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No one I know is unhappy about our state opening up which suggests that your (everyone's) peer group has a lot to do with your perspective. Most of my friends have kids at home. We're struggling with home schooling, tired of working at home and desperate to do anything that looks like normal.
Important point, I agree. If I were 10 years younger, still working or needing to work, and had kids in the house, I'd probably think very differently. Most of our friends are in that position, as is my sister and her family. BIL has seen half his office get laid off, and had to take a pay cut.
18 yo Niece has lost all those fun events everyone has in their final months of high school: Spring Break, Prom, Graduation - poof. She's just hoping she can still go to college in the fall. She's worked so hard, aced everything, scholarships lined up...Nephew struggling, not a great student anyway and not doing as well with virtual school.
DH and I are 50 and ER'd, so we're kind of spectators. Not really impacted, mostly just cramped and limited by not being able to go out to dinner, travel, stuff like that. Our parents are healthy/active mid-70's, looking at probably having to stay home for years barring a vaccine.
So in my family alone that's 4 different groups, all with different perspectives.