Lots of jokes like, "I miss having the choice to socially distance," or "I miss staying in by choice."

Where& #39;s the line between ableism and just using humor to commiserate in the actual difficulties people are dealing with?

This isn& #39;t accusatory. My lines are just so blurred.

When I read stuff like that, my knee-jerk has become: "Some people didn& #39;t have that choice before and won& #39;t have that choice after all of this has passed."

A part of me is hurt, because it reminds me of how invisible I felt when I first became ill, how many people left me.

But I& #39;m also not humorless or without empathy for people who may be "better off." People are experiencing real difficulty. Isolation isn& #39;t easy, no matter your circumstances.

So what do I do with this feeling? Do I engage? Do I "ruin their joke?" Is it just me?