Now illegal to have sex with partner you don't live with?

[Sueannnnna]

Lots of newspapers/online articles announcing this today.
Being in a private place with partner and having sex can lead to a £100 fine if i've read correctly.

The world is going cuckoo.
But who cares about seeing my boyfriend, at least I can go shopping in Primark and go sit on a packed train (sarcasm)

@StewPots
I wish I could bloody hug you!!
(I'd understand if you chose the boyfriend instead for hugs )

Well this is one way to address the global human population explosion.

I can honestly say that I did not read your post before commenting, and my anger at my neighbour was forefront in my mind, in a situation happening in my little world.
I sincerely didn't mean to upset or belittle your situation.

I normally rtft, and I should have.
There's so much emotion, anger, depression, sickness going on, and my words were not about anyone else than my neighbour.

Sorry to upset you.

It's shocking and quite scary to see how fast people do what the government tells them to do.

Makes you understand how nazi Germany and oppresive regimes and communism happens.

@StewPots nothing really changed though from yesterday other than now being allowed to meet up to 6 people and also in your garden ,and that you can be fined now for being in a house where as before it wasn't allowed but don't think there was a fine,but like you say worth paying if it came to it , the media are being over top with it and you are right to do what's best for you and there are exemptions of why you are allowed , be good if media printed these so people are aware of what they are also

I agree with you @ElectricTonight. We will look back on this and our minds will boggle at this completely over the top response and how willing we were to roll over and give up our freedoms, put up with being treated as if we are lepers, treat everyone else in the same way, for a virus that most of us don’t have. The virus has gone away to quite a significant extent actually which was the point of lockdown in the first place. Obviously some measures need to remain in place to stop it getting out of control and overwhelming the NHS (what this was only ever about anyway) but surely that can be done without expecting humans to live an entirely unnatural existence indefinitely.

I think having laws they can't enforce just makes the whole thing even more of a joke than it was before. How are they going to enforce this? Initially I thought one way would be if you get pregnant but hell there's always the turkey baster.

Stewpots- do what you need to do. I've taken the rules very seriously but also can't believe we got so caught up in the rules that we abandoned our humanity and allowed a 12 year old to die alone in hospital- and by alone I mean without family. See your boyfriend. Ignore those on here who see things in such a binary way. Take care of yourself x

In the spirit of driving to Barnard Castle to see if your eyes work you could say you needed to check your equipment is still working?

All my friends who don't live with parnters have been meeting up in each other's houses all along. Two houses isolating, no one else in those houses, no one going out to work, the walk or drive to the other persons house is the only 'risk' factor. Less risk that going to a pharmacy.

Yes Marie I dont have one

So meet them outside as you're allowed to do (even if they're shielding).

I have pretty much stuck to the lockdown. Not because "the government told me to" but because I have seen a friend get it (from an online delivery apparently!) and I wasn't in any way prepared for any of my family to go through that. My conscience wouldn't let me.

At this point everyone should weight up the risks, what their conscience will permit them to do and bloody well do it. I wouldn't blame anyone in the slightest for choosing to "follow their instincts"

@stewpots

Look at section 6, part d (iv). I reckon that should cover you if the police come knocking.

www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/558/regulation/2/made

(by the way, I'm not a lawyer!)

Could you have sex in the Open Air while both heavily laden with PPE?
I bet it's been tried...

@Herculesupatree no maybe not been illegal but not allowed but will it be enforced ? More likely if people have a houseful and having a party but unlikely if just two people
I was at beach at weekend ( late and quiet one ) only a few there and all were social distancing apart from one large group of 30 different families who looked like they had been there all day and no police came along to sort that , only way they would know about who is in house is if someone grasses up , would hope people would have better things to do than that if just one person visiting another

@struggling Thanks. I've pretty much decided to go and if they fine me then so be it. I would like to think that any reasonable police officer would see this as one of the exceptions but these days who knows!

@StewPots Thank you. It's really shit to have to deal with the death or serious illness of a loved in normal times and even worse at the moment. It's particularly hard since Mum died unexpectedly in December.

If I was you I would see your DP. One thing this pandemic has shown is that although there are a lot of lovely caring people there are also a very large minority of sanctimonious shits who have no empathy.

Your DP will really appreciate your support at this time.

but it's not ok for me to give some physical and mental comfort to my boyfriend

You don't need to have sex to do that.

I think they are taking our freedom definitely.