Genuinely asking for a friend

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I think she IBU, for the record.

She wants to have her parents over for Christmas because they've previously formed a childcare support bubble. Parents pick up her son one day a week. Both families in neighbouring tier 4 boroughs.

Neither family have been isolating this last week since school finished.

Her parents are almost 80.

Guidance is utterly muddy but from what I can tell, pre existing childcare bubbles can exist over Christmas for the purpose of childcare only, where no other reasonable option exists.

So as not to drip feed, this isn't me sticking my beak in, it's family... we'd all collectively taken the decision to abandon Christmas bubble before tier 4 restrictions came in, but they seek to want to bend the rules. We will stay alone as I thought is expected of us in tier 4.

Who IBU?

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head, @NoIDontWatchLoveIsland.

I’m still miffed about my situation, though.

The 80 year olds are adults!

Let them make their own decisions

YABU mind your own business

Interesting how this is so divisive.

They're all adults I agree. Not going to interfere, but it clouds my opinion of them all, massively.

My best mate has a shift on Christmas Day at A&E on the door and will literally be turning people away unless they're on their death beds. Meanwhile one half of my family gets together and makes merry bending the rules.

asking what for a friend? she’s not asked you for advice, she’s made her decision so what’s the point of this thread other than to bitch about her decision?

They are unreasonable and should not be doing that.

However if they are providing childcare around and over the Christmas period I can see why they might choose to see each other. I dosnt sound like they're providing any childcare at the moment tho either.

'Asking for a friend'

• she genuinely doesn't understand the guidance and I think it's unclear too.

Also having a moan, yes!