It is a reality that confinement begins to weigh, especially for those of us who have children. We are running out of ideas to keep children entertained, and it becomes increasingly difficult to telework as we keep our house ready and help our children with their homework.
But taking things with humor can help us to better cope with these delicate moments , and that is why we want to share with you this fun viral thread that a father has published on Twitter, and with which you will surely identify.
It is about a user named Eugenio D’Ors, who has already made us smile on many other occasions, such as when he spoke about the weekend with his daughter’s class mascot, about the difficult work that their Majesties carry out. Three Wise Men or the crazy holidays in a campsite that he lived with his children.
The confinement of singles and childless couples
Before going to work, this father begins by emphasizing the differences from living through quarantine alone or with a partner, to doing it with children. In his opinion, in the case of not having children, confinement translates into “total freedom” to do whatever you want at every moment of the day.
Little is being said about the different ways to pass quarantine depending on the type of home. If you are single or single, read this thread: fate occasionally gives gifts, and in this case it has been your turn.
Home with three children of difficult age: 4, 8 and 11. DANGER.
⬇️– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
If you live as a couple but without children, more of the same. We can add the occasional fight, a flirtation, affectionate friction, etc. But laziness and boredom invades you. You no longer wear makeup or shave. Some of you don’t even take a shower. Total freedom.
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
Confinement of parents with children
But the story begins to change when you have children , all the more so the greater their number. And to give proof of this, he is given as an example of the father of a large family, with three children of 11, eight and four years old.
The menus, far from attacking the fridge, should be minimally cooked. You eat the basic nutrients, but at least eat at a decent hour. Okay, naps are complicated, but you can let the child play with your shoe while you look at the mobile.
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
With the irony and humor that he has already shown in other viral threads, Eugenio begins by talking about the morning fights between brothers and the disorder at home, although his reflection begins to become more and more hilarious as the day progresses , especially when he speaks of their children’s homework.
The pace is frantic. The day stretches out to infinity. You can’t stop thinking: if you do, you perish. At eight o’clock in the morning you hear little noises: the puppies are stretching. First fights. Some cry. All this you hear from the bed, with one eye open. At last you get up.
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
You rummage through the heap. You take out anything. “I don’t want this shirt”, “I want a dress”, “I stay in my pajamas”. You make breakfasts. They invade the kitchen by opening cabinets. You miss them. You serve them. Half are left.
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
Now comes the most tense, dangerous and delicate part of the day: the activities that are sent every day from the school through videos that the teachers record. They call them “challenges”. I call them “sinister challenges to push the family unit to the limit.”
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
Everything that exists on the planet that measures more than 1000 meters in height or length. That when you see that the kid starts pointing to Everest in Moscow, and the Ebro rising from the Paris area, you know that things will go on for a long time. But you let it do; let him paint, let him paint …
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
When I think that the worst is over, that I have everything under control, that only the little girl remains, with a little drawing that they will make her do, I press play on her tutor’s video. She appears. Right behind him, on the wall, he has something hanging. A chill runs through my body.
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
“You will need basic things that you have at home: A2 cardboard, colored papers, magazines to cut out, glue, wool, fabrics, bubble wrap, thin cardboard of the thick ones, markers of a million colors, stickers, a black & decker drill, a chisel … “.
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
Overall, I do what I can. While I cut and paste things, the small wrinkle others, the older one asks me where is India (“It’s Europe, son, what are you doing”), the middle one gets mad because I don’t pay attention to the riddles (“I don’t I know, daughter, dad doesn’t know anything “).
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
But the adventure does not end there …
But if there is someone who thinks that calm comes when the school day from home ends , they are very wrong. Or at least that is what this father tells us, for whom the afternoons are the scene of voices, exalted games, fights between brothers and some other mischief with serious consequences.
With everything we have experienced, it is not surprising that at the end of the day we parents end up so exhausted that it is even difficult for us to fall asleep, however paradoxical it may be.
After eating, it’s time to take a nap that you can never ever do, but no one takes away your illusion. You always try, even though you know it’s in vain.
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
I am trying to telecommute. I can hardly do anything while their mother takes care of them, but the drama is served. At six in the afternoon the chanante hour begins, the one of maximum exaltation. It is when they begin to destroy the house. Yesterday they broke a chair in two.
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
It is time for dinner. Again, imagination to power. Snack shot. Whatever. Meanwhile, they shower and flood the sink. There is no pain.
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
They finally sleep. Be quiet. That silence that singles enjoy throughout the day, and that when you have children is reduced to the 2-3 am band. I read, I watch the tweet, I watch TV: machines that make your feet vibrate, poker, roulette …, the offer is varied.
– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
So now you know: singles, enjoy the quarantine. Show solidarity with us, applaud us or something. If it can be, at two in the morning, that is our moment.
Let’s take care of each other. @ TwitterEspana # FeriaDelHilo– Eugenio d’Ors (@EugeniodOrs_) April 9, 2020
Personally, I have felt very identified with in this thread, and judging by the thousands of comments and retweets it has had, I think I am not the only one. It is true that there are moments of the day that become very difficult, and in which teleworking becomes a utopia.
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Via | @EugeniodOrs_
