4 Ways Pandemic has changed our relationships with our Children, Partner, and Friends…!

The pandemic was a challenging time for all of us. Some went through the worst by fighting for their life or seeing their loved ones going through the same, Some faced the challenges where they had to manage their homes, work from home, children all at the same time. But those 2 years of experience have changed a lot of dynamics in general for us. Overall Pandemic changed a lot of things regarding our relationships with our children, partner, and friends.

 

4 Ways that pandemic has changed our relationships with our children, partner, and Friends :

1. We started getting more time with family: I have talked to a lot of people who were juggling between work, children, and household work as well. But I got maximum positive views about this entire experience. People loved the time that they spent with their families as till 2020 they hardly got any time due to heavy working hours, serious traffic time included. So people started spending a lot of time with their spouses and children, which was missing.

However, another viewpoint came in that some people miss their personal space as everyone was at home all the time. Especially when many people started getting permanent work from home they are surrounded by their family, kids all the time, they started missing their own “ME Time” and which was the major reason for family conflicts. For this working from co-working spaces, and cafes became a thing after the pandemic got over.

 

 

 

2. Work started getting distributed equally between the spouses: This was a major change that happened in the “Partner Relationship” Where earlier in many homes, working women were the ones who used to take all the load of household work, and who used to work 24/7 for the home and the office. However, since the time lockdown has happened men started witnessing the overall burden that was there on the women’s shoulders. And they started contributing in household work as well. Remember the time when maids were not allowed to come, all the cleaning, mopping, cloths washing, utensils washing was done by house members, the contribution of men increased in the same.

 

 

 

So in many households now, especially with couples who are just living two of them far from their families, the household work burden was divided equally between the man and the woman of the house. Also, parents divided parenting duties also equally because. Let’s accept if both are working, the housework burden falling on one person is not correct. So equal marriages and equal parenting became a thing since then. Which is a great change in society. For the homes where the situation is still the same, now is the time to change. Till, When men will be dependent on women for the basic things like washing cloths or serving food?

3. Friends came closer and now outing with friends became more interesting: Let’s accept we haven’t gone out with friends as we used to for the past 2 years, in 2022 we have started going out frequently, and this was different than before because we understood the importance of this quality time with friends. And we only saw our family members on daily basis, so Going out with friends became more relaxing, and rejuvenating for us. Because of this post-pandemic friends came closer and our outings with them became more special. What are your thoughts on the same let us know in the comments below?

 

 

 

4. We valued our relationships more than ever: This pandemic taught us a huge lesson. That life is so fragile and uncertain, unpredictable. And that’s why we started valuing our relationships more than ever since then. Many people lost their loved ones, some lost their parents, some partners, some children, and some of their friends. And these losses are huge, not just our experiences, but others’ experiences also taught us a lot of things. Which eventually made us realize that nothing is more important that the relations you have in your life. You must value the time that you spend with your loved ones, you must value your relations at any cost. And that was the biggest lesson that the pandemic gave us.

These were the ways that have changed a lot of things regarding our relationships in our life. We have become a new people altogether. Has it happened to you? Do you also relate to these thoughts? If yes, let us know in the comments below.