Hi all
Wow this moves fast
I have no chance of catching up but think I’ll stick to this thread. I’ve mostly not been on MN. I think it was Friday, I saw the most appalling dementoring thread and began to wonder what the real world is like....
I’ve been feeling so low, I’ve not talked to many friends but had a few chats on the phone - no one close enough to meet - and I noticed that while there’s some dementoring, it’s accompanied by “I met my boyfriend this weekend.”
I think there’s a lot of cognitive dissonance going on. I also hope the real world isn’t like MN - plenty of people in the park, clearly mixing households.
It’s also hard to know if people fear the virus or the law. One of mum’s friend has severe mobility issues and her daughter has said they can only meet if it’s in the park. The daughter’s plan is to put her mum on a park bench and walk up a down while they chat a 2m distance. I asked mum how the older lady is meant to get to the park. Daughter says taxi. Then there’s the issue of how the lady will walk to a bench - she can barely walk with two sticks. She’ll need the taxi drivers assistance to get in and out of the cab.
When I hear stories like this, i think, it’s fear of the law and the fine. She can’t possibly think this exposes her mum to less viral load than if they meet in her garden? The lady hasn’t made a decision yet but i think she’s quite upset the her daughter won’t just come to her garden. But then I can also imagine how the daughter will feel if she gets £100 fine.
I saw a police van stuffed with the buggers - they’re allowed to travel in cars in a group. They seem to be just circling the park.