How many of you have broken lockdown rules?

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I'm just wondering. I thought the vast majority had stuck to it but seeing more threads and hearing more stories, it seems there is a lot of people still seeing close family.

Anyway, I'm in the Channel Isles. Still in lockdown but slightly easing.

I'm not interested in shopping, garden centres or more exercise. I'm not even interested in socialising or catching up with friends.
I just want to see my mum.

I think it's badly affecting her mental health now as she was depressive anyway, and my DS is struggling having not seen her for 2 months.

So, I'm just wondering, have any of you still been seeing close family? Or were you sticking to it and now given up and started visiting? Or are you encouraging to stick firmly to it for as long as possible?

I've been a firm sticker to the rules but now starting to feel the negatives are outweighing the positives but still completely paranoid.

Ok well sit and wait is as it sounds. You go, take a number and sit and wait to see someone

Online booking is when appointments are released and patients can go online and book them Ok - no sit and wait available and appts are booked 2 weeks in advance and are always full - system not fit for purpose - I can't imagine many demanding it goes back to face to face because getting a face to face just didn't happen very easily.

Our neighbour is a district nurse and is ridiculous. I've been so close to reporting her. Constantly has friends and family around - sometimes 2/3 times a day. She lives alone and completely understand she is finding the situation difficult.

However she is going to work, going into various peoples houses everyday and coming home on a night and getting drunk with friends in the garden hugging and kissing them.

She's stopped now but anymore and I'll have to report her.

Not the official ones though but all our older dcs friends live around here so we've bumped into a few on wood walks, exchanged hellos but had to leg it as definitely middle dc would meltdown.

Apparently broken moral guidelines according to a friend by now using my 2 weekly delivery spot (it was stopped due to loads of customers) despite the company having many slots now. I should free it up for others and shop in the expensive in town supermarket.

She's stopped now but anymore and I'll have to report her.

You don't HAVE to, you want to.

@PrincessConsueIaBananaHammock because the majority of her patients are elderly!

I broke them from day 1. Exercise twice a day most days. Either walking or biking. Live in an area where it's pretty secluded so hardly any contact with others whilst doing so and easy to avoid if you do. Don't have to touch and gates etc. I honestly cannot see the harm in doing that.
I've also seen my parents in the garden whilst out on a walk. Sat about 3 metres away from them. They disinfect my seat afterwards. Again, I can't see the risk to any of us doing that.
I go to the shop about 2 - 3 times a week. Sometimes for non essential items but to me if the shop is open then it's fair game.
I'm sure some people will think I deserve to die by what I've admitted...

I will do in a few weeks when I have a baby. Aunty is willing to come and babysit toddler DD while I'm in hospital. Otherwise DH won't see our DS born, and tbh after my 'eventful' birthing experience first time around, I really feel I can't do it without him. I don't think that's unreasonable, and we've been very very careful for longer than lockdown.

On occasion I’ve been out twice a day - once to go for a run by myself and once to go for a walk/bike ride with the kids.

Lassooftruth
I doubt anyone could think you’re unreasonable in those circumstances!
And congratulations

According to some I have probably flouted the "rules", but I don't see it that way. I am pretty much of a natural social distancer anyway and have never really liked people being up close to me. I am not into curtain twitching, counting how many times my neighbours leave their houses, reporting people to the police for just buying an ice-cream or takeaway coffee in the local shop.

I've been for fairly long walks on many days, sometimes a going out more than once, which some would say was illegal but it isn't (we are fairly rural, so often see virtually nobody) and yes, I have sat on the public benches while out. Again, there is usually nobody anywhere near.

I work from home largely anyway, so I am usually in the house more often than not. That means that on a daily basis not much really changed.

If it continues much longer though I will potentially make a more definite and deliberate "transgression" of the rules. My elderly parents live several hours drive away from me. They are highly vulnerable, frail and shielding. One had to be admitted to hospital in acute pain as a (thankfully non-covid related) emergency. At my lowest point I did wonder how they would get through that crisis, but they just about did. I stayed away although it felt unnatural to do so and I was in constant tears, which I tried unsuccessfully to hide from my own family. If it happens again though I cannot guarantee my continued ability to NOT visit them and help. It has already been tested to near destruction.

