No social bubbles

[octoberbundle]

Reports are looking like there won't be social bubbles any time soon. Just needed to vent, have been focusing on this to get me through, the idea that my mum could come visit and stay with me, both to see her and help look after my baby and three year old so I can work easier. Absolutely gutted that it looks like this won't be happening any time soon 😢

Weve created our own bubble within the last week.Me,dh,ds,dm,df,mil and sil.

I really wish my parents lived closer because when the time comes I could make a bubble with them. Even a socially distanced walk with my mum would be amazing

I thought part of the plan was to support more families to get back to work and therefore two households being able to mix in order to help with childcare. Can't exactly do that from a 2m distance and only outside 😂

I think the whole notion of social bubbles is baffling. Who is in charge of the bubble lists? Who do we have to notify - the police, the local council, the Bubble Authority?

In the last week or so I am seeing my parents now. We only have them as family here so seeing who to choose is not a problem. We have all been isolating except for shopping and social distancing all lockdown so far. We went to the park last week with my parents and are going again today. We have been very careful and choose to calculate our own risks.

They’re pointless anyway .
People are doing what they like and many are using common sense .
If we can have non essential shops open and go back to work / school then you can get fucked if you think I won’t go and see a family member and sit in their garden .

prettygreenteacup exactly !

If my parents weren't three hours away I'd be going round and I'd use the loo and have a cuppa !

But they're not shielding, and neither am I , they are in their eighties but going shopping, to garden centres , for walks , who would want to be looked away until a vaccine just because they're old

If the government says you can see your mum next week inside her house will you ?

We moved ds1 and partner back here. It will be Three weeks on Saturday

I told them if they left they couldn't come back for a visit as that wasnt ‘in the spirit’

I was rather hoping that Thursday would bring a slight relaxation even if it was just one other household so they could, in good conscience, go home and visit when they Wanted

I can see my dad in the garden but it would be nice if he could see his grandchildren (which i can do once this only one person thing is lifted)

It would also be nice if dds boyfriend could come in the house...they are meeting outside but obviously ive got no control over potential hugging!

If we can have non essential shops open and go back to work / school then you can get fucked if you think I won’t go and see a family member and sit in their garden

Exactly. So people can pop into Next but I can’t see my grandson? Fuck off.

sloth

Exactly 😀

I don't see how 'social bubbles' would work anyway.

If you are a couple, both with parents alive and near by, do you have both sets of GPs in your bubble? What about if you have siblings who want your parents and their partner's' parents in their bubble. Would GPs have to choose?

Or, my situation, I have no family nearby so would choose say 6 friends to be in my bubble. If they agreed, I'd be in 6 bubbles, because they are going to want their parents/family/other friends in their bubble.

the Bubble Authority

I think people will largely make their own decisions about this anyway now. We’re fed up, the DC thing hasn’t helped- if he’s allowed to act with integrity in the best interests of his child, so should I be. And it’s definitely in DS’s best interest to see other people now.

Or, my situation, I have no family nearby so would choose say 6 friends to be in my bubble. If they agreed, I'd be in 6 bubbles, because they are going to want their parents/family/other friends in their bubble

You can only 'bubble' with one other household.

at Bubble Authority. Drones arrive with big pins to pop your bubble.

Just do it. It’s childcare.

Follow your instincts.

We’ve also created our own ‘bubble’. Common sense needs to prevail now

I don't see how social bubbles every became a serious possibility. Completely impossible to keep control of and logistically difficult to create. People don't all fit in neat little ten person units. Not everyone in a group of ten will choose the other nine people. They were never going to work.

I'm with the common sense brigade - the whole thing has become unclear, unworkable and unmanageable.

I'm seeing my mum outside for walks but she lives locally. I have done all her shopping since lockdown and she's terrified of catching covid but also incredibly bored.

We are also meeting up with friends for walks - keeping our distance and being sensible but they're going back to school next week so it's all getting a bit daft!

The bubble thing is unenforceable. In practise it will just open the door for small-scale outdoor socialising or the mixing of two households, which is fine by me & happening now anyway.

@Everanewbie I'm with you, I'm making plans to see friends.

To be honest, I’m surprised it’s not coming in this weeks announcement. Not sure retail can fully reopen without a few more people being able to access family childcare where possible. I think some people will have no choice.

@octoberbundle where did you see this ,just out of interest?
Wasn’t the Daily fail was it ?

So they think it’s fine for 15 unrelated families to mix via school but not 2 related ones? Fuck off.

They told us loud and clear this week that good parents use their instincts so I’ll be using mine.