To be appalled that someone i would call a neighbour..

[loopyapp]

.. Has reported my immediate neighbour to the police .. For a small gathering following her mother's funeral??

She died very suddenly. I wont give details as it is very outing for the family.

I just cannot fathom how utterly self righteous you have to be to do that to someone on the day of her mother's funeral.

Add to which she has to live here now not knowing which of her neighbours did something so cruel.

My friend had covid a few days after a family funeral in autumn and whether she caught it at the funeral or already had it nearly everyone who attended the wake caught it . I think the rules are strict for a reason but it does seem brutal.

I’m in the “it takes a special sort of arsehole to report a funeral” camp. If that makes me scum I’ll live with that.

So they are not ‘girls’. They are adult women in their 20’s?.

This sort of analysis pathetic nit picking doesn’t make you look clever. It’s not a “gotcha”. Who cares if they were 17 or 23?! Young adults who have lost a parent need and deserve to be comforted. The idea that we would allow someone to bury their mother and not permit them to grieve with the rest of their close family for a few hours is horrific.

What is the point in living such a small life?!

@Oooohbehave

I always wondered where all these curtain twitching losers are that report thier neighbours to the police for virtually nothing. Turns out they're all on mumsnet judging by some of the posts on here.

Or on the net spewing 'Close all the borders NOW! No flights in or out! Lockdown means lockdown.'

Fucking awful to report your neighbours.

The virus can’t count. So what if it’s 8 people rather than 6 in these circumstances? In reality the rule should be something like “around 6 is allowed, but not if you’re over 60 or have asthma or are obese, in which case it should be less, but if you and your household are under 30, healthy and all WFH then having a few more is probably fine, but if 6 mourners are from 6 different households then that probably shouldn’t be allowed, though if someone has MH issues we probably need to let you go, no idea what we do if you’re over 60, go out to work, but have MH issues and live alone....”

@PegasusReturns

I’m in the “it takes a special sort of arsehole to report a funeral” camp. If that makes me scum I’ll live with that.

So they are not ‘girls’. They are adult women in their 20’s?.

This sort of analysis pathetic nit picking doesn’t make you look clever. It’s not a “gotcha”. Who cares if they were 17 or 23?! Young adults who have lost a parent need and deserve to be comforted. The idea that we would allow someone to bury their mother and not permit them to grieve with the rest of their close family for a few hours is horrific.

What is the point in living such a small life?!

My point was that they are not children (and it always pisses me off a little but to hear adult women referred to as 'girls').

I lost a parent in my early 20's and yes it is shit thanks. If course they deserve to be comforted but does it really need to be in a group of more than 6 given the circumstances? People have caught covid from funerals/wakes.

As I said, I wouldn't have reported them but I can understand why someone might, particularly if they had lost someone and followed the rules. We don't really know how many were in there do we?

I can’t wait until this bullshit is over and the curtain twitchers have to find something else to do. I’m sure that they get a kind of sexual gratification from reporting people.

@Donotfeedthebears

I can’t wait until this bullshit is over and the curtain twitchers have to find something else to do. I’m sure that they get a kind of sexual gratification from reporting people.

Totally!

I didn't realise 6 people could gather indoors after a funeral.

They can’t here (Wales). Perhaps they can in England.

I think its awful to report this but on the other hand I do think the rules are necessary.

I am in NI and there have been a number of deaths (wakes really) in the last three months that have led to covid spikes. In fact I know of one family where the mum died, they held a wake where a number of family members got covid, and the dad was buried a month later having died from it. One of my friends and almost 30 other family members got covid at a family wake. Its a horrible situation for families who need support.