How are you feeling about another lockdown?

[RosieLemonade]

I’m feeling frustrated and sad for people who work in industries which are just starting again and anxious about my DD not being able to attends school as her grandparents can’t pick her up.

@GorgeousLadyofWrestling thanks for the patronising perspective check. When I said my children are losing everything, I was trying to keep my rant succinct. I don't want to go into their mental health, but that is what I was referring to. And everything they knew. Maybe we will lose our home. Or worse. Maybe you shouldn't try and be a smart arse and assume to know everything about our lives. But they have toys and wifi eh.

But they have toys and wifi eh

Yeah, really good substitution for spending quality time with their family and friends and getting an education, isn’t it?

@Notredamn Totally agree with you. Sending sympathy.

I'm in Greater Manchester and am ignoring the new rules.

In public I will happily social distance, wear a mask, queue for a shop, keep meeting people in groups to a minimum and wash my hands 48372 times a day.

But I will not be told what I can and cannot do in my own home or garden.

I am not traipsing out to a sodding park to see my mum or my friend. Just no. If the weather is crap I'm confined to the house with the kids climbing the walls. It's draining and depressing and I refuse to go back to that.

I am careful, I keep a safe distance and know my actions will not cause me or anybody else to become ill. So fuck that!

@Bluesheep8

Not great. I'm in an area that's currently on localised lockdown. Which is meaningless as pubs and restaurants etc are still open. What it does mean is that I can't visit my family (again) or my Dad who is in a care home. And here's the ridiculous bit - I could go on holiday to the town where my family live, spend all day every day in their pubs and restaurants but not go and sit in their garden. WTF

I'm sorry you can't see your Dad, but why can't you see the rest of your family? (Assuming you're in the North of England anyway)

(Ridiculously) you're allowed to leave the area you live in.

You can still meet with your family (2 households up to 6 people) outside in a park etc

People keep banging on about Pubs & Restaurants being open (as though they were 'old style' open, THEY SHOULDN'T BE, not by any stretch of the imagination!!) people shouldn't be meeting with people who they don't live with either.

I hope your numbers come down quickly.

How can anyone take it seriously..... I don't even know what the guidelines are anymore!?

And I'm a single / lone parent so I have different guidelines.

My neighbour has different guidelines as she has 50/50 custody of kids.

My friends have different guidelines .....

Oh and my work seem to be running their own guidelines as to whatever suits them on the day

Don't get me started on the whole childcare thing, I can send my DC to a different setting EVERYDAY and no one gives a fuck YET ... oh no fuck me god forbid you might have someone in your house.

All of it, total fucking bollox.

I don't go to shops, I don't go to cafes or eat out, we won't be doing that for a long time because I'm sick of the fucking Covid Police and Mask Police.

Amazing how we've been controlled by fear in as little as less than 5 months.

If the government fuck about with schools again, I'lll be rethinking my DC's academic education.

Hands Up ... I was a Tory through and through but never again will I vote for this muppet show.

@PhilCornwall1 me too .... no way will I comply with it if they do it again.

Speaking to my family they won't either.

@justponderingg

"Go to work
But don't go to work if you can work from home
But go to work
But it's illegal to see family even if they provide childcare
But go to work
Fuck off"

My EXACT thoughts

Coupled with another FUCK OFF

On a personal level reasonably indifferent. I'm still shielding so am still essentially in lockdown. I've worked from home throughout so no real impact on income etc.

I'd be sad for my DC though as they need to go back to school for the social aspect. They've been fine with getting work done but they miss their friends.

The economy would also be completely destroyed by another lockdown.

It’s so never ending. My friend had a baby in July and I remember saying to her in March this won’t still be going on when you have the baby.

We never did lockdown .
We won’t be doing lockdown.
End of.

@runbummyrun
You sound like an anti dementor alright
See you on the Ant Ds threads.

@Bluesheep8
It’s time to throw the rule book out of the window.
None of it makes any sense whatsoever.
Boris is the most ineffectual prime monster ever.

@Dowser 100% ..... I'll see you there

@Is2020OverYet if you're shielding are your DC supposed to be going back to school?

Again ... fuzzy and fluffy rules

[quote runbummyrun]@Is2020OverYet if you're shielding are your DC supposed to be going back to school?

Again ... fuzzy and fluffy rules [/quote]
From September, yes. Shielding will have ended by then and children of shielders and children who have been shielding themselves can go back to school.

@runbummyrun

How can anyone take it seriously..... I don't even know what the guidelines are anymore?

It's all there...
www.gov.uk/coronavirus

And I'm a single / lone parent so I have different guidelines

No you have the same guidelines as everyone else, with a few exemptions/allowances, to make your life easier if it's too complicated for you to use them to your benefit, you can stick to the basic guidelines.

My neighbour has different guidelines as she has 50/50 custody of kids No, she doesn't, her children do, to enable them to see their father, other than that she has the same guidelines as you.

My friends have different guidelines .....

No we ALL have the same guidelines, with some exceptions/allowances for individual benefit in certain situations.

