Practical things you can do if you miss your friends and family during lockdown.
And it was great. Except there was something vital missing – namely, the actual physical presence of any of these people. Every drink, every dinner, every moment spent moaning about thewas shared through a screen, our tiny pixelated faces frequently freezing as the internet tried to keep up with the sudden demand of an entire nation forced to socialise through video calls. And yes, it was nice. But it wasn’t the same at all.
“While I can talk to my mum and sister on the phone, it’s not the same as being able to pop round for tea, or meet up at the pub, or go for a walk in the park”“The last time I saw my mum and sister, it was before the UK went into lockdown, and it was from two metres away,” says Kayleigh Dray,’s digital editor-at-large. “‘I don’t know when I’ll see you again,’ my mum said, raising her arms to hug me, before remembering she wasn’t able to do so. They dropped uselessly back to her sides. We waved.
“While I can talk to them on the phone, it’s not the same as being able to pop round for tea, or meet up at the pub, or go for a walk in the park. And, whenever we go to say goodbye, I get a weird lump in my throat. I’m lucky I’m so close to them both, I guess – and we’ve gone weeks without seeing each other before: someone’s been busy with work, or away on holiday, or just catching up with life admin.
“This time apart has been really difficult for me because the nature of our friendship is to bounce off each other, cackling loudly and prancing around arm-in-arm . She’s such a force of energy that watching her on video just doesn’t cut it, and actually makes me miss being around her more. Since lockdown her work has struggled, swhich I couldn’t see her for and my relationship with my partner has had some ‘moments’ that I could have really used my best friend and a glass of wine for.
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