My neighbours have their son visiting

[HermioneWeasley]

My neighbours who are in their 80s have their son visiting INSIDE THEIR HOUSE which is NOT ALLOWED where we are.

Should I call the police, the army or just perform a citizen’s arrest against these lawless rule breakers who will KILL US ALL?

Mumsnet is mad. I reckon I could start a thread:

"Why did the chicken cross the road?"

And half the people replying would tell me to mind my own fucking business and leave the chicken be.

@AHintOfStyle

All the posters on here taking the OP seriously 🤦🏻‍♀️

I’ve been sitting here wondering whether they are all joking too - in a very, very, subtle and deadpan way. Otherwise it’s a bit alarming...

I have an electric chair hooked up in my shed for such situations.

The tesco man lingered too long next door yesterday. I called in the Army.

Ha ha sooooo funny ! I really can't stop my sides from splitting for all the clever jolly clever words everyone has to say about someone breaking the law .. a law that is in place to specifically stop this type of visit happening because it is increasing the transmission rate..

My mother went into hospital last night. She is 77. He parents both lived to late 90s .. she is fit and active. Until Wednesday. When she started to feel really unwell .

She takes sensible precautions. We are in a low risk area but the infection rate has multiplied by 150% in 7 days . Because of stupid fucking arses think its all a stupid joke that they can 'get round' or ignore.

I really hope no one you love ends up in hospital. Because it's unbelievably stressful. My mother has at least another 15 years left to live but could die because some one else's need to socialise is more important .

@TwistAndTout

Mumsnet is mad. I reckon I could start a thread:

"Why did the chicken cross the road?"

And half the people replying would tell me to mind my own fucking business and leave the chicken be.

Yes, there are some very serious people on here. I often wonder if they are as aggressive and highly strung in real life.

Yes, there are some very serious people on here. I often wonder if they are as aggressive and highly strung in real life

I’ve often wondered. But actually, I think they are very quiet in real life and unleash on the Internet. People who are —twats— opinionated in real life probably wouldn’t be so pent up to explode on anonymous forums.

Don't be hysterical OP. They are in a bubble.If anybody thinks different send them for an eye test to the Twilight Zone.

@Bailey0703 Noone has broken the law, the OP is joking.

LTB.

@Bailey0703 that’s terrible. I can only imagine what you and your family are going through. My husband is older with several conditions that put him in the highly vulnerable category so we minimise contact with others as much as possible, stick to the rules and feel a lot of frustration seeing friends on SM seemingly just carrying on as if we were in normal times.

I interpreted the OP’s post as a satirical dig at those who see people legitimately providing care for vulnerable family members and castigate them for doing so, rather than laughing about rule-breaking, but I can see and understand how the thread has upset and angered you.

Wishing you, your mother and your family the very best

Fuck off anyone who thinks someone visiting their 80+ year old parents/inlaws to provide support is breaking the law.

If one of our family members wasn't stopping by daily to look after our 85 year old parents, I don't know what they'd do!

Thank you FlouncingBabooshka that was a really kind post. We have all fingers crossed.

I think this really is the reason the whole country is so polarised. It's between those who have had it/had family or friends that have had it - or died from it - and those who haven't been touched by it.

I have so far since April lost one work colleague with only mild hypertension aged 51 with an 18 & 21 year old . A 42 yr old neighbour, WFH in rural low risk area who had a DH and 2 dc under 10.. and no underlying health conditions who took 7 weeks to die.

It changes your perspective. No amount of economic hardship was worth not putting up with to have kept those mothers safer. So I am not just a rule follower - but take responsibility for myself and family by going ONLY where is absolutely necessary and can't be sorted remotely. Not moving around is the only way to stop this especially through the upcoming cold/flu season.

N’ah, he’s probably taking his washing home to mum.

Is tar and feathering still allowed?. If not it needs to be brought back..
Fumin'

Has anyone told you how hilarious you are OP? Thought not...

@Bailey0703

Ha ha sooooo funny ! I really can't stop my sides from splitting for all the clever jolly clever words everyone has to say about someone breaking the law .. a law that is in place to specifically stop this type of visit happening because it is increasing the transmission rate..

My mother went into hospital last night. She is 77. He parents both lived to late 90s .. she is fit and active. Until Wednesday. When she started to feel really unwell .

She takes sensible precautions. We are in a low risk area but the infection rate has multiplied by 150% in 7 days . Because of stupid fucking arses think its all a stupid joke that they can 'get round' or ignore.

I really hope no one you love ends up in hospital. Because it's unbelievably stressful. My mother has at least another 15 years left to live but could die because some one else's need to socialise is more important .

@Bailey0703

I hope your mother is feeling better very soon.

I can’t imagine how stressful it is. I suppose it shows how vulnerable we all are even with sensible precautions.

I don’t think OP was advocating anyone breaking the law, I think it was more a joke about spying on/reporting neighbours. I presume her neighbour’s son could be part of her bubble or providing care or shopping etc. The point is that we don’t know and can’t really presume.

I completely understand and agree with your point about this being one of the main ways it can spread.

@Frownette

Oh c'mon.

I'm not dead yet and I assume other typers aren't. I think there's a little hysteria/facetiousness here.

Or else go track him down and put him in the wheelie bin.

That’s his two week quarantine done too!

Plonker

@HermioneWeasley

I think your measures are extremely wise. However, I am most disappointed that you have not draw a very large X on their front door ...you know for when they bring out the dead.....

OMG drawn obviously not draw

@Bailey0703, so sorry for your losses. I hope your mum recovers very quickly x

@Bailey0703 Really sorry if I have hurt you by contributing to the facetiousness of this thread.

It is possibly because we have lived so very long with the threat that we may lose our daughter that both she and us have got into the habit of joking about our fears because otherwise you just can't go on living for year after year- but I do accept that that doesn't really translate outside of the family.

I hope your mum gets better soon and that you are able to visit her once the danger has passed.

In the meantime, the best the rest of us can do is to be careful not to transmit infection- whether or not we joke about it.

Fuck sake this place used to have a sense of irony and humour

posters who claim this kind of thread are "hilarious and making them spill their tea and wake up the cat" are the ones who kill the humour off
🤷

Humour is subjective. Telling off others for having a different sense of humour suggests a mindset of fuckwittery, a lack understanding of nuanced thought and knowledge that "people are different and thats ok".

A similar scolding, fuckwitted attitude that leads to people snitch on their neighbours.🤷‍♀️