AIBU to go out for a walk when I'm supposed to be self isolating

[whatisforteamum]

Last week we discovered someone in my household has coronavirus.
Dd is staying downstairs as she was here for one night that became 10 days.!
Apart from the usual financial hit it is a small house.
Dh has been his usual moody self and dd has been quite hostile too.
Today we were getting along with some sorting out of old school bits and memorabilia when dd started swearing at me.
I have zero tolerance for this and told her so.Then dh started on about I have a small photo of my late df in the living room while he doesn't have any of his parents.Got a bit nasty and I said I would remove it.
Understandably I'm upset trapped in my room.
It's day 8 of isolation .I live near fields I can walk in avoiding people.
I'm double jabbed with a negative lateral flow test which I've done daily.
Surely I can go for a quick walk.?

It's a legal requirements for her to stay at home www.gov.uk/government/news/new-legal-duty-to-self-isolate-comes-into-force-today

Whether people like it or not that is the case. You don't get to pick and choose which bits apply to you, it's not like optional mask wearing

Of course you can go, all this handwringing 🙄 just use your common sense

@Annoyedandirritated

Of course you can go, all this handwringing 🙄 just use your common sense

Legally she cannot.

If like you say can walk while avoiding people then go..if this was from the 16th won't be a discussion when close contact rules change..

@HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend

Is that even if it’s in your household?

I thought that was if it’s a close contact but not someone you live with?

I would go out, would maybe hang on until a little later in the day to avoid seeing anyone at all, and wouldn't touch anything, you'll be fine

@Wobblelmyheadplease but next Tuesday she won't have to isolate and she can go where she pleases even if there is covid in her house. In her situation I would use common sense and I am a rule follower usually. She needs a bit of space and walking somewhere where she won't see someone is fine. If you'd asked me a few months ago I'd have agreed with you but with the change of rules so close I'd leave my house in her situation

ffs, go for a walk.

[quote ThorIsAGod]@Wobblelmyheadplease but next Tuesday she won't have to isolate and she can go where she pleases even if there is covid in her house. In her situation I would use common sense and I am a rule follower usually. She needs a bit of space and walking somewhere where she won't see someone is fine. If you'd asked me a few months ago I'd have agreed with you but with the change of rules so close I'd leave my house in her situation [/quote]
It's not next Tuesday though is it? She's legally required to stay at home.

[quote User5827372728]@HaudYerWheeshtYaWeeBellend

Is that even if it’s in your household?

I thought that was if it’s a close contact but not someone you live with?[/quote]
It’s not in her household though?

@Demelza82

People here conflating mental health with dealing with an inconvenient situation . Work on your resilience and stay the fuck indoors.

Oh fuck off. This is one step from telling someone to ‘pull themselves together’.

Yes true but it's an arbitrary date and things are shit for her 🤷🏼‍♀️

And I’d go out for the walk.

No you're not supposed to be able to go for a walk.

I don't know why you continue to put up with your husband though.

You’re not allowed. I’m currently in a similar situation but I’m on my own with 3 Newfoundland’s I can’t walk, a toddler and my baby niece who I’m fostering. I’ve had Test and Trace phone me twice already checking im still isolating, and I’ve had a negative PCR test and numerous negative Lateral Flow ones.

Sadly it’s the only way we will start to combat it. Call it public duty

I'd totally go for a,walk if this were me

@shinynewapple21

The OP hadn't actually got Covid people! She's double vaccinated and has negative LFT and is planning walking on a field where she doesn't normally come into contact with people .

Agree. Go out.

Ignore the mad “stay the f at home” lot here. It sounds extremely low risk OP and I would have no worries about going for a short walk at a quiet time in your situation. Yes it is technically a breach of the rules and if you got caught you’d have to live with it but it doesn’t sound like there is the remotest chance that you’d give anyone corona, so morally I would have no issue.

I'd go for the walk.

It does sound really stressful but no, you shouldn't go out.

Fwiw, I'm self-isolating at the moment because dp and I were both pinged by the app. We're both double jabbed and have no symptoms. We looked at the settings on the app, found the date of the possible contact, realised that we'd each seen our mums since then so did lateral flow tests which were negative. I'm 99% sure that neither of us has covid.

But there's still that tiny possibility so I won't break self isolation.

You haven't just been pinged by the app; you actually have someone in your household who has coronavirus. Of course you can't go out and risk passing it on to other people.

I’d go for a walk if you won’t meet anyone.

This has been a huge eye opener for me.
I'm currently seeking support from my services.
I am a rule follower with dreadful anxiety so staying home has been easy in the past as I didn't go out before.
You are right though rules are rules.
Strange how I can go anywhere even work on the 16th but for now my room it is then.

@AttaGirrrrl it is in her household, it’s literally in the OP.

This is different to just being pinged or whatever. There’s Covid in the house.

Hasn't a certain fair haired man travelled to Scotland instead of self isolating?
Get thyself out op.

TRACK AND TRACE TOLD ME I COULD NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE.

TRACK AND TRACE KNOW WHERE YOUR PARCEL IS. IT'S TEST AND TRACE.

If we're being condescending and shouting...