I noticed that mostly men with children at home return to office, to escape their families.

Also worth noting that for a lot of men in particular, basically their entire social network consists almost entirely of current (and a few past) work colleagues.

Sometimes I do! For introverts, family life should come with a safety label.

> And I feel sorry for anyone who would disagree with that.

each person to their own. Office, for those who love it, is fine - there's nothing wrong with wanting a social setting for work.

The only problem is when such desire could prevent the WFH folks from getting what they want. Both _should_ be allowed to exist, and the workers choose for themselves without coercion or pressure.

I feel sorry for anyone that has to live > 10 minutes away from the office.

Before working from home full time I lived 10 minutes away from the office. If you do the math you have to compute the difference in rent/mortgage between a house 1+ hours away from work vs. 10 minutes then factor in driving that car, potential risk of auto accident, health issues due to added stress of leaving for work on time and driving with others...

Well that's all well and good for those of you who live with your families, or who even have family at all. For a lot of people, WFH means all the more isolation and loneliness, those fleeting moments of human contact becoming fewer and fewer.

Think about it, spending most of your week all on your own in the same room, with no one and nothing to keep you company except your own thoughts and some bits of text on a glaring LCD screen. Humans weren't meant to live like this.

> Humans weren't meant to live like this.

I agree. It would do those people good to get a life outside of work...

You work 8 hours a day though. Why be alone all those hours?

Who said you have to be. Working remote doesn't mean you have to be at home. Go to a coffeeshop, library, etc...