There are as ton of things to miss out on when you’re taking the right safety precautions – social distancing, limiting in person-interactions, sanitizing and wearing the appropriate clothing to avoid getting infected with a global pandemic.

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Hanging out with friends, worshipping with like-minded people; the list goes on. But in certain instances, the not so common things come into play. We made a list of all the unlikely things we miss about life without the Coronavirus to contend with:

Touching your face, bae’s face, anybody’s fave at all without feeling like you committed a war crime.

Bring back safe touching!

Going to the beach on a weekend and hating how crowded it is.

At least it was safe to be around so many strangers.

Being able to sit down in a public space for hours, to get your braids done without feeling like it’s illegal.

Who else misses the pain of freshly made braids?

Entering your barbershop and seeing your favourite barber has just started cutting someone’s hair.

Waiting for him in a public place because his touch is worth it.

Physically going to the market and summoning your mother’s bargaining powers to buy things at a fraction of their asking prices.

Good times, now ordering online is the way.

Those really long worship services where all you want to do is just crawl home.

Rewarding yourself with outside church shawarma afterwards

What do you miss about pre-Corona times?

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