It’s really nasty, the breathlessness, the pain, being unfit and putting on weight. But my young son will see me through it
‘Oh I heard about that,’ they always say, before adding, ‘Are you well?’ We bump into friends infrequently these days, but when we do they all seem happy to talk about our Covid horror, since we have literally nothing else to talk about.
No one does. Nothing of any consequence has happened to any of us in the past months, rendering small talk even more of a chore than usual. It’s almost exhilarating to watch people stretch and strain as they polish whatever small turd of news they might have, before settling into the conversational graveyard of children’s growth spurts and very high house prices.
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