I'm in tech; if it had 5G nanotechnology, I would have been more excited to get it). The pandemic changed her.

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I don't want to get into details but we've been together for 30 years so I know my wife and she's not the person she was pre-COVID. I'm still exactly the same person I was pre-COVID as I was fortunate to work the entirety of COVID so my life stayed fairly regular and the whole pandemic thing didn't get into my head as my day to day life was largely the same.

I'm sorry you're going through that, and after thirty years no less... damn man, my heart breaks for you. It wasn't easy for me and we would have only been four years married (six total) this past July. We were only married eight months when COVID hit Canada.

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It's almost like the aftermath from COVID has been harder on me than COVID ever was. While my social interaction decreased in COVID it wasn't high to begin with so I didn't really notice it much.

But I think COVID had a similar effect on much of my extended family that you guys are talking about (fortunately not my wife). Now when families get together they talk about Trudeau's abuse of power and freedom fighting truckers and how their naturopaths deride the vaccines because one vaccinated friend got cancer and on and on. My parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, everyone.

I really work hard to try and avoid all political discussions when we get together with my parents.

I feel like I've lost my family.. I mean I haven't, 99% of them still would support me unconditionally but it feels like I'm an outsider and it sucks.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

I'm sorry you're going through that, and after thirty years no less... damn man, my heart breaks for you. It wasn't easy for me and we would have only been four years married (six total) this past July. We were only married eight months when COVID hit Canada.

Thanks man. It's been tough. The worst thing that's ever happened to me. We have been together so long that a life without her is something I've not really been prepared for. I've lost weight and haven't been sleeping well for a while now. I just keep plugging away as hopefully as time goes by the good days start outnumbering the bad ones.