Well, that sucks. /o\ I'm glad you have access to paxlovid (not really a thing here) and hope that everything continues mild and easy for you and the kid. In anecdotal news, when TB got covid, I didn't and vice versa, despite us not isolating due to not living in a place where that's really possible, so spouse may be off the hook. Fingers crossed!
Commenting culture in general is completely different these days. At least part of it is how much you sell yourself on the social medias, which in my case is not at all due to not actually using them. :D I 100% avoid looking at numbers for other people because it's easier to be pleased with the response on my fics that way instead of thinking, well, why not me? Because loads of reasons! Not the tropes/pairing/set up/other they were looking for, wrong time of day, don't take a chance on an unknown author without a rec, lots of other stuff to get through, etc etc etc. It's hard to not take personally, but I'm mostly able to stay in the headspace where if I like what I wrote, then that's good enough for me. This is not advice, it's just me musing about Kids These Days. :D
Many many many many healthy thoughts for you both.
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Commenting culture in general is completely different these days. At least part of it is how much you sell yourself on the social medias, which in my case is not at all due to not actually using them. :D I 100% avoid looking at numbers for other people because it's easier to be pleased with the response on my fics that way instead of thinking, well, why not me? Because loads of reasons! Not the tropes/pairing/set up/other they were looking for, wrong time of day, don't take a chance on an unknown author without a rec, lots of other stuff to get through, etc etc etc. It's hard to not take personally, but I'm mostly able to stay in the headspace where if I like what I wrote, then that's good enough for me. This is not advice, it's just me musing about Kids These Days. :D
Many many many many healthy thoughts for you both.