To be majorly pissed off at new lockdown rules?

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Teen DD has been looking forward to Eid for weeks. She has desperately been waiting to see the rest of her family and now we've been absolutely screwed over. She cried for most of the morning on and off and I'm just so annoyed that she's entering this state of absolute desolation again because she wasn't given a chance to prepare for Eid not being on. She was okay the last time if not very bored because she knew what was happening but this time she's just absolutely gutted. AIBU to be so angry? I just feel like it's ruined our day and I've wasted a whole load of money that I won't get back on food.

I'm disgusted. And I'm so sorry for you and your DD.

@JayAlfredPrufrock we were indeed planning on inviting one other household round for a socially distanced garden party.

Thanks to all who have said Eid Mubarak.

Well, if it is all down to money lost on food, there are an awful lot of people worse off. I wouldn’t touch that argument, tbh.

Of course you're not unreasonable to be be pissed off, it's a massive disappointment.

But I agree that the lack of notice ahead of Eid was pretty disrespectful.

Imagine the outcry though if lockdown was not imposed and people were allowed to mix in large groups, spread the virus and become ill? The government would be accused of ethnic cleansing no doubt!

YANBU at all, we would be devastated too if Christmas had been cancelled at such short notice. I’m so sorry

I’ve eaten out twice and was socially distanced. As I am in shops.

And it is only in the North West. Which must be a small percentage of the total population.

It is very sad for everyone who was abiding by all the rules especially. I highly suspect though that the short notice and restrictions put in place were specifically aimed trying to limit a spike due to the EId celebrations. Keeping pubs/shops etc open whilst stopping private meetings inside and in gardens says one thing. Unfortunately, it appears that many local spikes seem to be in areas of high Asian populations, for whatever reason, so it must have seemed sensible for the government to try and limit large multi household get togetherS in these areas when they were most likely to happen.

I hope you manage some form of celebrations this weekend

@CraftyGin it’s you who appears to be making it an ‘issue’, also as an adult you are far more able to rationalise having your Easter disrupted than a teenager who has faced months of lockdown already and has now had her families celebration cancelled at short notice.
I’m not saying it’s not the right thing to do if infections are rising, but that doesn’t stop me feeling empathetic towards OP’s DD.
Eid Mubarak OP and family.

for your Dd
It's awful.

Yanbu and I'm sorry your day was ruined for your dd

We knew that we'd be locked down at Easter and could plan accordingly. Of course I was sad not to see my parents as I normally do, but I would have been much sadder had I expected to see them until a couple of hours beforehand and then had it snatched away, and I would have been mightily annoyed if I'd bought a fridge full of food that was going to be wasted. That's the position Eid celebrants are in now .

I cannot for a minute imagine that this government would introduce these rules on Christmas Eve.

If many lives were at risk, they would. In a heartbeat.

@CraftyGin I think you're being deliberately obtuse. I've mentioned several times that it has had an immense emotional impact on my children.

@JayAlfredPrufrock it doesn't matter if it's a small percentage of the population it's affecting us when it's affecting us.

Sorry, your post was about missing out on Eid, and other posters compared it to Christmas, so that's why I brought up Easter. Because we were in the strictest lockdown over Easter.

As for pubs and shops, people generally keep their distance there, and having a bug family party in a house with is not the same. I know my parties usually end with people on the sofas, the cousins all over each other and the dog and everybody in the kitchen at some stage. also, everybody using the downstairs loo. So, unless you live in Buckingham Palace social dancing is questionable.

Sorry, I think it's all done to protect the community, and I'm surprised you put what your DD wants over her safety and that of your family.

Just when I think this government can’t get any worse..!
I’m so sorry OP
Eid Mubarak from Norwich.

My 18 year old missed her birthday in April. She had no choice but to suck it up.

It’s awful, but we have to invoke some kind of wartime spirit and carry on.

My heart went out to those celebrating Eid when I heard yesterday. I can only imagine the food that's been bought, the outfits carefully chosen.

Eid Mubarak to you and your loved ones.

If the government do this to a big enough area on Christmas Eve instead of, for example, two daya earlier, there will probably be a riot.

@ChardonnaysPetDragon but we don't drink? we've never managed to have a garden party that has ended up with people in all corner's of the house and I can't imagine most people would without alcohol.

But they shouldn’t have been having big get togethers anyway surely?

So sad for your DD. Eid Mubarak to her and everyone else who will be missing family.

I've just had to cancel my trip to see my mum and dad in another country. Probably won't see them this year. It's gutting when you have something to look forward to and it's taken away.

Firstly Eid Murebek

Secondly what new rules ?

@ChardonnaysPetDragon

Sorry, your post was about missing out on Eid, and other posters compared it to Christmas, so that's why I brought up Easter. Because we were in the strictest lockdown over Easter.

As for pubs and shops, people generally keep their distance there, and having a bug family party in a house with is not the same. I know my parties usually end with people on the sofas, the cousins all over each other and the dog and everybody in the kitchen at some stage. also, everybody using the downstairs loo. So, unless you live in Buckingham Palace social dancing is questionable.

Sorry, I think it's all done to protect the community, and I'm surprised you put what your DD wants over her safety and that of your family.

But Easter wasn't cancelled at a moment's notice – the decision to tweet it at 90 minutes to midnight was disgraceful. And, generally, Easter is not an occasion where families get together to celebrate. Often people go away because of the school holidays. Whereas Eid is much more on a par with Christmas celebrations.

I'm sorry, OP. It's ridiculous how short notice they left it. Eid is hardly a small festival, you'd think they would have announced it earlier. At least when Passover happened, Jews had plenty of time to cancel.

@Jaxhog

I cannot for a minute imagine that this government would introduce these rules on Christmas Eve.

If many lives were at risk, they would. In a heartbeat.

That would mean the government didn't look at their calendars, then look at the R rate/number of cases, and consider that people might be spending time together, until the very last minute. Which, given this shit show, is probably likely.

However, this lockdown should have been planned in advance, and implemented sooner, given that the data was there.