AIBU to plan on having a BBQ

[Numptydumptyfelloffthewall]

Hi,

I've seen such conflicting advice and information on this lockdown that I'm starting to doubt my own judgement. I've tried to follow the lockdown to the letter. DH and I are working full time from home and i've been out once since lockdown for food shopping. We have 2 DC (4, 6) who are home and havent been out, they run around in the garden for exercise.

I have some BBQ coal in the shed and was wondering if it would be unreasonable/ wrong for DH, me and the 2 DC to have a BBQ on Sunday when the weather is predicted to be a bit nicer. We wouldnt need to buy any supplies or meet anyone else and it would really brighten a very stressed and difficult week but I dont want to be disrespectful or undermine the lockdown, esp as I have family both on the shielding list and working in the NHS, so I really understand how important it is to delay the spread of Covid 19.

We're in a standard 1930s 3 bed semi so we have a nice sized garden but not huge. If we do go ahead, should we go in if our neighbours also come into their garden? Or set up at the bottom of the garden? I usually keep the kids inside during the actual cooking as DD4 is asthmatic but they find eating BBQ food outside to be a huge novelty/ treat.

some clearly delusional people about today .. well ,just one in particular

BBQ’s are not bonfires .

Milk isn’t an “essential” as long as you have taps

It's the stuff of satire. Hilarious. Reminds of the Monty Python sketch about living in a box and licking the road clean...

You do realise how ridiculous you sound?

these are banned

By whom?

Either you have no grasp of how the rest of the world live or you have special dietary requirements and no planning ability

You come across as really quite objectionable.

We’re getting by on minimum rations of milk. We’ve got 4 eggs and will make them stretch as far as possible. When we run out, we’ll make do without
Why??
You are allowed to go and buy food!!!
FFS what is the point of this behaviour??

I actually thought bbqs weren't allowed because of the smoke, I was scared of getting told off but this thread has given me hope!

@JKScot4 do you think 4 eggs will be the new MN chicken?

We’re getting by on minimum rations of milk. We’ve got 4 eggs and will make them stretch as far as possible. When we run out, we’ll make do without

I do hope you have your cat o' nine tails for your nightly self flagellation as well...

@PinkSparklyPussyCat
1 scrambled egg and cup of water between 2 that’s your days rations.

@JKScot4

Minimum rations of milk means having our coffee black since we’re both just as happy to have it that way. Milk is being used for tea for the most part this week, and not for things like hot chocolates, pancakes or bechamel sauces which we ordinarily like to have quite frequently. That’s no hardship at all. The reason we don’t want to go out is that we have more than enough meat, veg, fruit, store cupboard essentials, snacks and treats, as well as alcohol to keep us going for another couple of weeks. The only things we don’t have are luxuries over and above a very generous store of staples such as various types of bread rather than just one loaf, specific vegetables that we usually like to have on hand, ample selections of seafood and fish. We can do without those because we have lots of other lovely things to eat. We’ll miss having eggs for a week or so but until we actually need to go out, we won’t.

Why on earth do you have a problem with how we choose to approach this??

Also maybe read the rest of my comments for context before you try to claim I am in any way inclined to self-flagellation. Fgs stop making up utter shit.

@Rebootingagain you’re a sanctimonious arse and YES a hypocrite with your non essential takeaway.

I think you're more crazy for having a bbq in April. It's not exactly warm! But in your own garden? Crack on.

Well I am back from Tesco having delivered Mim and Dad’s shopping to them. I am now eating my non-essential chocolate.

I also bought two big boxes of Celebrations and (virtue signalling alert) gave one to the lady working on the till who put my shopping through and one to the women outside supervising the queue.

So they all have non-essential chocolate too now.

BBQ in April is fine if indeed it will be a heady 19 on Sunday. I live in hope.

@Ninkanink that makes sense. It really did sound as though you were depriving yourself but I think you're living better than us! We're OK for food for a while so it's just milk and eggs we need to go out for and as the shop is so close we'll still go and get them, probably as part of DH's daily exercise. Bread could be the problem as we make our own (and have done for years) and have flour but will run out of yeast.

The barbecue problem a few weeks ago was like 20 people getting together.

Not one family in their garden ffs.

I'm having one if i ever manage to put the bbq together

I also bought two big boxes of Celebrations and (virtue signalling alert) gave one to the lady working on the till who put my shopping through and one to the women outside supervising the queue.

I do hope that you posted a video of you doing this on your FB page, otherwise what's the point?!

@Namesgonenow. Thank you for articulating so well some of the absolute batshit craziness we have seen in this crisis.

It seems to bring the competitive misery out in some people who seem quite sadistic/ masochistic in the denial of pleasure and happiness to others and themselves.

Do you get a Blue Peter badge for living the most isolated and deprived lockdown?

@thatmustbenigelwiththebrie 19 is warm !

Oh bugger it Vaginaandtoni no I didn’t think to video it. Epic fail on my part

I'm fully expecting everyone I know to barbecue on Saturday, forecast is 18!!!