To be shocked at ndn having visitors?

[Blueswede]

Next door neighbours in their 70’s, had a visitor arrive on a bicycle yesterday and had a visitor arrive in a car today. I’m sure they’re just sitting in the garden so probably are keeping the social distance but given that I’ve not seen anyone since lockdown began I’m a bit about it! I don’t want to dob them in as I really like my neighbours. Just totally surprised! DH says well people are doing that, visiting friends and family but keeping the distance. ( to be clear - We aren’t visiting or having visitors!)

Why wouldn't you go see her and sit in her front garden 2m away from her if its not far from you?

Erm because it's currently against the law and is a fixed penalty offence. 2meters isn't the new law, it's never been the law.

Everyone was ill who went, he died two weeks later, his wife is heartbroken as she knows she killed her husband.

Just when you thought you had heard every vile thing possible on MN.

Unless you are very vulnerble or shielding Op why havent you been out the house in 7 weeks?

@ mNoNamesNoPackDrillHere because car person delivering shopping or not arrived about lunchtime and is still there now - just gone for a wee and can hear them all yapping in the garden 😂

Come on OP admit you're not shocked at all - you're delighted to have an excuse to come on MN and be appalled at what someone else is doing.

At least own the feeling of joy at being able to point the finger of judgement.

I think when lockdown is reduced - the over 70s should be allowed to make their own judgement on things like visitors - if they want to have them, then that's their choice - if they want to adhere to shielding... society will make sure they're looked after in terms of food deliveries etc. It's shielding - not fucking house arrest.

Aaaaaarghhhhh. For the love of our sanity leave your bloody neighbours alone. Find someone else to persecute.

@Willow2017 dh goes to supermarket as we have a baby under 1 or we get home delivery
Am very fortunate to have a garden so I don’t need to go out, I do a lot of gardening. And not being funny where exactly would I go? Clothes shopping? The pub? Go for a coffee? A day at the beach? 😂😂

Erm because it's currently against the law and is a fixed penalty offence. 2meters isn't the new law, it's never been the law.

No it isn’t against the law. You can’t make unnecessary journeys and gatherings of more than 2 people are outlawed. So popping into someone and sitting 2m apart during daily exercise isn’t illegal I don’t think.

Blueswede
For walk, change of scenery? I walk along our local beach no problems with that.
Your choice though.

Another fucking judgmental thread. Well done OP 🙄

I went over to my friends today and drank Prosecco in her garden, it was lovely. I give no fucks to what anybody thinks.

Are they people checking on them, as older and more vulnerable, dropping off food etc and then having a chat outside at a distance? They may not be shielded and only need to be socially distancing.

It is 'allowed' to check up on the vulnerable and to carry out caring duties for elderly people.

@DominaShantotto but I’m not appalled I literally live in the middle of nowhere, just our house and ndn and it was honestly a genuine shock to hear them having visitors. Apparently loads of people have been doing this so so I shouldn’t have been shocked, lol

One of the parties going on around here actually has an off duty police officer at it who doesn't live there. Another has families on separate tables on the road but the children are running riot around the street together - definitely no social distancing amongst the children. I said to my DH earlier that a predict a 2nd spike in 7 - 14 days and it was a mistake to encourage people to celebrate VE day out in front of their houses and trust everyone to stick to the rules.

however the government have specifically said not to visit friends and family in other households hmm if everyone took that approach there’d be absolutely no point having a lockdown confused

Well the point of having lockdown is to prevent the spread of covid. It isn’t to make people’s lives miserable.

Fuck ‘em all - I’ve just recovered from a (fortunately) mild - moderate case of Covid - I work in a care home - 15 residents dead and over half of staff poorly (including a couple of young, fit girls in their 20s). If people want to risk a second wave, let it roll - I’m lucky that I’m healthy and got through it - I know lots of people who are not - as I write this my neighbour (yet again) has mates over - I wish everyone well - I’m a good person but I’m done with some people’s arrogance and stupidity and I don’t give a flying fuck about these people now - rant over!

Oh, who gives a fuck op 🙄

@userxx fuck off I’m not judging them. Good for them if that’s what they want to do. I hadn’t realised socially distanced visits were a thing if you bothered to read the thread
@Aragog it’s a bloody long 6 hour ‘chat’ 😂😂 as I’ve already said I don’t care what they do but I was honestly surprised. But as plenty of people have said on here, either their neighbours slot themselves are having socially distant visits so there we are. I should have invited some mates round myself and joined in.

Tomorrow my DD and DGD are coming to visit me, they are bringing their own chairs, drinks and glasses. They will come through the garden gate and we will sit at opposite ends of the garden, they will not enter my house. I haven't left my house for seven weeks, I am 70yrs old and today is my DD's birthday. Maybe my neighbours will report me, I don't care.

And not being funny where exactly would I go?

Most people just go for a walk, stretching their legs, getting a bit of gentle exercise, a change of things to look at, etc.

It's only the shielded people who aren't supposed to go anywhere.

@Herpesfreesince03 apparently you do to click on this thread and answer 😊 hasn’t anything better to do with your time then?

I'm quite surprised this is the first you've seen of this. I'll probably get flamed but for the last week I have been in my mums garden (only lives 5 minutes down the road) twice. once when noone was in and once when her and my step dad were. I sat at the furthest end and they up near their back door, much further apart then 2m.
I cant personally see how this is endangering anyone. it is still social distancing which is the whole point. i don't have a garden, have a very young baby and suffer with anxiety. the risk to some of our mental healths by now is higher than the virus imo.

at some point people are going to have to risk assess for themselves - this virus isnt going anywhere and it will be a long time before we have a vaccine.

OP I am on another thread right now arguing over this very point. I’m losing miserably because people feel they should be allowed to interpret the lock down as they see fit. I can’t actually argue with that. I’m heading perilously close to ‘well, if you can’t beat them...’

My neighbour is a nurse and had a pregnant friend round the other day! The mind boggles

I'm going to be driving almost 80 miles to visit a couple soon and will have a small child with me. I will be staying for hours, this will happen a few times before I take the small child and drop them off and the couple will return the child to me later that evening. Finally the couple will come to my house and collect their new child before taking them home with a large piece of my heart.

I am doing a transition from foster care to adoption regardless of where we are at with lockdown. I wonder who will curtain twitch and judge when we are visiting each others homes.

I am surprised as well, @Blueswede

People (more than a handful) on FB have been posting photos all day of them drinking in the garden with their parents.

Makes me wonder if we’re unusual for sticking to the rules?!

@mummmy2017 wow 😮 is that exactly what the death certificate said? 🙄