How will you party/celebrate when this crisis is all over?

jimd2 · 24-03-2020 3:43pm

BoatMad wrote: »

I will get to sit close to my elderly mum again , that will be nice

Agreed. Same here (hopefully)

ednwireland · 24-03-2020 3:45pm

im hoping the uk will do a national tv broadcast with john bercow shouting Unlock Unlock !

elizunia87 · 24-03-2020 3:48pm

I am due with my first baby in couple of weeks but the fact that noone from my family can't come to Ireland and visit me is very depressing. So probably I will spend two weeks with my family once the virus is over in Poland and they will come here, to Ireland
Bottle of champagne will be good too

Donald Trump · 24-03-2020 4:14pm

Gods Gift wrote: »

Up end a lad that’s been annoying me with a box.

of chocolates?

Bombaby1974 · 24-03-2020 4:18pm

I'm gonna hug everybody.
Sister in law's mother died at the weekend and it felt crap wishing her condolences from 2 meters away.

If it's in the summer I'm throwing a BBQ!!!

faceman · 24-03-2020 4:54pm

Not trying to be a misery hole, I think it’s far too soon to be thinking about celebrating. We don’t know the extent of the death toll or anything. It could be a period of mourning rather than celebrating.

Also we aren’t going to see a blanket lifting of the lockdown either. Different countries are being affected in different ways. The USA is on the road to disaster. We may not see our American friends for months or longer. Travel restrictions will continue in some form or another.

The world will have changed and people will be more mindful or hygiene and stuff.

That said once this is over I’m booking a plane right away to L.A. and you won’t see me till the money run out! lol

JP Liz V1 · 24-03-2020 5:41pm

I will take my mam for a luxury afternoon tea in an Irish hotel

I think we all should support Irish hotels and businesses

titan18 · 24-03-2020 5:42pm

Coppers. To help reward the nurses

cian68 · 24-03-2020 7:55pm

faceman wrote: »

Not trying to be a misery hole, I think it’s far too soon to be thinking about celebrating. We don’t know the extent of the death toll or anything. It could be a period of mourning rather than celebrating.

I've seen some funerals that were fairly wild celebrations so period of mourning/celebration might roll in to one

Away With The Fairies · 24-03-2020 8:01pm

I'd like to have a sit down meal.

bee06 · 24-03-2020 8:05pm

Take my 1 week old daughter to see my in laws for the first time.

And go for a walk somewhere that isn’t my garden.

freshpopcorn · 24-03-2020 8:15pm

Have a good rummage in the middle isle baskets in Lidl and Aldi!

mariaalice · 24-03-2020 8:17pm

See my sisters and brothers, nieces, and nephews I never realised how much I miss them. The WhatsApp group chat is not the same.

I am also going to go to every coffee shop where I live and have coffee in each one.

ted1 · 24-03-2020 9:55pm

faceman wrote: »

Not trying to be a misery hole, I think it’s far too soon to be thinking about celebrating.

Do you not watch Star Wars? People need hope.
You need to look for the light in the dark

JustAThought · 24-03-2020 10:06pm

When it’s over I’ll miss shamelessly lying in bed til after midday, reading away to my hearts content, walking on the beach and then coming home to a big dinner eaten in the sun in the garden at 4 o’clock.

But I can’t wait to visit my loved one in a nursing home with dementia who has no idea why we’re not visiting or why they’ve been left alone.

Everything else I can take or have.

I’m off the booze for Lent so that will be over before K-19 lockdown is - can’t wait!!!

24-03-2020 10:06pm

faceman wrote: »

Not trying to be a misery hole, I think it’s far too soon to be thinking about celebrating. We don’t know the extent of the death toll or anything. It could be a period of mourning rather than celebrating.

Also we aren’t going to see a blanket lifting of the lockdown either. Different countries are being affected in different ways. The USA is on the road to disaster. We may not see our American friends for months or longer. Travel restrictions will continue in some form or another.

The world will have changed and people will be more mindful or hygiene and stuff.

