Would you see a partner you don’t live with?

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I think I know the answer to this one but just to canvass opinion. I’m divorced from my kids’ dad, they see him every other weekend. I’m in a fairly new (since last autumn) relationship but it’s moved v slowly as I can only see him maximum twice a month when the kids are with their dad. They’ve just gone and I was planning to see boyfriend tomorrow. Last saw him two weeks ago when things Corona-related weren’t quite so dire.

Obvs I’m a single parent trying to work from home, my own 70plus parents are self isolating and I’m doing their shopping, and I’m also helping an elderly neighbour. I feel 100 per cent healthy and so does he and considering I’ve been shopping and to the bank (for my mum) etc today in a way I can’t see why seeing my boyfriend is any different...

But I know the advice is probably that I shouldn’t. WWYD?

I have a partner I don't live with. I will continue to see him once a week although this week he has a cold so giving it a miss.

Thanks Ruth that’s not what I was expecting actually, thought ppl would say no! I’m so desperate to see him... don’t want to be irresponsible and we certainly won’t go anywhere. I don’t see how this is different to standing next to someone in the Tesco queue given how catching this virus is...

I've been with my boyfriend for 3 years. We don't live together. I am not seeing him for the foreseeable future.

You catch it from someone in Tescos, you see your boyfriend, he catches it, he passes it onto someone else.... that’s how it spreads.
That’s not a dig btw, I appreciate it’ll be depressing for you not to see each other.

I think I won’t.

Just hope I can keep him interested. It’s been three years since my marriage ended and this is the first ‘relationship’ I’ve had!!

I’m not seeing my gentleman friend as I am a single parent with elderly parents. He is working as normal and has been going to the gym etc and I’m just not comfortable with it, as hard as it is to not see each other.

My fiance and I live apart (80 miles) we have been together 5 years. The only reason we don't live together yet is because of our youngest children and their schools etc but we were planning to start looking at houses after our summer holiday (ahem!) He has said we should still see each other, we are both still working but have cut all other socialising out, so in his head we are just working and going home (albeit to either or house in the evening). We are not seeing friends at all now, literally just work and each other. we see each other 1 night during the week and every other weekend. We will not be leaving whichever house apart from to go shopping or to work

The way I am looking at it is that we self isolate with all the people the people we are in contact with are in contact with.

So my daughter desperately wants to play with her friend across the road but that effectively means we would be self isolating with the Childs family who are still out and about a lot, who are teenagers seeing their boyfriends still etc.

self isolation doesn't work unless we cut these physical times sadly.

In your situation I would be tempted OP - just being honest about that. But we do need to Buckle down for a while I think