| 1 | Your coronavirus lockdown confessions By Alice Cuddy BBC News 7 June 2020 https:<slash><slash>www.bbc.com<slash>news<slash>uk - 52835351 [speaker=-] |
| 2 | 7 - 8 minutes [speaker=-] |
| 3 | A few weeks ago , we asked for your lockdown confessions . [speaker=-] |
| 4 | It turns out some of you have a lot to get off your chest . [speaker=-] |
| 5 | We 've all had to sacrifice a lot while being stuck indoors . [speaker=-] |
| 6 | Some of you have new guilty secrets you wanted to share . [speaker=-] |
| 7 | And some of you have engaged in rule - breaking while others were behaving themselves . [speaker=-] |
| 8 | We are definitely not condoning any of it . [speaker=-] |
| 9 | Here are six of our readers ' stories - we 've chosen to keep them anonymous . [speaker=-] |
| 10 | <bbold> I submitted a presentation I had from work for my son 's homework as he had forgotten to do it . <ebold> [speaker=a] |
| 11 | <bbold> He got amazing feedback ! <ebold> [speaker=a] |
| 12 | My son 's in Year Nine and he had some home - school work to do . [speaker=a] |
| 13 | Normally I would help out but I was busy with lots of other things that day , and he had a presentation that was overdue . [speaker=a] |
| 14 | I teach IT for apprentices so I just gave him a presentation one of them did and told him to adapt that . [speaker=a] |
| 15 | But he did n't change it - he just changed the name on the front . [speaker=a] |
| 16 | His teacher acted like it was the best piece of work they 'd ever seen . [speaker=a] |
| 17 | It got full marks on the feedback and made it into the school newsletter . [speaker=a] |
| 18 | Now not only do I have a lot to do with the home - schooling work , but I have guilt as well on top of that . [speaker=a] |
| 19 | This is the first time I 've ever done anything like this . [speaker=a] |
| 20 | My son is really happy about it . [speaker=a] |
| 21 | I 've told him it 's a one - off and never happening again . [speaker=a] |
| 22 | <bbold> I 've religiously disinfected the groceries in my weekly supermarket delivery - except for the items I take over to my mother - in - law <ebold> [speaker=b] |
| 23 | I 'm lucky enough to get groceries delivered and I bring some over to my elderly mother - in - law . [speaker=b] |
| 24 | It 's all such a palaver - washing everything and making sure it 's all hygienic . [speaker=b] |
| 25 | So I 've just been bunging hers into a bag and taking it round . [speaker=b] |
| 26 | She 's been going out so I sort of feel like if she gets coronavirus , it could be from anywhere . [speaker=b] |
| 27 | I do feel guilty . [speaker=b] |
| 28 | I 'm not trying to bump her off . [speaker=b] |
| 29 | She 's never asked me if I 've disinfected everything before I 've taken it to her . [speaker=b] |
| 30 | If she did , I would tell her . [speaker=b] |
| 31 | I 'm classed as vulnerable so I am being ultra , ultra paranoid . [speaker=b] |
| 32 | It just takes forever to unload everything and disinfect it and put it all away . [speaker=b] |
| 33 | So I just think “ I 'm going to do mine and leave her to disinfect hers if she wants . ” [speaker=b] |
| 34 | <bbold> I drove to my grandparents ' house to deliver an “ essential ” birthday cake <ebold> [speaker=c] |
| 35 | It was both of my sons ' birthdays at the beginning of April and obviously we were n't supposed to be making any journeys other than essential ones but I delivered my grandparents some of their birthday cake - it was a bit of a knock - and - run . [speaker=c] |
| 36 | Usually we have big family gatherings and all the rest of it but obviously that was n't possible this year . [speaker=c] |
| 37 | Looking back I suppose if everyone had done that we could be in a different situation but I do n't feel that bad about it - it meant a lot to my grandparents . [speaker=c] |
| 38 | They 're very sociable and obviously they 've been completely isolating so I think getting the cake did cheer them up . [speaker=c] |
| 39 | <bbold> I flashed my naked boobs at my hubby whilst he was on a work video call , forgetting that he was sitting in front of a mirror <ebold> [speaker=d] |
| 40 | My husband is working from home during the lockdown . [speaker=d] |
| 41 | His office is full of boring stuffy shirts who are also working from home and I thought it would be hilarious one day while he was on quite an important teleconference meeting to burst into the office , pull my top up and waggle my boobs at him . [speaker=d] |
| 42 | It was n't a quick flash - it was a prolonged , bouncing episode that was probably quite horrible to behold . [speaker=d] |
| 43 | Then I realised that he has quite a big mirror behind his head and I was standing facing him , behind his computer screen , performing . [speaker=d] |
| 44 | Literally everyone who was on the conference call would have been able to see the reflection behind his head . [speaker=d] |
| 45 | They had a full - on full monty . [speaker=d] |
| 46 | It was horrifying when I realised everyone could see . [speaker=d] |
| 47 | They were all too polite to say anything but they ca n't have not seen . [speaker=d] |
| 48 | I think there was some sniggering . [speaker=d] |
| 49 | My husband was pretending nothing had happened . [speaker=d] |
| 50 | He did n't find it remotely funny at the time , but afterwards he found it a bit funny . [speaker=d] |
| 51 | <bbold> I 've got really drunk to forget how lonely I am <ebold> [speaker=e] |
| 52 | I live alone in my flat so the only times I see people are when I get a delivery at the concierge . [speaker=e] |
| 53 | It 's quite lonely sometimes . [speaker=e] |
| 54 | I video chat with my friends frequently but it 's not the same as having them here . [speaker=e] |
| 55 | I discovered this wine website which has good wines for a very good price . [speaker=e] |
| 56 | I bought a lot of them . [speaker=e] |
| 57 | When I feel sad because of loneliness I have one glass of wine , or two , or sometimes the whole bottle . [speaker=e] |
| 58 | It 's kind of sad but then I think it 's just like when we were allowed to go to bars on a Friday night . [speaker=e] |
| 59 | The big difference is that the bar is now my home and there is no crowd of people . [speaker=e] |
| 60 | <bbold> We formed an isolation bubble with two friends <ebold> [speaker=f] |
| 61 | I live in a flat with a housemate and he has a very close friend who lives down the road on his own and another friend who lives up the road also on her own , so we were doing a sort of isolation bubble . [speaker=f] |
| 62 | It started with just going for walks and then we had a barbecue in one of their gardens and then I had a birthday and invited them round to dinner at my house . [speaker=f] |
| 63 | We met up maybe about four times in total . [speaker=f] |
| 64 | Three out of those times were birthdays . [speaker=f] |
| 65 | It sort of seemed justified because for people who live on their own I think it 's really , really hard for them . [speaker=f] |
| 66 | But then I know everyone probably has a justification for their lockdown breaches so I have had a bit of a pang of guilt . [speaker=f] |