When do you think we will be allowed to hug parents/grandparents?

[Mumneedingadvice78]

My parents are still together so neither lives alive. So under current rules they cant attach to our bubble which means we cant hug them. No one else is attached to our bubble. No one has been inside our house for 4 months and none of us (including my parents) have been to work and kids havent been to school. From the 4th july they can look after my kids but can we hug??? Really fed up with the stupid, inconsistent rules.

Sorry I meant neither lives alone. Just to add as well I do appreciate how lucky I am to still have them.

I don't know but it's 17 weeks since I hugged my DS2 and I can't do it for much longer. He's a nurse and lives away with his girlfriend. It's not bloody fair is it?

It's not is it. We have seen my parents a few times and it breaks my heart how much my little boy wants to give them a hug. Surely if they can look after him soon in their home then he could???

I don't see why not tbh. You can go on holiday from 6th July, who knows who is on the plane? I'm going to crack on I think

Seriously? I think 2021.

Officially - that is.

That's just nuts isnt it. But yes can go on a plane, into a pub, get haircut. But cant hug my mum.

Well it’s up to you whether to hug them or not. You need to weigh up the risks.

I guess but I dont feel comfortable until I know it's ok. If you see what I mean.

If you're all low risk from recent contact with others just hug them.

I finally saw DM (80s) this week. I haven't been in close contact with anyone outside my household for weeks. We gave each other a brief not in each other's faces hug and sat spaced in the garden. I hadn't seen her in 4+ months and we cancelled an early March visit as I had a cold and she was recovering from a chest infection and other illness. DS hadn't seen her since Christmas due to illness.

I came by en-route to my dad's grave. I spent the rest of my childhood feeling guilt that I didn't hug my dad on the day he died. DM is not immortal, Covid 19 or not. I would hate to feel guilt that I didn't hug my second parent when I had a chance.

I hugged a friend yesterday. Hes the only person in have hugged other than dc in months. It felt so nice. (Im a single parent and allowed a bubble though. Both my parents have decided not to bubble with me :( )

Thank you. I think I will after the 6th. Ds can go to them for a few hours, he will love that and so will they and I will hug then. The governments priorities are just all wrong arent they.
Oh formerporpentina virtual hugs for you.

ThanksMum
I always knew I was the black sheep. Lockdown has proven it. :(

My dad is relatively young, healthy and resilient. He's looking after my mum who has suffered a bereavement and is the one who is optimistic, cheerful and keeps everyone else going.
I dropped off a card and gift for father's day. As I was leaving his face fell and he said I just wish we could have a hug"
I can't get that out of my mind

Whenever you want.
Who's going to know / stop you.
you really going to wait till Boris allows you to hug people? as if he's a guru of science?

Nope I absolutely dont think that. Quite the opposite. I think everything has been relaxed far too quickly so I dont want to push it any further.

I wish I could hug my mum, my lovely Step-dad died of Covid in April & my poor mum has been grieving the love of her life for 8 weeks without a single human touch let alone a hug.
She’s too scared to let any of us go near her after what my step-dad went through & so we take it in turns to sit in her garden 2m apart, it feels so wrong & breaks my heart.
I can’t imagine coping with losing DH on my own with no comforting arms around me.
Covid is hard but losing someone during all this is unbearable.

Whenever you want.

Already hugged mine.