We're are in SE London so Tier 4. I have 2 DC age 7 and 5. They are completely sick of playing in the house/ the garden and I'm trying so hard to keep them entertained/ not have a rubbish xmas.
So we live a 15 minute walk from a local common. You can take a short cut through a dingy underpass to get there or you can go the long way (20 mins) through the high street. Yesterday, I took the kids to the common to run around and we walked home the long way, looking at the xmas lights and got some hot chocolate for them on the cold walk home.
Got home and DH is livid. He says I've risked the kids by walking through the high street (it wasnt packed but not deserted either) and by getting the hot chocolate. He doesn't want me to take them out again, unless we drive to a green space and come straight back. His argument is whilst it might not be against the guidelines, it is morally wrong of me as I know the kids were in school and we've been out unnecessarily.
I'm so gutted at the prospect of losing even tiny treats like a walk to look at the lights. Today I was planning to take the kids on an advent windows walk but now I'm second guessing what to do. I do agree with him that we should use common sense not stick to guidelines but in my head this was a harmless xmas treat whereas he thinks I'm exploiting loopholes to go out selfishly.