25 Married Couples Who Are Just Trying To Keep It Together During Quarantine
One of the traditional vows of marriage is to take someone “in sickness and in health.” It’s also the vow that gets most sorely tested in a global pandemic like the one the world is currently experiencing at the hands of coronavirus/COVID-19. It also makes you think more and more about the “till death do us part” vow when you contemplate caving your spouse’s skull in with a tea kettle after they’ve done that one annoying thing they do for the 1,000th time on Day 20 of your shared quarantine.
As anyone who’s married or in a serious relationship knows, while couplehood has plenty of benefits, it’s not all peaches and cream and you inevitably get on each other’s nerves. In a normal world you can ease this tension by, you know, GOING OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE, but in our new world of social-distancing this is suddenly no longer possible and people are having to confront the issues in their relationship head-on.
Here are a selection of tweets from married couples doing their best to keep it together during the pandemic.
1.
If my husband doesn’t stop singing “M-m-m-myyyyy Corona” he is going to have bigger problems on his hands than a worldwide pandemic.
— The Salty Mamas (@saltymamas) March 15, 2020
2.
Me:
Husband:
Me:
Husband:
Me:
Husband:
Me:
Husband:Me: *looks at phone*
Husband: What are you up to?
— Jessie (@mommajessiec) March 15, 2020
3.
Me: *eating chips in bed*
Husband: I thought you said no eating in the bed.
Me: We live in a different world now.
Husband: So, I can-
Me: *interrupts* No.— Jawbreaker (@sixfootcandy) March 17, 2020
4.
Quarantine Day 2, Hour 689- I’ve become very aware of my husband’s toenails and I’d like to be voted off the island now.
— Maryfairyboberry (@MaryJustice86) March 17, 2020
5.
My wife just sneezed.
Does the whole “in sickness and in health” thing still apply in a pandemic situation?
Just wondering.
— Jack’s Dad (@DaddingAround) March 15, 2020
6.
Me: There’s a run on toilet paper.
Wife: We’ll be fine.
Me: Did you stock up?
Wife: We have your books.
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) March 12, 2020
7.
Me interacting with my husband when peak quarantine madness sets in pic.twitter.com/UCa780KfOz
— Gwdihŵ 🦉 (@youwouldknow) March 14, 2020
8.
Trying to send my wife a text but can’t find an emoji of an eggplant wearing a facemask
— Rodney Lacroix (@RodLacroix) March 17, 2020
9.
Lots of folks panic-buying soap cause of coronavirus
Meanwhile my wife has been stocking up on Bath and Body Works soap for the past 10 years so we’re all set
— Benjamin A. Vorwerk (@bvorwerk) March 11, 2020
10.
Everything is a risk. Getting out of bed every day is a risk. Being vulnerable is a risk. Loving someone so hard you feel like you’ll burst is a risk. Letting yourself feel anything is a risk…
Husband: We are not booking a cheap cruise ok please fucking stop.
— Vision Bored (@VisionBored1) March 10, 2020
