DH wants to invite people to stay in our garden

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DH wants to invite colleagues & kids who live in London to camp in our rural garden.
We supply the tent, bedding, food for their visit. They use separate bathroom but will inevitably end up in downstairs of house.

YABU yes they should stay, share the local beaches, no danger, socially acceptable.
YANBU crazy idea, the kids havent seen their friends & family and you want us to host a work colleague

This is totally against the law so no.

He’s a twat that just wants to act ‘the big I am’, in front of his workmates, otherwise his first thought would be of friends and relatives. You know there’s a risk for this to go wrong and they will end up breaking the rules.

What happens when the heavens open?
All into yours?
Daft idea.

Inviting people from the most infected area in the UK doesn’t seem like a great idea 🙄! Have they had Coronavirus or are they just planning on bringing it with them? What are your local numbers like? Pretty fucking irresponsible IMO & even if you are rural still likely to end up reported (rightly so). Also just now, as we are about to embark on the ‘Cummings wave’ is mind boggling - what’s the ICU provision like where you live?

Which part of ‘no overnight stays‘ does your husband not understand?

Is this his own idea entirely or a suggestion (or heavy hint) from the intended guests? Either way, it's a bad idea. I wouldn't.

So he wants to turn your garden into a mini campsite nah that's really daft.

Suggest a porta potty and some wet wipes for the wild camping experience you can't have randomers traipsing into your bathroom and who is going to handle the bedding once they have left are they going to be washed and dried for the next campers

I think the weather forecast is your ally here; apparently, it might be verging on chilly where I live by the weekend. I notice he uses the pronoun "we"......I suggest you substitute "you" when mentioning the practicalities, as in, "if you wish to make a grand gesture, crack on, but I have enough to do already. After that, stick to "That's nice", Mrs Brown style.

Does he have other Big Man tendencies?

Tell him to crack on if he wants - but don't you lift a finger.

He can do the all hosting, feeding and watering and fetching and carrying.

You know he has already probably agreed this with his colleague right?

Billy big balls showing off.

Agree use the weather as an excuse - it’s going to be 10 degrees colder and raining across most the U.K. for the foreseeable

Feck that.

As a Londoner I wouldn't travel anywhere at the moment, let alone stay with people (albeit in a garden!)

This is wrong for so many reasons.

Cheeky fecker!

No.

No need to use the weather as an excuse....the law should be enough. And as someone else pointed out, they're coming from the most infected area of the uk.

Yeah this has been mentioned and agreed on he is just angling for your agreement and when you say no it will be "the wife's " fault.

Well it’s against the law so it’s a no from me.

Obviously daft.

We supply the tent, bedding, food for their visit.

No, this is very much against the rules.

He hasn't thought this through at all.

I am so not a rule follower in general and believe that we really are better doing our own risk assessments including possible repercussions (medical and legal).

I have had friends in my house (lounge with over 2m wide open door and am intending staying with my emotionally vulnerable daughter next weekend.

I still think this is a very bad idea. I don't agree with a pp that London is now the most infected area but you would be bringing a number of unrelated households together without knowing how well they have protected themselves over the past couple of months.

Can you imagine the contact tracing if one did manage to contract CV19. Very bad idea I think - even though I agree the risk is small it's not negligable.

He knows it's illegal, right?

I think this is mad for so many different reasons. He first genuinely suggested it about six weeks ago!
I get that we are not all in this together and in terms of lockdown we have been very fortunate here in terms of health, location, kids ages, etc. I feel so sad for this family, wfh, small flat, small children but I'm not sure inviting them here is fair on us or our community.

I live near the coast and I have had a couple of people suggest they camp in my large garden!

I think some people are looking at anyway possible to get away for a break so they might have approached him and he stupidly thought it was a good idea

I disagree about using the weather as an excuse. That’s just storing up the argument for another time when the weather improves.

It’s illegal and was specifically mentioned as a ‘no’ when the question was asked at the Daily Briefing where the current easing was announced.