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Do you think we’ll be able to see close family soon?

207 replies

Daybyday89 · 22/04/2020 21:57

I don’t care about anything else! I just want to see my family. I know probably everyone wants this but I’m really hoping when they review restrictions 7th May they’ll look at us possibly being able to see close family. What do you think?

I know nobody knows for definite and everyone is probably sick and tired of seeing threads like this but just a glimmer of hope and positivity right nowSad I need it.

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Sennetti · 22/04/2020 21:58

No i doubt it

Mixing households hugging/kissing, recipe for disaster!

Mummy5hark · 22/04/2020 22:00

I would hope by 7th May there will be some relaxation of the rules, but something tells me they will extend it instead, just to ensure there is no seond peak as they keep saying. I've got it in my mind that I won't be seeing family/friends until June/July and if they bring the lockdown to an end earlier thaen great

Sparklingbrook · 22/04/2020 22:02

I hope so. My nephew was born in January, I have only seen him once (3 hour drive away). By the time I see him for a cuddle he will have reached the stage where he won't want one. Sad

spacepoppers · 22/04/2020 22:02

I really don't think so, sorry. I'm thinking June at the very earliest.

BuffaloCauliflower · 22/04/2020 22:03

I think at a certain point fairly soon people will start to do this regardless. Restricting people’s access to their close social networks this way is really unnatural and I don’t see people being able to cope very long, even if they logically understand why restrictions are necessary

Pipandmum · 22/04/2020 22:05

No I think it will be extended to June 1 when hopefully schools will go back too.

midgebabe · 22/04/2020 22:05

Define soon!

But yes, I think soon

They may recommend that you try physical distancing. So meeting up where you can stay a few meters apart may be best

Dozer · 22/04/2020 22:07

Local family?

Depends if anyone is vulnerable/older. If so, then it’ll be advised not to meet up physically.

byvirtue · 22/04/2020 22:07

I personally think yes they will but will caution heavily against seeing older members of the family.

Our parents are healthy in their 70s but we’re not sure if we will see them, even if “allowed”.

Janaih · 22/04/2020 22:08

2 of my neighbours have had people round in the past week and sat in the garden. Nice respectable types, not serial rule breakers. I think people will start doing their own risk assessments in the coming weeks.

Aberforthsgoat · 22/04/2020 22:08

I think it won't be til end of June or July as other things will be phased in first to test the waters
I think as soon as we all start mixing again the second wave will hit

I really miss my family and friends. I don't care about anything else either

NeverYouMind123 · 22/04/2020 22:09

I think - hope - they will say it's okay to visit immediate families' houses if they are not vulnerable and not showing symptoms... after the May Bank Holiday x

inwood · 22/04/2020 22:09

No I don't but I think people will start to revolt. Then we'll be really fucked.

Wakemeuuuup · 22/04/2020 22:09

I won't. I'm in London and they're in Dublin. I don't know if I'll ever see my elderly parents again. My in-laws are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this summer and we'll miss that too Angry

AgeLikeWine · 22/04/2020 22:11

Depends if anyone is in a vulnerable group. If so, the person who is vulnerable will need to continue to isolate until there is a vaccine or treatment to stop them dying from covid.

If not, it’s reasonable to assume that families will be able to meet soon, as long as they maintain social distancing.

As Prof Whitty said today, the virus isn’t going anywhere so until there is a vaccine or a treatment or both we have to live with it.

OneHippoOnThePhone · 22/04/2020 22:11

I would love to see my parents this summer but I’m not holding out much hope. They are elderly and isolating. It’s a 7 hour journey to get there, mostly by train. I’m not sure if I’ll get to see them this year.

Qasd · 22/04/2020 22:13

Depends on age, if below 60 maybe! But for those with elderly parents probably not be advised for some time

Aberforthsgoat · 22/04/2020 22:19

The problem is I can't see people abiding by social distancing with family
I think people will want to give mum's a hug and hold grandchildren and how are the government going to police that?!

Sennetti · 22/04/2020 22:23

@Aberforthsgoat hopefully the people doing that will refrain from using the nhs when they become unwell then?

Delatron · 22/04/2020 22:23

I think as someone said up thread people will start doing their own risk assessments if this goes on too long.

Who knows how long their parents have left? If I don’t see them for 6 months I could just about manage but beyond that I’d start weighing everything up. I think other people will do the same.

catsandlavender · 22/04/2020 22:24

I hope so. I miss my mum and dad so badly. They’re only 60, and healthy, but I don’t want to risk giving them it as they’ve been very strict with their isolating and I’ve been in more shops/on walks via busier routes.
I feel like I’ll go mad if I can’t see them.

Sennetti · 22/04/2020 22:25

@Qasd why ‘below 60’?

The virus is consistently taking people much younger as well as people with ill health

Patch23042 · 22/04/2020 22:29

Not everyone has this. I don’t really have extended family but I want to see my boyfriend and my close friends just as much as others want to see their siblings etc, and I don’t suppose there’s a greater risk in doing that. Person-to-person risk exists whether you share dna with each other or not.

doublemix · 22/04/2020 22:36

I really hope that they will slightly reduce the lockdown on 7th may so that we can see close family again with limited numbers on these e.g only 2 households mixing or something. I dont care about anything else like shops.I miss my parents and my 2 boys are really struggling with not seeing them as they have them everyday for 2 hours after school while we are working. If they are reopening school and workplaces say in June they will have to reassess childcare arrangements as a lot of childcare is done by grandparents mine are 55+59 so aren't even particularly old. I think people are really getting fed up now. Our neighbours have stuck to the lockdown but today they had their daughter and grandchildren round they were only in the garden but I think that shows the general fatigue with it that people are feeling we need to know the exit plan!

nex18 · 22/04/2020 22:50

People need their support networks! Some kind of relaxation of this but with guidance on rules is needed before everyone starts to revolt against it. If they advised no more than 2 households should mix or no more than 10 people or whatever to prevent big parties.