The
minute lock down was announced it was like the world had gone mad!
All of a sudden everyone seemed to want to do video calls. There was
Zoom and House Party (though that one seems to have died a death now)
and Facetime & Whatsapp and Skype, etc, etc, etc.
Before
we'd even done a week in lock down my two sisters sent me a message
saying shall we do a 'Facetime' chat?!! We did. But why? We can go
at least a couple of months without speaking to each other. And then
a group of friends that I probably go out for a meal with about once
a month (& we go on holidays together too) decided that we should
have a 'WhatsApp video call every week. So every Sunday at noon we
have a little chat together. It's nice. But is it necessary? We
usually see each other once a month. Why do we feel the need to
connect once a week now that we're in lock down.
It's
like 'lock down' has turned everyone into a 'needy person' who has to
connect to others via a video link so that they can actually see a
real life person.
I
live alone and I'm finding this 'lock down' thing really, really,
hard but I don't feel the need to connect to my friends via a video
link. I'd much rather just talk to them one to one on the phone. I find chatting on a video link with three or four people really difficult. It's like we're all just staring at each other all the time. And everyone talks over each other. In fact with one group of friends we've actually now got a rule; that if one of us wants to talk one has to put ones hand up.
Personally
I just want to see my friends in real life. However if they want to
connect to me via a video type call then yes I will, because I love
my friends and I want to keep them happy.
I'm
61 years old. I'm not a kid who has grown up with social media and
who conducts the whole of my life online. Before lock down I read an
article that said that the teenage pregnancy rate was the lowest it
had been in the UK for years. And that was because the teens today
were being romanced on line and weren't actually meeting up to have
sex????
Anyway
I digress.............................
Video
chats....................... Much as I want to keep in touch with my
friends. And much as I HATE being home alone during this lock down
thing.................... I personally do not want to talk to
friends via a video chat thingy.
For
a start....................... I'm not one of these super duper
people who has done all the jobs on their 'to do' list and gets up
every morning at dawn to do the latest online workout from their gym.
Oh and that's another thing while I'm having a bit of a RANT about
video calls......................
…....................During
week one I logged into the live video thingy that my fitness club had
set up and all of a sudden all these people on my FB page had joined
in because apparently I was hosting a fitness party?? I have
absolutely no idea how that happened. There I was lying on the rug
in my living room in my Primark leggings & Tshirt and apparently
the whole world was watching.
Loads
and loads of comments kept popping up but I didn't know why. After
about two mins I just closed down my laptop. And I've been far too
scared to do any other live fitness class again because I really
haven't got a clue what I'm doing.
….............And
the other thing..................... while having all these video
chats with friends................... should one make an effort and
get all dressed up for the occasion?
Personally
I don't get dressed up for the occasion. I haven't got dressed up
for more than 6 weeks. If I didn't have a dog to take out a couple
of times a day, I probably wouldn't even get dressed. Having said
that, I always wear lipstick on the dog walk.
BUT
as for video chats............................. I may not like them
and I may not want to do them, but actually, I LOVE my friends so I'm
more than happy to do whatever they want. It's not like I've got
anything else to do is it?
See
you all tomorrow.
Toodles
xxxx
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