Hi from East Sussex

[JWR]

Hello,

I don't know if I would call myself a "prepper", but I have always tried to store excess food and water, and bought bulk and "just in case" supplies. In the last few years I have seen some of my friends and families attitude towards some of the things I do shift from thinking I'm a bit of a mad hoarder, to me appearing quite sensible!

With the state of the world in general, and recently having had a baby, I am thinking a lot more about all aspects of preparedness and how to fit them around my life.
Getting my wife on board with all this hasn't been too challenging, but I wouldn't say she completely understands it just yet!
Hope to learn a lot from the forum.

J

[pseudonym]

Hello and welcome to the Forum.

[Frnc]

Hi, welcome.
I get my toilet roll in boxes of 48 for eco reasons, eg no plastic. Was quite glad when Covid hit and the shelves were bare in supermarkets. I'd already started prepping though. Had some masks and gloves already in, and a bit of food. Of course my preps have increased/improved over the last couple of years.

[Arzosah]

Welcome to the forum, and congratulations on the baby that's lovely. I'm sure your wife will want to provide for the baby and she'll become even more on board

I'm in Sussex too, there aren't huge numbers round here, but always good to have even a trickle. There's loads to learn from the forum, whatever you need to pay attention to.

[GillyBee]

Welcome & have a look around. Ask questions. We are pretty friendly here.
We started when our kids were tiny prepping for the Y2K bug - although it wasn't called prepping back then. A year or so later and the fuel crisis hit. We used our preps, dodged the panic and have been prepping ever since.
An ounce of forethought takes away an awful lot of stress when someting unexpected happens but it sounds as if you are already thinking that way so should fit right in.

[bobble]

Welcome from Merseyside!

[korolev]

Welcome aboard !
I'm in Eastbourne.

[space.gamer]

Welcome from Kent.

[jennyjj01]

Hello,

I don't know if I would call myself a "prepper", but I have always tried to store excess food and water, and bought bulk and "just in case" supplies.

You're a prepper
A well stocked pantry is the first symptom.

Welome from Cheshire.

Now.... Need to get your partner to buy in, so maybe start referring to 'good housekeeping' and inflation. Do you both realise that grocery price inflation is running at way over 25%? Those beans and bogrolls you bought 6 months ago are >15% dearer today. So stocking up back then was a no brainer. Stocking up now seems a good idea too.

Just be a bit wary to NOT reveal to extended family, friends and neighbours that you have 'plenty' We call it OpSec. or as I say, "A friend in need is a PITA". Those family and friends that deride you for being a loony survivalist, now, will be the first to remember that you have food to spare when they are hungry.