I’m a single parent to a 3 year old and have stuck to the rules (been hard as we don’t even have a garden. However a few days ago I took my son to play in a friends garden with their children. This was only after my friends had been tested for covid which came back negative and because my son was really struggling and having 6+ soiled accidents a day. Since that play date he’s not had any accidents so it was clearly that bit of reassurance and normality he needed. We won’t be doing it again though as our friends could get the virus at any time, we only went the day they got a a negative result.

🤚 ermmm I snuck out twice in one day once to pick up a prescription and then again two hours later to pick up said prescription as it wasn’t ready the first time I did however nip into the shop next door for some margarine on my 2nd outing) As my husband is shielding I venture out once a week ( or sometimes twice if I want to be a rebel) Send in the firing squad now 🙈

Never broken lockdown rules - not since this morning anyway.

If the Government told me to go out I'd probably stay in just to do the opposite of what that reprehensible mob say.

Won't be watching 'Clueless' deliver his dramatic act tonight either.

None that I know of. I could go and see my mum, she works in a delivery depot but I won’t because it isn’t essential and would hurt more I think.

Only broken it once when I went out to exercise twice (once with one child then a second time with older child as didn’t want her walking on her own). Other than that I stick to the rules as I’m weirdly law abiding and a stickler for rules. I don’t know why but possibly because I was bought up to do the right thing. If you continually break the rules of lockdown then you’re basically a total dick.

I’ve stuck to it too, there’s just the two of us at home, the other half stays home out of choice. I have only ever been out for shopping, we don’t even go out for exercise as we are fortunate enough to have a decent garden and home exercise equipment

I visit my elderly dad most weeks. I do his shopping as he can’t ge5 a delivery, and I go in, clean up and chat for half an hour (from a distance). He is very lonely and disabled. He is on a list for care, but it could take some months before anyone is available.

My brother lives with him, but he is autistic spectrum with a bad drug and mental health issue, so my dad needs support or my brother will empty his bank account.

He also has nurses in twice a week to dress his legs and the cleaner agreed to come weekly to strip his bed and deep clean as he has had sepsis twice.

I feel an absolute sh*t. On Friday l met up with a guy l've reconnected with from my teens. He's been isolating but l haven't (l'm a Key worker)
I've felt like a leper, despite the very unplifting thursday night clapping. Not seen my grown up kids, No hugs or cuddles (l'm separated).
It felt thrilling to be whisked away but now l feel ashamed and guilty. All very f'd up.
I know he was feeling lonely and Randy and l just wanted to loose myself for awhile.
So stupid. I'm now sick with worry.

Nobody leave this flat unless they absolutely have to. If they leave the house they walk straight to the washing machine strip off and put clothes into wash before disinfecting the washing machine. Then is straight into a hot shower for minimum 10 minutes and full body and hair wash. Then they can join the rest of the household. Anything entering the house is either disinfected right away or sealed away for 14 days. The house is cleaned twice daily with bleach and disinfectant spray. Everyone washes their hands every 30 minutes. My OCD is really bad at the moment so my family luckily understands and just let me do my thing.

Ive never broken any rules, cant afford to. My husband is shielded, if he catches it he will almost certainly die. Its not a risk im willing to take. Shopping gets delivered by asda, kids play in the garden, we dont go further than our gate in order to protect him.

We've dropped things off at my parents and at my Nan's. We live them so a couple have times have passed there on our walk and they have done the same to us. Had a chat but kept 2m apart.

FIL met us on a walk and kept 2m away but we walked together.

Not been in any houses or done anything socially, although my parents have chucked us an ice lolly once and on Friday they left a glass of prosecco at the end of the drive for us which was lovely!

These people are all within walking distance. Haven't travelled to anyone. Desperately would love to see my other nan but it's a 1 hour drive.

I haven't really, but my mum has the builder round doing work in the garden and they dont socially distant themselves. She's out working anyway so she doesn't see the difference 🤷‍♀️

Nope - love my friends and family too much to risk them.

Again..,