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

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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)

Quite high risk of transmission I think this is reasonable

Really! How do you know the risk is high? You could have a non cohabiting couple both working from home and getting food delivered, not seeing anyone else etc and you could have a cohabiting couple both working out of the home maybe on the front line using public transport and mixing with others.Which couple are more likely to be spreading the virus?

There is not a chance in hell I'd be adhering to this if I were in a non cohabiting couple, I can't believe people are accepting this.

Isn’t this just about the law being amended to make the person admitting others to home equally liable for a breach of Covid regulations. This is probably needed to stop people throwing house parties.

I sympathise with people who can’t be with their loved one in private. It’s a bit of a casualty of the government needing to stop large extended family gatherings and parties. These were known to be super spreading events.

How a law can be framed to allow couples some alone time is impossible without breaching privacy rights. The press aren’t helping here by trivialising it and will no doubt be running around trying to out the affairs of famous people in the name of public interest.

@Sparklingbrook. They say Alexa listens to everything.

@StewPots sounds like you both live alone. Can't he move into yours once he's back? You're allowed to combine households as long as its "permanent" but they only really mean until this is over.

Like anyone is going to take any notice of this shit and any further shit that comes from the government.

Get shagging England!!!!

Sex Lives Matter!!!!

Needless to say, the SI makes no mention of sexual intercourse and it is only the press that have adopted this as an attention-grabbing headline. For what it’s worth, it also effectively bans arm-wrestling, playing chess, and squeezing someone else’s zits inside their home, but that’s not as headline-grabbing, is it

Have you ever read "It's illegal to tie an allegator to a lamppost" - basically a really specific interpretation of laws - which makes it illlegal to do certain things

I despise the way large parts of our media sensationalise and twist facts to get an attention-grabbing headline.
But as long as there are people who fall for it, repeat it, revel in it and lack the capacity or inclination to see it for the bullshit it is - it’s the media we will continue to get.

Is this true

Just have sex outside, sorted

@Jennifer2r

Its fun to try and paint us single people who live alone as being grubby and sex mad. Honestly if you have never gone 3 months in your adult life without touching another person, not a hug, not a friendly pat on the arm, not a handshake, not a cuddle, you won't have any idea how hard it can be. I feel ill from it.

Try shielding. I live with my husband but can't do any of those things.

@gamerchick

Gotta love the press.

Shit stirring bastards, but it wouldn’t work without the terminally stupid believing all the bollocks they put out there.

@PhilCornwall1

Like anyone is going to take any notice of this shit and any further shit that comes from the government.

Get shagging England!!!!

Sex Lives Matter!!!!

That’s incredibly bad taste.

I'd rather the police just concentrate on fining those who have sex in public, irrespective of whether they are from separate households, I mean who wants to see and hear that?

The proposed change makes it illegal to spend time inside a house that is not part of your household apart from visiting the toilet or carrying out work (e.g. plumbers).

Yes that ultimately means you can't have sex with someone outside your household but that isn't the aim of the law, that is the sensationalism of the press you are reading.

Exactly - baking bread with someone indoors inside someone else’s household is also outside the rules and is playing scrabble. Or watching television. Or fucking

This has always been the guidance it's just that they've made it law.

DS hasn't seen his GF in person since mid March and no prospect of them even being allowed to hold hands for month and months to come.

He's declined the opportunity to meet and stand 2 meters apart as that would make them feel worse so they've managed with hours and hours of video calls.

I appreciate it's difficult but you either need to form one household or behave yourself. I'd offer a third option. properly self isolate in both homes so meet up but otherwise don't mix with other folk.

For all those people dismissing it as being about sexual gratification, it really isn't.
Would you really be okay with being completely on your own for months on end without ever getting a hug or touch from another human being?
Or only having an in-person conversation with another adult by prior arrangement and in a public place while being two metres apart?
Most of us, myself included, are following the rules, but it's damned hard spending so long completely alone.
I'm not saying it can't be done or that it shouldn't but I'm willing to bet most of the people casually dismissing this as not a big deal aren't the ones who are alone.

For all the people saying, it's the law. At what point will it be too much? Too high a price? This isn't just about sex. Although I definitely agree touch from lovers and loved ones is important. The virus isn't going anywhere soon if at all. What law will they pass that will be too much? I'm not in England, but I'm curious. Denmark is easing lockdown but even when it was full on, there were only recommendations. This seems a lot.

I honestly can't believe anyone in a serious relationship would ever follow this rule.

And rightly so that's should have added. Social distance from your own partner. Sure.

There is coronavirus legislation here, to be clear, but not this strict. It seems unenforceable.