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Original poster

To be surprised they are doing this?

165 replies

MiaMarshmallows · 21/11/2020 13:05

Or am I missing something?
As with me, my friend lives away from her new DP. They spent the first lockdown together but she travelled home when the new lockdown came into force. She lives about an hour away.
Today, she is posting on FB with her partner, a photo of them both in the kitchen making Christmas cake.
None of them are single households and it was definitely taken today.

OP posts:
RichardMarxisinnocent · 21/11/2020 13:11

They aren't single households or they aren't single adult households?

OverTheRainbow88 · 21/11/2020 13:12

None of your business

Who cares

Move on

VladmirsPoutine · 21/11/2020 13:13

Maybe they're in eachother's bubbles?

NoWordForFluffy · 21/11/2020 13:15

@OverTheRainbow88

None of your business

Who cares

Move on

This.

The Covid police are so tedious.

Meepmeeep · 21/11/2020 13:16

You should probably call 999 urgently and report, report, report.

Original poster
MiaMarshmallows · 21/11/2020 13:17

Just curious that's all.
If they live with other adults which they do then I didn't think they were meant to mix with other households

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CrotchBurn · 21/11/2020 13:19

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GooseWhiskers · 21/11/2020 13:23

They’re not meant to mix, that’s not something that requires “opinions”.

People have started deciding on their own risks for a variety of reasons - MH, lockdown fatigue, not bothered/totally aware of risks etc etc

I’ve started to just leave people to it, I find it wastes too much of my energy to care and if I’m distancing and following the rules then it doesn’t affect me (I know this is an unpopular opinion!)

draughtycatflap · 21/11/2020 13:25

I’d report them just for making Christmas cake. So passé.

Biancadelrioisback · 21/11/2020 13:25

Oh for goodness sake.
No she technically isnt allowed to do that but please don't waste your precious life worrying or fretting about what others are doing when it has no impact on you whatsoever.

AWiseWomanOnceSaidFuckThisShit · 21/11/2020 13:28

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sophandbridge · 21/11/2020 13:28

@MiaMarshmallows

Or am I missing something? As with me, my friend lives away from her new DP. They spent the first lockdown together but she travelled home when the new lockdown came into force. She lives about an hour away. Today, she is posting on FB with her partner, a photo of them both in the kitchen making Christmas cake. None of them are single households and it was definitely taken today.
Yes, you are missing something - this is none of your business. You don't know what arrangements they have made.
SaveWaterDrinkGin · 21/11/2020 13:30

Just curious that's all

Curious enough to post on the internet about it...

Not your circus, not your monkeys. Mind your own business.

SavoyCabbage · 21/11/2020 13:30

'Just curious'.

I don't think you are curious. I think you know that they have broken the lockdown rules and are now flaunting their lawfulness. You could summon a policeman.

I'm equally horrified. November 21st is far too late to make their Christmas cake.

Calmandmeasured1 · 21/11/2020 13:36

Yes, you are missing something - this is none of your business. You don't know what arrangements they have made.
Well, the OP does know that neither of them are single adult households so aren't allowed to mix indoors with other households. It is actually everyone's business because it is actions like this that will spread the virus and lead to lengthier restrictions for the rest of us.

UsernameRebooted · 21/11/2020 13:37

@GooseWhiskers

They’re not meant to mix, that’s not something that requires “opinions”.

People have started deciding on their own risks for a variety of reasons - MH, lockdown fatigue, not bothered/totally aware of risks etc etc

I’ve started to just leave people to it, I find it wastes too much of my energy to care and if I’m distancing and following the rules then it doesn’t affect me (I know this is an unpopular opinion!)

My DD came round yesterday to drop something off for a birthday.

I invited her in- against the rules (actually it isn't as she is also an employee and it is the registered premises but that's a technicality)

All of her household and all of ours have tested positive for covid in the last 7 weeks (only 5 adults in total).

There needs to be some realism in the rules

UsernameRebooted · 21/11/2020 13:38

@draughtycatflap

I’d report them just for making Christmas cake. So passé.
Cut out the cake- drink the brandy and sherry directly instead Don't feed the cake brandy everyday- feed yourself.
SilverOtter · 21/11/2020 13:39

🥱

Bluntness100 · 21/11/2020 13:41

Oh my op. Cringing for you.

WilsonMilson · 21/11/2020 13:44

One of the many things I hate about covid is what it’s done to people. It’s come to a sorry state of humanity when we are now judging partners being together and making a Christmas cake together.

SonjaMorgan · 21/11/2020 13:50

I always wonder if people have always been this bitter and nasty or if covid has made people this way. Your "friend" is visiting a partner and making a Christmas cake. I think that sounds lovely.

AuntieMarys · 21/11/2020 13:51

Keep your nose out.

LaceyBetty · 21/11/2020 13:52

I love the faux surprise in these posts - the wide-eyed pretend naïveté. So funny.

DappledThings · 21/11/2020 13:53

Just curious that's all.
No you're not. You're interferring and judging. I don't buy the faux naive "curious" for a second.

Whatsonmymindgrapes · 21/11/2020 13:54

Have you alerted the church elders?