Negotiations about COVID precautions were nota major cause of conflict, but the situation of being in full, absolute, no-interactions-outside-the-house lockdown for many months let conflicts brew, fester, and come to a head (if I may grossly mix metaphors). I’d mostly ascribe it to the kind of close-quarters chafing that leads people to say “don’t live with your friends unless you want to hate them”, just ramped up a notch.
Negotiations about COVID precautions were not a major cause of conflict, but the situation of being in full, absolute, no-interactions-outside-the-house lockdown for many months let conflicts brew, fester, and come to a head (if I may grossly mix metaphors). I’d mostly ascribe it to the kind of close-quarters chafing that leads people to say “don’t live with your friends unless you want to hate them”, just ramped up a notch.