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Have you cancelled/scaled down plans because of Omnicron?

105 replies

hopingforabrighterfuture2021 · 20/12/2021 12:10

Just wondering what the general consensus is. Since the numbers started going crazy, have you cancelled or scaled back plans or carried on exactly as you had planned?

YABU- haven’t cancelled a thing.
YANBU- have cancelled or scaled back some stuff.

Ugghhhh. It all feels very Christmas 2020.

Sending unmumsnetty hugs to anyone struggling. Flowers

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SusanHalf · 20/12/2021 13:51

Due at my sisters on Thursday for Christmas, since the kids finished school last week we haven’t left the house. Just hoping we can still go, I’m struggling and I need my sister.

generalh · 20/12/2021 13:56

I haven't but my plans are between Christmas and New Year's Eve. I am waiting with bated breath to see if I can visit my son who has been on deployment for 7 months.

hivemindneeded · 20/12/2021 13:58

No. I've cancelled nothing. I'm triple jabbed, so is DH, so is the elderly relative some toi stay with us. Our DC are double jabbed.

We have a small party tonight - mainly outside around a fire pit, wth food in a well ventilated room.

DC are both going on group holidays for NYE - one abroad and one to a house party in UK. I've met friends for lunch and still have tickets for a gig in New Year which I sincerely hope won't be cancelled. (Two pre-Christmas gigs were.)

We are doing LFTs before socialising, wearing masks whenever we are out and using First defence and hand sanitiser because these are all common sense to minimise risk. But I can't see the point of cancelling life all over again now everyone is vaccinated. We need to learn to live with the virus not keep trying to hide from it.

99victoria · 20/12/2021 14:04

We haven't cancelled anything. Went to the theatre twice last week and had 2 christmas dinners this weekend (one a brunch with 4 of us, the second a dinner with drinks - 9 of us). We're taking the grandchildren to the theatre tomorrow afternoon and then on Thursday we're going up to London for our anniversary. Going to Carols at the RAH then dinner.

Think everything could be shut down soon, so making the most of it while we can

Blossomtoes · 20/12/2021 14:08

We haven’t cancelled a thing. We’re triple vaccinated and test before we meet anyone. I’ve had enough.

RancidOldHag · 20/12/2021 14:19

We need to learn to live with the virus

Agree -you do realise that this slogan actually means 'accepting life is different now and learning to live with the differences' (things like periods of anti-transmission measures when there's a new variant in town). It doesn't mean 'carry on as if it didn't exist'

Plantsandpuddlesuits · 20/12/2021 14:19

Still carrying on as normal here although we didn't have many plans anyway! Children and husband still at work and school until the 23rd anyway. We are seeing the in-laws indoors on Christmas Eve, will be just us and the children Christmas day, seeing other family outdoors between Christmas and New year. Nothing booked specific etc so very low key anyway

galacticpixels · 20/12/2021 14:25

We had no big Christmas plans anyway. Just seeing immediate family, which we'll still do. We have cancelled social events in the week leading up to Christmas though, because 1) we don't want to be isolating over Christmas and 2) not everyone in the family has gotten their booster yet.

A family member ended up in ICU after Christmas socialising last year, so we don't want any repeats of that. Certainly wasn't worth it.

Wejustdontknow · 20/12/2021 14:36

We went to a family members christening and party yesterday, just had my dad and his wife round to exchange gifts. I am now working from tomorrow until Christmas Eve in a supermarket. We have Christmas Day at home with in laws visiting in the morning to exchange gifts. Boxing Day at my mums with sister and family, brother and grandma then 27th at in laws with sister in law and partner. No plans to cancel any of it, as me and dp are both working this week youngest ds will be spending time each day with either in laws or my mum and 3 of the days me and my mum will be at work together anyway since we work closely in the same department.
We don’t have any plans with the wider public this week so it’s only immediate family we will be mixing with apart from me at work, we are all double or triple jabbed, no health concerns and all wanting to see each other regardless of the risk

Whoopsies · 20/12/2021 14:44

I changed my plans, instead of waiting to come to my parents just before Christmas I have already arrived!! I didn't want to risk us not being able to come! We; myself, DH, kids and parents have all just had covid so pretty safe and we aren't going anyway or doing much now we are here so feels a safe choice!

