When to see family again?

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When do you think we will be able to see family again? Go into each others homes etc.
My dc are desperately missing grandparents and the other way round. They have been speaking on the phone daily and a quick wave through the window now and again. They usually see them around 3 x a week before all this.
Do you think this will be 1 of the 1st restrictions to be lifted ?

If it’s age dependent, it makes a mockery of all the “end loneliness” crap they were pushing.

I’ve got to clean mum’s house if they add on after another three weeks. It’s inhuman that she should be isolated for 12 weeks.

Soon I hope. My mum is 51 so not old.

Mrsjayy, my friend’s grandchild was born last week and she’s seen him, but that’s in Scotland, might be different restrictions

The restrictions are the same all over the country 🙄 Clearly your friend is just one of the special people they dont apply to

Kinnedar

Okay. But it would make more sense for a relative to collect from hospital than a taxi?

Im in Scotland Lilactree she saw the baby on video call , btw you can go help clean your mums house if it is part of caring for her.

@LilacTree1 you can ignore the guidelines anytime. And live with the consequences. Personally if not seeing my mum for 12 weeks means I have a better chance of having her in my life for the next 10 years, then I'll stick to phone calls for now.

You can clean for your mum @LilacTree1 if you live close enough

@LilacTree1 you can clean your mums house if you choose to, they are not putting the rules in place to be mean they are trying to protect the vulnerable. If you choose to do it then you will need to be VERY careful about not carrying it in to her home, even if you avoid contact with her you could leave it on surfaces. It’s a difficult one but you have to weigh everything up in making the decision

Mascotte, I live a Tube ride away, so not worth the risk.

I was just talking to her about it and the stupid thing is, by the time I’m allowed to work, I’ll be a much bigger risk to her.

All of our children’s grandparents are shielding. We won’t see them until June earliest.
I’ve found it a welcome break for various reasons, but the kids are missing them like crazy. I think they’ll send primary age kids back to school before they ‘allow’ us contact with this risk group.

DS(is) is in Australia and one of the exemptions to their social distancing is that you are allowed to visit immediate family members such as parents or siblings. I wish there was something similar here, I can understand why there isn't but would love the DC to see their DGPs.

“ DS(is) is in Australia and one of the exemptions to their social distancing is that you are allowed to visit immediate family members such as parents or siblings”

Exactly. They say it’s to protect but many elderly will more at risk from family visits later.

Well, it’s not to protect the elderly really....

Why more at risk later Lilac?

to all those missing seeing loved ones.

Sympathies, OP.

Lockdown won’t ‘end’ it will tail off. Socialising with vulnerable groups will still be discouraged.

It isn’t about the government not understanding that children and grandchildren miss each other. They know that! They also know that the virus doesn’t give a fuck.

I haven’t seen my teen DD since September (works abroad) and I haven’t seen my elderly parents since February (one-day visit). They live 250 miles away.

Lumene, because we’ll only be allowed to see elderly when we are mixing with other people so we carry more viral load to them than we do now.

Neighbours on both sides of me have had their families round. One yesterday and one now. Grandkids running round the garden.

We’ve had no choice but to go to my elderly parents, and we’ve got to go again this weekend. We kept as far away as possible, wore masks and used wipes on everything we touched. It’s hard but it can be done. If we get stopped by the police on the journey (an hour) we have a reason to go, so will just have to chance it.

I was supposed to be visiting my son's family this weekend as my granddaughter is1 today. I've had a video call from my daughter because my grandson wanted to see me. We've all agreed that when this is all over we're going to have a big get together.

My parents are in their 60s so not in the vulnerable group but still obviously at an increased risk. I was thinking that if they announced the kids going back to school, it would make more sense for my kids to see them a couple of times before that happened and then keep away once they go back. At the moment my children are a very small risk as they have been nowhere in 3 weeks but once back at school they would be far more likely to be exposed.

Yes @LilacTree1 it’s all very strange. I’m not allowed to see my man this weekend though we live near and have both been in but will be ok after “lockdown”? No sense

Are all people over 70 supposed to be staying in their homes for 12 weeks?

If that's the case why do supermarkets have a time slot dedicated the vulnerable and over 70s to shop?

Are all people over 70 supposed to be staying in their homes for 12 weeks?
No, they’re not supposed to.

I’m missing my children so much - ex H and I decided that they were best with him. They were I was in hospital a lot and my dp got Covid confirmed. I had symptom and no test. I am finding it hard not to see them especially my 15 year old who doesn’t talk on the phone much.

Thank you @daisypond I didn't think they were supposed to but a couple of pp have said that the have relations that are staying isolated for the 12 weeks because they're over 70 and I was wondering if I've missed some vital bit of information.