To let my parents into my house

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Seeing as next weekend it’s officially allowed will 6 days make all the difference? They haven’t been inside since Mother’s Day the day before official lockdown and it’s chucking it down here today so don’t want them stood on my drive getting soaked. My dsis thinks I’m out of order but she would say that seeing as she’s a SP and has been able to have our DP in her house for the last couple of weeks. AIBU?

None of my neighbours have followed the lockdown. They've all had people coming and going inside their houses as normal from March. It's been interesting reading these threads were some people follow the rules to the dot and others completely flout them and do whatever they want. I guess that's life. Not sure why you're coming on here OP you either follow the current rules or you don't.

Why not?
The rules are utter crap.
You can travel to barnyard castle for an eye test and childcare emergencies. Why not have your mum inside? 🤷‍♀️

Meanwhile in the real world....

Leicester is threatened by a lockdown, but hey ho...

It won't make it any safer next week, or less safe this week, just because the government says so, but according to gov.uk:

"1.5 What is a criminal offence?

It is a criminal offence to:

meet indoors with anyone who is not a member of your household or, from 13 June, your support bubble, except for specific exceptions set out in law"

So if that worries you, don't do it.

Given the amount of marches, protests and raves, it wouldn't worry me at all to have my parents in.

Eh? It's allowed now isn't it? My mum has just been to ours.

Put up an eye test chart and it will be fine

@chocolatesaltyballs22

Eh? It's allowed now isn't it? My mum has just been to ours.

If you Mum is in a single adult household in England, yes, but the OP says parents so presumably bubbles don't apply.

My parents have been in mine.

Im travelling 2 hours 2 days early to London this week to stay with family, I hope they let me in!!

Surely the risk will be higher next week after people start mixing more.

Surely the risk will be higher next week after people start mixing more.
More than what ?

Half a million people on Bournemouth beach from as far afield as Newcastle last week .....

People are mixing in HUGE numbers already

testing their eyes I presume

@WhatWouldDominicDo

I get what you’re saying but will any of us be less of a risk in 6 days time?

I would assume yes, and that's why they didn't make the change effective from an earlier date.

Well Dominic would let them in I'm sure

What a time to be alive, when it is illegal to visit someone at home.

Let them in OP, life is far too short for this appalling stamping all over our liberties

life is far too short for this appalling stamping all over our liberties

I wish people could stop being so childish about it, you are not being scolded, there's an actual pandemic out there.

I wish people could stop being so childish about it, you are not being scolded, there's an actual pandemic out there.
10,000 people in the UK die every week pandemic or no pandemic.
Life is for living

10,000 people in the UK die every week pandemic or no pandemic.

so what? Shall we just close all hospital and health care system and not bother with anything as people die anyway? Would save a fair amount on taxes which I would happily spend on my next holiday

Sensible precautions are one thing

• do not visit if ill
• wash hands
• do not share food

But as none of the predicted peaks have yet happened the disease is clearly low risk to the young and mobile

the older and frailer should have been properly protected by

• quarantining
• test track and trace

but they were not