Originally Posted by
Finkface
Other than when I have been on flights in the past 5 months, I had to wear a mask for the first time today. Mr. Fink and I went to a friend’s mom’s house to help her with some stuff and put on masks out of respect for her. She kept telling us to take them off and not to be silly but Mr. Fink plays in a soccer league a few times a week and our lives are pretty normal (seeing friends, having them over to our place, some travel, restaurants etc) so we just did it for her despite her objections, No hissy fits but man, how do you guys do it? It was just awful. Hot, uncomfortable, chafed my ears. And that was for an hour and a half. I can’t imagine having to wear one all day, every day. And outside? No way. If I had to, of course I would. I am not anti-mask and I know people can and do wear them for hours every day, but am I ever glad I live in a place with low case numbers, no paranoia and no mask requirements other than a few chain stores (Starbucks, etc) where even there, they don’t care. Side note, we stopped at a Starbucks on our way home and I walked in before I remembered (don’t go to SB much). I saw the sign and said I was sorry and I would go back to my car to get it and the guy said don’t bother, no big deal. No one other than the staff were wearing them either, I am guessing because it is impossible to sit and drink coffee with a mask on.
I feel the same way as you, but live in an area with pretty stringent mask requirements. We've definitely been spending more time entertaining at our house or going to friend's houses so we don't have to deal with masks. At restaurants, we're not required to wear them when sitting at the table, so not too bad. But there is a new order that you're supposed to put them on whenever you are interacting with a server now. We've been out to eat 3 times since it went into effect and haven't seen anyone enforcing that -- which is good because it's ridiculous and would kill what little is left of the restaurant industry here now that it's starting to get cold.
Otherwise, I don't mind wearing them in stores, but they are incredibly hot and uncomfortable so I try to minimize how long I'm in a store. No mask outside. We haven't flown since January (I'm going stir crazy) but are contemplating a trip we have booked for end of October. One of our biggest reservations is that from home to hotel, it's about 8 hours of travel time, almost all of which would be wearing a mask.