Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[FortCluck]

Inside a book

That’s what I’m doing!!!! I just went flower picking in my yard

 

[LaFemmeKatia]

My hubs and I went out for dinner with another couple we are friends with. We chose a ”safe” little pub (masks, paper menus, straws in paper, distancing, etc.).
My friend asked to taste my drink, and I didn’t want to be unfriendly, so I said okay with a clean straw! She also asked me if I wanted a taste of her drink, I said no thank you. I mean I didn’t want to be rude, but really! I don’t do that during normal times! I think it’s gauche to ask to taste someone else’s food or drink. We aren’t six years old for Pete’s sake!
She later offered me a taste of her food, which I declined. She didn’t ask to taste mine, lol.
Why do people do this??? smh.

 

[Madhouse Pullet]

That’s what I’m doing!!!! I just went flower picking in my yard

I personally have had better luck in a book. Maybe I did the upside down method wrong but in my experience, even though it loses shape the book method preserves color. I have flowers inside a box that I dried in a book and they still have color 13 years later.

 

[FortCluck]

I personally have had better luck in a book. Maybe I did the upside down method wrong but in my experience, even though it loses shape the book method preserves color. I have flowers inside a box that I dried in a book and they still have color 13 years later.

That’s awesome to know because I’m using these for homemade bookmarks for friends and family

 

[Madhouse Pullet]

My hubs and I went out for dinner with another couple we are friends with. We chose a ”safe” little pub (masks, paper menus, straws in paper, distancing, etc.).
My friend asked to taste my drink, and I didn’t want to be unfriendly, so I said okay with a clean straw! She also asked me if I wanted a taste of her drink, I said no thank you. I mean I didn’t want to be rude, but really! I don’t do that during normal times! I think it’s gauche to ask to taste someone else’s food or drink. We aren’t six years old for Pete’s sake!
She later offered me a taste of her food, which I declined. She didn’t ask to taste mine, lol.
Why do people do this??? smh.

Omgoodness I can't share anything with anyone besides my own kids and DH. Even before, it kind of grosses me out.

I can't lie, I use to be notorious for sharing things when I was younger until my fiancee at the time (my oldest sons dad) got mono really bad. He never shared drinks so I must have been the carrier never again.

 

[FortCluck]

Omgoodness I can't share anything with anyone besides my own kids and DH. Even before, it kind of grosses me out.

I can't lie, I use to be notorious for sharing things when I was younger until my fiancee at the time (my oldest sons dad) got mono really bad. He never shared drinks so I must have been the carrier never again.

I had mono too and I’m a carrier for strep throat... I only share with my dogs and birds

 

[Madhouse Pullet]

That’s awesome to know because I’m using these for homemade bookmarks for friends and family

That's a great idea! Are you planning on laminating them?

 

[Madhouse Pullet]

I had mono too and I’m a carrier for strep throat... I only share with my dogs and birds

A carrier for strep?! How does that happen? I've never had strep but my sister gets it a lot.

 

[electrycmonk]

My hubs and I went out for dinner with another couple we are friends with. We chose a ”safe” little pub (masks, paper menus, straws in paper, distancing, etc.).
My friend asked to taste my drink, and I didn’t want to be unfriendly, so I said okay with a clean straw! She also asked me if I wanted a taste of her drink, I said no thank you. I mean I didn’t want to be rude, but really! I don’t do that during normal times! I think it’s gauche to ask to taste someone else’s food or drink. We aren’t six years old for Pete’s sake!
She later offered me a taste of her food, which I declined. She didn’t ask to taste mine, lol.
Why do people do this??? smh.

Okay to be fair.....there is this wierd "invisible line" that seemed to be almost unanimously agreed upon in my college years. Once the friend reach a given trust threshold (think leveling up in a game) then some of the family allowed activities became occasionally acceptable. After a 6months to 2 yrs later even more "family activities" became accepted and some became expected over time as well.

Specifically in the foodie realm (for this reply - for now) some "can I taste/ you ought to taste" started about 5-6 months in... By the end of the 1st school year it developed into stuff like, "hey would you grab one so I can taste it to and see too please?"

When we would get together in groups and make a meal together - as in 'all of us were chefs for that meal' and tasting was done along the way by most and occasionally all as things were prepped and made or mixed and cooked etc.

There got to a point with a few after a couple years in these circles of friend that the feeling of brother/sister became a very strong bond and I can recall many instances when a experiment was concocted that several of us would be grabbing a clean spoon or fork and asking for a taste.

Now adays I'm not so sure how long it will be before I'll be comfy with such behavior ... And these are with those folks who are still in my life - in the real world stuff.... Even though we haven't seen or hugged one another in a long time.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Well, we're not sharing right now obvs but we share food a lot during normal times. We have shared appetizers and share bites of food all the time. We behave like family, tbh, and we love and trust eachother. (And most of us have had mono already. XD) Most of us don't have real family that's reliable, so once we're close enough to someone all bets are off.

Plus it's fun to try new things. If someone gets something we all know what tastes like we don't usually share unless it's, like, fries? But if someone has something we're curious about we share - and then it's only polite to offer to share back. Like, nobody wants to spend $5-$20 on a food item they're not sure they will even like. It broadens our horizons.