That said once this is over I’m booking a plane right away to L.A. and you won’t see me till the money run out! lol

Yeah we should all give up and top ourselves.

shesty · 24-03-2020 10:11pm

Really hope to take the kids on holiday in the summer...it's mostly booked and paid for :rolleyes:

Otherwise, drink coffee and eat cake EVERYWHERE local, head for the cinema with the older 2, bring my 1 year old to every playground in the vicinity (his little sad face when I have to say no when he says "playground" at the moment is breaking my heart), I will drop my kids to their preschool and school the first day back just to see their delight, and I will take my sweet time chatting to my colleagues when I get back to the office.

Goes without saying that I will head for my parents too, and schedule in visits for all of our friends over as many weekends as possible.

And quite frankly - screw the begrudgers, hope for better times is one of the few things that keeps humans going in the worst of times, and we need it now. We can all be hopeful.

The One Doctor · 24-03-2020 10:24pm

Go to the Canaries, eat, drink and be merry.

JustAThought · 24-03-2020 10:25pm

I also can’t wait not to have to eat my own food anymore.

24-03-2020 10:28pm

JustAThought wrote: »

I also can’t wait not to have to eat my own food anymore.

I’m having chicken fillet roll withdrawals.

Woke Hogan · 24-03-2020 10:29pm

Honestly the first thing I’ll be doing is chucking my daughter out the door. My wife and kids are all home and my daughter has the place smelling like a brothel. The stink of drink and fags coming from her room is absolutely chronic.

tonycascarino · 24-03-2020 10:29pm

I will go to China and eat a bat

andrew1977 · 24-03-2020 10:31pm

An idea would be a national holiday as a one off to relaunch all business/ pub/restaurants/ cafes/hotels/tourist attractions .

Give everyone a long weekend and celebrate everything we will come through hopefully .

shesty · 24-03-2020 10:37pm

I like that, good idea.

Chalk McHugh · 24-03-2020 10:37pm

tonycascarino wrote: »

I will go to China and eat a bat

And then come visit me and eat a baseball bat.

tringle · 24-03-2020 10:46pm

Supposed to be leaving in the morning for the Canaries, a big treat after 12 months of crap. Obviously not happening, i havent left the house in 2 weeeks now, well ive left the house but not met anyone (very rural, im lucky I know) . Once i get the all clear im back to work in a vital job.
Ive already said once its over im renting a house in the sun with a pool and taking all of my family with me... 4 generations of us. Hardest part of this is not holding my 4 week old grandchild who lives with me, walking in circles around each other. But yep, champers and a family lockdown in the sun for me.
Stay safe everyone and think big ðŸ˜‰

Chalk McHugh · 24-03-2020 10:53pm

andrew1977 wrote: »

An idea would be a national holiday as a one off to relaunch all business/ pub/restaurants/ cafes/hotels/tourist attractions .

Give everyone a long weekend and celebrate everything we will come through hopefully .

Sounds nice but this killer disease isn't just going to disappear into thin air anytime soon. Many people will be mentally scarred by whats happened. Even when things get better whenever that will be. I still cant get my head around it. When do you think your parents or grandparents will be safe to mix again like before? I would fear for mine for a long time to come. When will that bug come back or will it be gone at all? Older people like my 70 yr old parents and 93 year old grandad might not be confident for a long time to get back to normal.

I look forward to getting some bit of normality to life back. I miss sport incredibly as that is my one big passion in life ; GAA, soccer, snooker and golf. I would love to go to a Dubs game. Or Rovers. Or the Masters Snooker in London which i go to. Will never take for granted watching sport again. I'm trying to stay off the drink for a year. Started in February so wont be hitting a pub to celebrate anytime soon.

Mongfinder General · 24-03-2020 10:59pm

Unfortunately I think the celebration will be ruined by a minority of scum bags acting like , well, the scum that they are.

24-03-2020 11:05pm

A day of zero news about it, just for one day, would be enough of a holiday. A complete ban for everyone from talking about it just for 24 hours.

sporina · 24-03-2020 11:49pm

while i have little to complain about, there is so much i want now.. to have nails and hair done, to go to a spa, to go out for a nice meal.. to go for coffee with mates.. i know, i have little to moan about ..

Snow Garden · 10-04-2020 9:42am

I am really looking forward to going to a sports match. Football, hurling, rugby, soccer, basketball....anything.
I presume any big matches will start behind closed doors initially.

tringle · 11-04-2020 6:48am

I want to go swimming, im missing the swimming pool

sporina · 11-04-2020 10:06pm

nothing will happen all of a sudden - can't see restaurants opening for a long time - or pubs - or anywer where lots of people gather - we don't have a vaccine - no cure... public gathering are way off in the future.. tis gonna be a strange year or so.. had been dreaming about meeting mates for coffee and a pedi and mani but have resorted to doing the latter 2 myself now.. stay well everyone..

