If you’re curious about how other couples are coping with lockdown life, there’s an Instagram account that is likely to offer you a lot of relief (and entertainment).
Couples around the world are having to adjust to spending every minute of every day together.
For newer couples, self-isolation has unveiled revelations about their partners and for those who have been together longer, the intense situation is resulting in frustrations and tensions. It’s understandable – the coronavirus pandemic is an unnatural situation to be in.
But for those looking for reassurance, a new Instagram account has emerged sharing all the messy details of quarantine life with a partner.
The account, titled The Social Distance Project, was founded by writer and social media editor Meg Zukin, who originally just wanted to hear about other people’s quarantine experiences.
‘If you live with a significant other and think all the co-quarantining will cause you to break up, email me,’ she tweeted.
‘I’m not writing a story, I’m just messy and love drama.’
But after being inundated with stories from individuals wanting to share how their lives have changed from coronavirus, she decided to raise some money, too.
Meg compiled all the anonymous stories in a Google Doc and charged around 81p for access to it. But after raising over £4,000, she turned the doc into an Instagram account and a free public website.
There are some hilarious everyday couple dramas to enjoy – from the mundane to the extraordinary.
One brilliant post reads: ‘Day Three. My boyfriend got so angry at me having a sip of his water that we got into a huge fight and I made him sleep outside in his car.’
‘I haven’t spent this much time at home with my husband in five years,’ another reads.
‘I have convinced myself that all of his farts are my phone vibrating.
‘It’s the only thing holding us together.’
While the account initially focused on couples, it’s since evolved to feature all kinds of domestic situations, from sibling arguments over chocolate to a mother who vacuums every day, just after dawn.
Speaking to The Guardian, Meg said: ‘I’d really been thinking about how this will have such a profound effect on people’s personal lives, and that isn’t being talked about in the news because there are more important things going on on the macro scale.
‘I feel like a lot of people feel as though their personal anxieties or fights with their partner or family member are not important and they should just be grateful that they have a place to live – but it’s not nothing, just because it’s not top-billed news.’
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