To think v few people haven't hugged their friends / families?

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Apparently hugs are back from 17 May.

Aibu to think there are very very few people who have not hugged their friends / relatives for however long since the government said we last could?

I know I have. It's absurd that any government can tell us that we aren't allowed to hug our loved ones.

I haven’t been hugging. Why on earth would you behave in a way that puts elderly parents at risk?? I’m not bothered about hugging my friends. I love spending time with them, but don’t feel the need to fling my arms round them.

I haven't hugged anyone outside my household, but then, like @scrivette I'm not a very huggy person except for DH and kids anyway. I'm sure my parents have missed hugging the kids though.

I’m with you OP. A lot of people will have already (I have now and again). My friends and family are ‘huggy’ and it is as a hard habit to break.
But still we get allll the cheesy videos of people hugging and pretending they haven’t already

Yes. I’ve been hugging, kissing, snogging, licking faces all over the place! No pandemic is going to stop me!

No. I haven’t been hugging anyone outside of my household/bubble because the SD rules are there to cut the exponential spread of a virus that has been killing thousands and leaving thousands more with long COVID and caused two lockdowns that have caused untold misery now and will cause more in the future and I want to do my bit to get things under control and as back to normal as possible.

I haven’t but then I hate being hugged so was glad of the excuse tbh.

No one other than my DH and DDs who live with me. Certainly not my father who is in his 80s. My 15 yo hugs her friends though.

I haven’t and I’m in Scotland and still not allowed to hug.

I've hugged three friends (last week, post us all having done lateral flows), my sister once at Christmas and my mum three times over the course of the year, I want to hug my dad, my grandma, my niece and my brother.

I was about to say I hadn't, then I realised I'd hugged my very elderly grandmother last year, once. I was with her when she heard that her little brother had unexpectedly died. No hugs apart from that, though.

@user1471453601

I havent. Luckily for me, my friends and family love me too much to put me at risk, I was/an cev

Well they couldn’t hug you without your permission? And if you’re vulnerable you’ll have been vaccinated now so why the drama?

I've hugged most people. And so have the majority of the people I know - even the ones that are still nervous about covid and being careful about the rules are having the occasional hug. At this point it doesn't even occur to me that I shouldn't hug someone. Earlier on in the pandemic we just asked each other if we were doing hugs before we went ahead.

For the first 5 months I saw nobody and went nowhere.
Since after last summer, I have been seeing and hugging all the people I know,who are happy to do so.

I’ve hugged my mum in March (we’re both vaccinated, doing regular lateral flow testing and it felt low risk). I hugged my 2 best friends this week - one going through hideous divorce and the other has just found out her dad is dying. Today I hugged my neighbour because we had a truly tragic incident in our road and she fell apart. I couldn’t stand two meters away providing the support she needed. I later apologised for throwing my arms round her but she was grateful. It was a very unique situation.

Sounds like I’m hugging everyone but only 4 people in a year. I’ve risk assessed and feel I’ve been sensible.

@LouLou789

We have 6 DC and 12 DGC. Didn’t hug anyone except DH for 11 months, except for one instance where our little grandson literally hurled himself at my legs and had to be gently prised off 😢 Then my eldest had a baby and “suddenly” we were in a bubble and could hug him, his wife and their kids. In the past month we have seen other family and hugged them all, but have had our vaccines.

Imagine prising a baby off?!?! You’ll probably be on here in a few years bleating about the poor kids socialisation issues

Nope, no one outside my bubble

I haven't.

My grandad gave the bestest and tightest hugs. He died of Covid with no other health problems.

I hugged my dm once last August and also yesterday. That's all. There is no one else to hug except those in my household.

@LouLou789

Why were you ''suddenly" in a bubble?

I give hugs to all who are happy to receive. I dont know anybody now who is adhering to the rules(here in Ireland at least) and by that I mean privately in homes.

We all wear masks etc in public but we go to each others houses,hang out,hug,share food
Even the people I know who act as though they are worried and 'sticking to the rules' all still break them and go where they need to and see who they want when it's a birthday..special occasion or need childcare/help with something.

Hand on heart I don't know a single person who has been sticking to the guidelines the whole way through this.

Bold of you to assume I might have hugged anyone before covid, to be honest!

Have still hugged friends and family throughout and guess what.....none of us have caught covid (that we know of)

I haven’t.

I haven’t even seen my mum or my siblings. I have kids that I hug though but they live with me.

@FluffyRabbitGal

I’m a frontline nurse who’s had a massive Covid exposure. I was so terrified of exposing my loved ones to Covid that for the first 6 months I slept in the spare room so my partner wasn’t exposed. I also haven’t seen my family in person, even outside as I was worried I would put them at risk!! Can’t wait to start hugging!!

@FluffyRabbitGal 💐

Thank you for doing what you did, you're very brave & very selfless. I really don't think we can repay frontline nurses.

I'm disgusted that you didn't all get a whacking pay rise & an acknowledgement for what you have been doing.

It's well beyond what most of us could have done 🌹

[quote ILoveIkea]@LouLou789

Why were you ''suddenly" in a bubble?[/quote]
Because they had a new baby and that made a new bubble, for people with a baby under 12 months