Canyon86 · 11-04-2020 10:08pm

Catch up with friends again

Proper haircut

Decent meal and drinks with OH

Spanish Eyes · 11-04-2020 10:10pm

By giving a huge hug (if still allowed) to my lovely gorgeous affectionate autistic nephew. He gives me virtual hugs on facetime, but it's not the same at all. Special boy.

Minier81 · 11-04-2020 10:18pm

Let my baby hug her gandparents.

4Ad · 11-04-2020 10:25pm

Take my Da to West Cork, we had planned to be there this weekend.... Go hill running, all them hills and mountains I promised I'd always run but never did..

Some nice Indian food...

A Championship inter-county hurling game (with Clare)

Sono Topolino · 11-04-2020 10:33pm

Haircut, hugging my parents and a trip to Italy (they’ve been through a lot and deserve the tourism).

De Danann · 11-04-2020 10:40pm

Visit my nanna and give her a big bear hug.

I feel so bad for her. She lives alone and can't operate video calls. We talk on the phone most days but that's not nearly good enough. She misses the younger grandkids terribly.

I can't wait until it's safe to see her again.

Rikand · 11-04-2020 10:44pm

I'm looking forward to a game of golf myself

Steve · 11-04-2020 11:04pm

I'm actually going to stay home and despair as the second wave hits.

I know it's not 'nice' to say it but it's going to happen.

Thelonious Monk · 11-04-2020 11:05pm

I just want to see my parents and brother again, we're all in different countries, and I'd like to meet my nephew at some stage, but he's in Colombia so God only knows when that will happen!

Tea Shock · 11-04-2020 11:17pm

Steve wrote: »

I'm actually going to stay home and despair as the second wave hits.

I know it's not 'nice' to say it but it's going to happen.

Dr. Fauci thinks there'll be a second wave too.

LoughNeagh2017 · 11-04-2020 11:21pm

What does an involuntary celibate autist loner male have to celebrate? I will go buy myself a big tub of ice cream without having to queue up outside Tesco. I will also have to job hunt again given that I left my wage slave position, however I don't regret leaving my wage slave position as I got much more time to watch the news, etc. When I was working I felt like I was missing out on the whole thing, it is a once in a lifetime thing.

thunderdog · 11-04-2020 11:26pm

I’ll celebrate by commuting to the office. Sadly looking forward to that bit of normality

Thelonious Monk · 12-04-2020 12:30am

LoughNeagh2017 wrote: »

What does an involuntary celibate autist loner male have to celebrate? I will go buy myself a big tub of ice cream without having to queue up outside Tesco. I will also have to job hunt again given that I left my wage slave position, however I don't regret leaving my wage slave position as I got much more time to watch the news, etc. When I was working I felt like I was missing out on the whole thing, it is a once in a lifetime thing.

I don't know if you're taking the p*ss or not but if you think getting laid and not being celibate is the answer to being content and happy you've another thing coming!

FloatingVoter · 12-04-2020 3:08am

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I don't know if you're taking the p*ss or not but if you think getting laid and not being celibate is the answer to being content and happy you've another thing coming!

He means the same as myself. Stuck indoors alone with no screaming kids looking to be edumacated. Even the porn stars have (sensibly) taken to solo exploits. We'll make a comedy of this someday.

eddie73 · 12-04-2020 10:05am

This is interesting. Golf. Go to the beach. Go on long drives. Hang out with friends. Prob go to a pub or cafe for an hour every evening just to hang out.

There are things that I will keep up from this quarantine, such as daily gardening and diy.

12-04-2020 10:13am

I would always be down in the parents for the dinner today, so that’s first on the list. And returning the favour will be the second.

faceman · 12-04-2020 10:39am

Rikand wrote: »

I'm looking forward to a game of golf myself

Was slagging a friend about this yesterday who said the same thing. So I said “you’ll celebrate the end of social distancing and isolation by social distancing yourself and isolating yourself on a golf course!”

How will you party/celebrate when this crisis is all over?

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