Receptionclass · 20/12/2021 14:48

No we are carrying on regardless. A work lunch was cancelled by our manager because of the risks involved and the bad example it sets.

LittleRoundRobin · 20/12/2021 14:48

Sadly yes. Was going to a big shindig at a pub 15 minutes walk away on New Years Eve. (Big buffet/disco from 8pm til 1am.) Got my outfit for it and was really looking forward to it. So was DH.

5 days ago, they put on the facebook page that you now need to show a negative covid test before you can enter the pub. Last night they said it's very likely it will be cancelled now. They will let people know for sure by Wednesday. In addition, 5 people in my area (within 1000 yards) have Omicron.

I CBA to go to the pub now, and will be staying in with DH, watching Trading Places, supping port, and feasting on a buffet we will make/prepare in the afternoon. My two adult children are also staying now. Just watching a film, and get slowly sozzled with their partner(s) on New Year's Eve now, and have cancelled plans for 2 other parties. They live 13-15 miles from us, but only a mile or two from each other.

We are seeing them before Christmas though. They are coming to ours (all 4, both our adult DC, and their partners) on the 23rd of December, and we are having a big Indian takeaway. We will swap gifts then too. Then we are planning on seeing them in mid January after that.

LittleRoundRobin · 20/12/2021 14:52

My 2 adult children are staying IN now I mean (at their own homes) (

On New Years Eve)

Chasingaftermidnight · 20/12/2021 14:55

I have cancelled loads of stuff, but I am 36 weeks pregnant.

sparklytriceratops · 20/12/2021 14:58

Cancelled everything. Were in tier 4 last year so found out at the last minute we couldn't see my family.

Having had two children since the start of the first lockdown who have barely seen their grandparents, there is no way I'm risking catching covid now.

Pulled them both out of nursery this week and essentially staying in the house. It's just far too infectious to risk it.

rrhuth · 20/12/2021 14:58

Yes we have scaled back.

In every wave I have scaled things back two weeks ahead of the government because they are useless corrupt lying twats always late. I haven't completely locked down or anything, but not doing what we would have done if Omicron had not emerged.

Chely · 20/12/2021 15:02

Not cancelled owt because we didn't plan much in the 1st place, the shit was always going to hit the fan.

Lovemusic33 · 20/12/2021 15:03

Yes, mainly because some family members have just tested positive and others are isolating due to travel restrictions coming in and out of the uk. We are now staying home.

ShortDaze · 20/12/2021 15:05

I haven’t, this time. I have chosen letting the DC socialise and have fun while they can (before we lock down) over seeing grandparents at Christmas. I feel pretty shitty about it, tbh, but they have missed so much that I can’t bear to take a sleepover or a bowling trip away from them - I’d rather risk Omicron for me and DH.

Volterra · 20/12/2021 15:08

Our Christmas dinner on Wednesday with DD and her partner and Dad plus his partner has just gone out the window as DD’s housemate has tested positive. She is currently negative but we can’t risk her being around Dad who is 84 and COPD.

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hopingforabrighterfuture2021 · 20/12/2021 15:17

Lots of mixed responses, as expected.

So hard. Flowers to all who are now isolating because of covid and/or are unable to see family.

We have cancelled pretty much everything in the hope that we will be able to go ahead with seeing our family (one very vulnerable) after not seeing them last year. Curve ball
Is I was so worried about covid I didn’t see what I think was norovirus coming. Sad We are still just under a week from seeing them so hoping we’ll be ok.

Also waiting to see what the result of this cobra meeting is this afternoon… Confused

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hopingforabrighterfuture2021 · 20/12/2021 15:18

I should also say that we were lucky to have booked a few things in early December, which we went to. Just everything recently we’ve cancelled which is a huge shame for the kids but in the scheme of things it’s not too bad.

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Idontbelieveit14 · 20/12/2021 15:25

Not really as we didn’t have any grand plans. We only see my mum anyway. The only thing I guess is that I was going to book a panto but don’t want to sit in a room full of strangers right now

Squirrelblanket · 20/12/2021 15:51

We were planning to go away for a few days in between Christmas and New Year which we've now cancelled. This is mainly because we're concerned that they are going to introduce more stupid rules very soon which would have spoiled our plans rather than us being afraid of the virus.

Fireworksatforty · 20/12/2021 15:52

Nope. No intention of changing anything.