Oh and my work seem to be running their own guidelines as to whatever suits them on the day

Many do, but there are rules in place they need to follow,if they're not report them.

*Don't get me started on the whole childcare thing, I can send my DC to a different setting EVERYDAY and no one gives a fuck YET ...

Some people say they can, and others say they can't. Maybe that depends where you live/your local Council

oh no fuck me god forbid you might have someone in your house

Well that's just basic science. The virus spreads much more easily in a house. 2 people at opposite ends of Buckingham Palace - no issue 8 people in a 2up, 2down. High risk of transmission.

It's not actually bollocks IF you bother to listen to the scientists explanations and not just Bimbling Boris waffling on!!

All of it, total fucking bollox.

I don't go to shops, I don't go to cafes or eat out, we won't be doing that for a long time because I'm sick of the fucking Covid Police and Mask Police

What do you mean by this? Where are people bothering you, if you're not going out?? If it's on MN, you can avoid Covid threads or just take a break 🤷🏻‍♀️

Amazing how we've been controlled by fear in as little as less than 5 months

Dying alone, on a ventilator, feeling like you're drowning - yep it tends to focus your mind. But again, it's the VIRUS, not the Govt.

If the government fuck about with schools again, I'lll be rethinking my DC's academic education

Fuck about? You mean try to balance keeping the kids/staff safe and providing an education plus childcare for working parents. Balance the needs/wishes of the population - who disagree about whether they want schools open or closed

Hands Up ... I was a Tory through and through but never again will I vote for this muppet show

So, tell me, how exactly do you think Corbyn & Starma would have done? I'm NO Boris Fan, but I can say 'hand on heart' I'm fucking glad the Torys are in and not any of the others.

Honestly, I get that you're pissed off & entitled to a rant, but people need to stop blaming lockdown for everything. It would have ALL been far worse without it and more restrictions will be necessary.

@Dowser

We never did lockdown . We won’t be doing lockdown. End of.

Why not?

What makes you so special? Why do you think it's ok to be potentially passing it around & risking others people's health?!

Not relishing the thought but ok with it if it's for the greater good. Me and DD have been keeping to the rules, I found work difficult as I was having to work so many hours. DD kept up her school routine (so up at 7, breakfast, shower, online for 8:30) BUT her school did run an online schooling. I agree with a PP that some of this needs to be put into perspective when it comes to children, they have some much tech that they can use to keep friendships going, we are asking them to stay safe indoors. I want DD to go back to school and socialise with her friends (ASD and struggles with friendships) but she is at home safe with me, access to food and water and video calling etc.

I also appreciate I have been very lucky as I know my job is safe and I can WFH. Having financially struggled in the past I know how much stress this can cause and this would put a very different spin on lockdown if this was the case.

@AmelieTaylor

I never did say I was special. You said that.
( well I’m special to me and my loved ones naturally )

Cor they’ve really done a number on you haven’t they?

@runbummyrun
You’ll get a warm welcome

I honestly think we are now heading towards a tipping point.
There’s peaceful protestS taking place this Saturday at 2 in 12 major uk cities

Fear of economic ruin. Fear of missing out. Mental health problems through the roof. Suicides of loved ones who haven’t been able to cope. Children, elderly and disabled people chucked under a bus. Anger at being lied too...like where are the hundreds or thousands of death from Brighton, Bournemouth, raves, protests..it’s just never happened .

People are taking stock and thinking, I’ve sacrificed everything...yet apart from the world wars, we are living in one of the most miserable times in history...and people have been...gulp..enjoying themselves?

People have had enough and are voting with their feet.

And at @AmelieTaylor
every single one of us is special and every life is precious and I’m fighting for mine and no one is going to take it away for me.

Got that?
Good 👍

Oh bore off @AmelieTaylor as @Dowser said ... you've been brainwashed

I give ZERO fucks anymore

I need to live my life and fuck off anyone that gets in my way

@AmelieTaylor

Go and follow your precious guidelines and leave the rest of us free to live.

The government guidelines are arbitrary and they change with the wind.

In Greater Manchester. Already gone backwards. It's shit.

I stuck to the rules rigidly last time, to the point that I felt briefly guilty for leaving my garden to try and catch a stray dog on the road when I had already been for a run that day... but if there’s a next time, I’ll be far more flexible. Yep, I’ll stay away from people, and my family are sadly far too far away to see on the quiet in the event of another lockdown, but if I want to drive ten minutes down the road for a run in the woods where I hardly ever meet another soul anyway, I will. And if I want to take DS for an amble when I get back, I’ll do that too. And if I ru out of milk halfway through the week, or I want a bag of fresh salad, I’ll go to the shop - with a mask, with social distancing, with as much hand sanitizer as a person can use, but I’ll go. And DH will go to check on his depressed and alone father, without feeling guilty about that because we know he’s not dead or likely to be fallen on the floor - he’s just sad and lonely and needs some company. Well, he’ll get it.

And if you want someone to hold responsible for the shift in my attitude, look no further than one D. Cummings.