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)

This is a gross infringement and in my view a completely disproportionate response to the threat of the virus

God, I couldn’t agree more.

I'm saying aspects of relationships can be done via zoom. If it matters that much to be physically present surely most people would have already moved in together.

If it matters that much to be physically present surely most people would have already moved in together.

Many posters have stated why they couldn't.
"Hi boys, this is your new step mummy. She lives here now."
Clueless.

Sure, makes it harder to live together to "try it out", you need to be more confident it would work but lots of people do have step parents live with them you realise?

"we" was referring to people that personal sacrifice is for other people. That is a cummingsian viewpoint.

@Floatyboat
Once again being goady.
No. I won't force myself as a step parent on a couple of boys that are reeling from the divorce of their mum and dad without building a relationship with them first.
I can't believe you suggested it.

Not fair to children to be forced to live with someone they may only have been briefly introduced to. You really do seems ignorant of situations outside your own. I second the calls of howdy.

*howdy not howdy

I hate auto correct. Goady. Goady. Argh.

@SudokuBook

I agree *@Overrunwithlego* with your post. The effect that you can’t have anyone in your home may be the same as before but the legal basis is now different. I think a law that criminalises people consensually going into other people’s houses is an absolute outrage. To the people who think this is OK - wake up for gods sake. It’s not about “Karen getting her fanny seeing to” or “the rules apply to everyone” but this is a gross infringement and in my view a completely disproportionate response to the threat of the virus.

You can see how totalitarian regimes get to take hold when people are so blind to things like this and just willingly give up their freedoms. For the sake of a virus that is hardly that lethal and that the government are only forced to give 2 shits about due to the exponential growth.

But do continue to see this fundamental removal of the rights and freedoms we have held for hundreds of years as someone just moaning as they are gagging for a shag.

@SudokuBook

Why is preventing people from going into another’s house any worse than being prevented from leaving your own house?

And given that the amendment to the SI being discussed here actually revokes a large swathe of restrictions, as the government said they would when they implemented them, I think your hyperbolic rant about totalitarian regimes and fundamental removal of rights and freedoms is perhaps a tad misplaced.

Why is preventing people from going into another’s house any worse than being prevented from leaving your own house?

Exactly. This is a strange thread. Obviously it's an infringement of liberty and obviously it would be nice if we could do what we want but unfortunately coronavirus happened.

I think people are starting to realise that outside is safer than inside. Any muddling of that message would be potentially disastrous.

Also, if it's not about sex why have sex in the titled?

Sex is in the title Because it gets 500 responses instead of 70 from the equivalent thread without sex in the title. 🙂

I think it is ridiculous to stop couples having sex..... not viable and not reasonable....

.... and I am saying that while being incredibly blessed to live with my partner and get pleasured plenty. 🙂 Our only restraint is being permanently in the same house as DD..... takes inventiveness and late nights! (When oh when will she fall asleep?) 😂😂🤣

Well you're meant to stay 2m from people from different households. You cant have sex from 2m away so why would that it be the case?

You have to stay 2m away unless you're shagging?

Can we make it illegal for partners who are living together to not have sex - suits me! ha ha

@Nottherealslimshady

There is no law you have to be 2m away. People can perfectly legal have sex in a private outdoor space. This issue is really getting exaggerated into a more serious issue than it is.

Erm, I think people can reasonably not be keen on the idea of outdoor shagging for more reasons than legality.

@Floatyboat. You're correct - it's actually getting silly now. I saw Piers Morgan this morning (looked like he was gonna have a heart attack with his carrying on) going on an on at some tory MP about this new ' rule'. Seriously it was pathetic and cringe to watch.

Maybe just people have too much time on their hands at the moment?

Social distancing isnwhatbwe have to abide by. If that means keeping it in your pants for a while then so be it. People went 5 or 6 years without during the war.

The issue actually is society and MNs view of non-cohabiting couples as not properly committed or serious as couples who live together.

I do live with my husband now but for a few years he was in Africa and I was in Belgium so we lived apart and met up when we flew back to the UK. We were still married. We were still committed and our relationship was still important.

People in relationships live apart for many reasons: because they have children; because they like their own space;because of work commitments. It doesn't take a lot of imagination to think of a situation where this might apply, surely?

There are a lot of narrow minded people on here sometimes.

Isn’t this a polite way to say that it’s sex workers that will be fined? How the hell would the police know who is having sex with who? and where?

People went 5 or 6 years without during the war.

Ha! They really didn't