I agree, money doesnt buy happiness but without money you get much sadness. If you grew up privileged with a well off family it's the same as freedom- you only appreciate it once you get it taken away.
When I was younger old people couldnt adapt to the new world post WW2. I cooked a meal for my FIL only to be told off as I served up too many vegetables. He said I lived as a rich man. Yet it was spuds, pumpkin peas and corn. That is relevant today because in the last few decades we havent had a world war that has affected us directly. Things like 9/11, Afghanistan etc hasnt affected the majority of Australians. So then along comes the Covid, people suddenly, some for the first time, have their lives turned upside down. Imagine though 110 years ago with the Spanish flu- people didnt have mobile phones, internet, Skype, emails...if you wanted to talk you wrote a letter and waited 2 weeks for a reply.
This, I understand, with Covid etc its hard to swallow the ramifications but if we looked at some positives in live overall it could be a lot worse. Being in Ukraine is one, we have 4-5% unemployment rate now so I can recall when it was 13%, mobile phone plans are much lower as is internet charges so now we can talk forever nearly to our friends and send pics instantly.
However, no matter the luxuries and lack of war to bring us down to earth, marriage issues and separation will always be painful. The best thing to remember is that things do improve post the grief.
TonyWK
