Be honest.. how many of you have seen family during lockdown?

[VodkaCranberry2]

Family from other households... and why? No judgment here!

I've seen my dad, maintaining social distancing. I've dropped things off, collected things, we have a system to keep the distancing. We have a chat, and it's good for him to chat in person, it's not the same on the phone.

Looking forwards to having dinner with him and not worrying about distancing. But until then, we chat safely while I sort his shopping/meds/etc out.

A while yes @Jellycatfox but more than 2 months which it's coming up to is a very long time not to see family or friends.
And no not seen family except at a distance when getting shopping for a elderly relative and I've seen two other relatives while out on a walk briefly.

No my nearest family are an hour away . I would if I could walk past their house and say hello from distance .

NHS, so they are all steering well clear regardless of lockdown!

My brother came round to do an exchange (I gave him flour, he gave me some homemade sourdough). He left the stuff on the doorstep and I talked to him through an upstairs window. DM has said she won’t see me until I’ve either had an antibody test, or I’m redeployed back off ICU and the number of cases is significantly lower so less chance of me unwittingly being exposed at work. We’re Skyping a lot, and sending parcels.

It would maybe be better to ask who has travelled to see their family (not to drop shopping off) because a lot of people perhaps live close to their family so may have saw them while out walking, stopped outside their gate for a quick chat etc. All of which don't really go against anything if they stayed 2m apart

Thank you Rebel :)

Yes.
There isn't much choice when you get a phone call from a stranger telling you that your relative with dementia had been found wandering without purpose in an area that she doesn't know and didn't know how she'd got to.

Nope.
Cheers for ruining it for everyone and prolonging lock down 👍🏼

Jellycatfox it’s not really about the social side of seeing family but the worry of how elderly parents might be coping without any additional support. It’s all well and good my war generation stoic stiff upper lip parents telling me they are fine on the phone but I strongly suspect that they are not really fine at all and could do with some company and a bit of help around the house.

StatisticalSense, that would fall into the category of helping a vulnerable person. What ashame, sounds like a delicate and sad situation for you ☹

No, but I live 250 miles away from them so we're used to it!

Haha runrabbitrunrunrun. Well done for buying into the “blame each other” nonsense. This isn’t a whole-class detention as a punishment for some being naughty - or would you like it to be?

Thanks @VodkaCranberry2 - the letter writing sounds a good idea. I'm glad it worked for you.

We have approached the supermarkets and have some slots in the next few weeks, but my parents live in a place where there are many vulnerable households and very few delivering shops.

Congratulations on your baby . I agree with your midwife that you were absolutely reasonable.

@runrabbitrunrunrun I’m a vulnerable person and was given the okay by my health professionals to see my family. Not sure how a social distanced one off visit to see isolated people when there are 0 cases in my area is ‘ruining it for everyone and prolonging lockdown’. Worry more about those doing the conga at Street parties.

I’ve seen one DAunt who lives nearby and on one of our main walking routes - so spoken to her outdoors.

Otherwise, no.

No my family live too far away.

Two of my best friends are neighbours and we have had 1 glass of wine together in the front garden in the sun, and 1 cup of tea together another day. Brought our own chairs and drinks and sat 2m apart.

Even that tiny bit of social interaction was lovely!

If my family lived in close walking distance I would have seen them loads of times in the front garden. Why wouldn't you?

I have written a LOT of letters and done a lot of phone calls, zoom, WhatsApp etc.

Seen no one at all, other than DH & DS’ who live with me all the time.

I have only seen my mum once - more than 2m distance outside local shops and my MIL twice, she was inside her bungalow and we were dropping off eggs on the doorstep the first time and picking up Easter eggs the second. Other than that, it has been video calls!

No, but the closest is 20 miles away.

We have a big family get together every week - on Zoom.

Yep.
Stood on Nans doorstep
Sat on MIL front garden
Stood in my Dad's garden
Sat in my mums garden

Kept more than two meters apart.

Only on Zoom.

I only meet my family for the odd conga session round my street but we hold a rope at 2 metre intervals so I think it’s OK.

Once, by accident. My Dad owns 20 acres of woodland, our local park is super busy and the paths are really thin. So it made sense to go walk at his while he was working. Except he had taken the day off, so we sat 2ms apart and had a cuppa for ten minutes, then we had a lovely walk and bug hunt. It just made me miss him more though.