So there was a school Mums meetup planned, from ages ago. Local pub, finally a chance to relax and get to chat with some lovely ladies I'd only ever got to speak briefly with, at the school gates. I was alarmed at the weekend to get 4 positive lateral flow tests on the trot (we were staying with vulnerable relatives so I was testing every day).
I informed the WhatsApp groups for our class, to warn in advance. Same day I went for a PCR. Did another LFT in the evening, result was negative. Got result from PCR next morning - negative!
Fast forward 3 days - I got a message from the lady who had organised the meetup, and who was understandably concerned that I might have Covid, and be a super-spreader! I replied that I felt fine, my PCR had been negative, my most recent LFT was negative. However, if it would make her happy, I would not go to this pub meet. She readily agreed - she reckons positive LFTs are much more reliable now than negative PCRs. 
Well, I was watching all the messages on the WhatsApp group this evening and felt weirdly sad - happy people bouncing up to the group drinks, announcing their arrival, saying happy thankyous at the end. I've been quite lonely for female friends for a while, mum or otherwise. Am I being U? I think if I had gone, I'd have been judged. :(