Can I see my partner who I don't live with?

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Post DC, does anyone give a shit anymore about the rules? We live in an area where there have been no new cases in 24 hours. My partner and I have been together 4 years but we both have 3 kids each so we don't live together. We are really missing each other now. The road maps don't seem to mention when couples can get back together.

@namechange8765454 I’d at least like to know when we can see each other again, I agree it’s not even been mentioned on the road map. If it’s gonna be a long time I’ll be making some pretty radical life/financial decisions and trying to become one household.

Don't do anything radical in terms of life/financial changes, keep your head @Medstudent12. You might end up solving this problem but landing yourself in more problems down the line. It's all just bloody rubbish isn't it.

This is another relevant thread, it's been going for a while:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/3907043-new-covid-guidelines-is-everyone-in-a-non-live-in-relationship-still-not-seeing-their-partner

Let's be honest, 2 people who live apart with no one other than perhaps their kids, work from home, rarely leave the house and are generally very covid-safe, are on the whole no more risky than a couple who live in the same house, especially considering that couple who live together can go out to work on public transport and come home and hug as much as they want. So, we're not officially allowed to meet at a distance of less than 2m and not indoors because the government have decided that's too tricky a message to manage, and I can see why. We're not on the road map and we're not going to be, because it's too hard to communicate who can meet indoors/within 2m and in what circumstances. So we either stick to the guidance or we make our own risk-based decisions....

The government cannot expect people to effectively sacrifice their relationships for this.
This being catching/spreading/dying from the virus??

@lifestooshort123 I am under 30 with no comorbidities, my risk of dying from covid is very very very low. I have followed the rules so that I do not put other people at risk but it's not benefitting me. I think I have already had it (I've been looking after covid patients at work), had barn door symptoms, but I can't be sure.

What I mean is that for healthy people in their 20s they are incredibly low risk (despite what people say on mumsnet). We are doing this to protect the health service and those who are more vulnerable than us. I do realise how fortunate that I am to not be living in fear of this virus.

@namechange8765454 Thanks :) I won't just yet. Will stick to 2m socially distanced walks and see how I go. I'm very lucky to be healthy, long may it continue.

@firebrand123 so do you think they'll never mention us? Not seeing your partner is a huge sacrifice and it's not even acknowledged that it might be becoming hard for people. It's a tricky situation for those setting the rules to manage I suppose.