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At last! 6 people can meet in a garden!

364 replies

BruceAndNosh · 28/05/2020 17:13

WE can meet family

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middleager · 28/05/2020 19:00

@sociallydistained

If you're a family of 4 and want to meet a family of 3 and are stressing... just do it. Who cares?! Anymore! All the parks have had multiple groups of people and teenagers for the past few weeks anyway
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IncrediblySadToo · 28/05/2020 19:00

@ZaZathecat

I was wondering if Airbnb's will be up and running again, which would allow us to visit relatives who don't live nearby. They didn't cover that, just said not to stay at other peoples' houses.
NO no no no no no

How much more clear could the scientists have made it? The R is almost 1. We shouldn't even be easing up what we are, let alone more!

Staying in AirBNB. What in gods name makes you think that's a good idea?!

🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

ScarfLadysBag · 28/05/2020 19:00

@KaptenKrusty Tbh I think most of us are as low risk of having the virus as we are going to be. Most of us have been working from home, perhaps not even going to the shops or seeing anyone. Neither DH and I or my parents have been to a shop in eight weeks. We have been at home, have followed the rules, met with no one. This is as low risk of having Covid as we are ever going to be, realistically, until it either dies out or we find a vaccine. Once life goes back to more normal and people are back to work, kids back in school, then the risk rises again. So I think now is precisely the time to see people if we are worried about infecting others!

KaptenKrusty · 28/05/2020 19:00

If that’s the case @BatShite then you may as well have been visiting people all along - cus the risk is exactly the same as it was 3 weeks ago

ScarfLadysBag · 28/05/2020 19:01

@ZaZathecat July 4th for holiday accommodation I believe. Not sure if that includes Air BnB.

Gwenhwyfar · 28/05/2020 19:01

"Think they were advised to stay home, but the over 70s have always been allowed out as far as I'm aware."

Yes, it's the difference between the vulnerable group and the shielding group.

StatisticalSense · 28/05/2020 19:02

@TiddlestheCat
Lovely bit of ageism there. Most teenagers will be more than happy keeping contact to a few of their closest friends (many only hang out with the wider circle in normal times in order to be with their closest friends in any case) and will therefore remain in contact with the same individuals during multiple contacts. The biggest risk of this policy is that a couple with 2 children will see his Dad's household one day, her Mum's the next, his Sister's on the 3rd, her Dad's on the 4th and so on.

Mumof3cherubs · 28/05/2020 19:02

Feeling really deflated , we are a family of 5 , no family nearby. It would have been great to meet up with friends.

Acdmm41 · 28/05/2020 19:02

No restriction is going to please everyone, I personally was hoping for a bubble of 10, but this is a move in the right direction for everyone! If they had set the number at 4 there would have been uproar from most that it wasn't enough, a limit of 10 probably would have yielded cries of it being too many, too quick, not safe. I'm not saying the government have done a fantastic job but they are getting blamed for everyone's personal circumstances which is unfair.

MaudesMum · 28/05/2020 19:02

It will be a real benefit for those of us who are single, and whose friends/family members come in couples. I'm quite excited!

2468whodoyouappreciate · 28/05/2020 19:04

Roll on tomorrow for our First Ministers announcement. I hope we get a bit more freedom tomorrow. Still.in Lockdown in Wales and I'm desperate to go and see my mum in England.

Pasghetti · 28/05/2020 19:06

Most people here have been doing this for a few weeks. It's an area where most people have gardens you can access without going through the house. I have around 5 friends who have called round and had coffee on different days.

The social distancing for children is very, very difficult.

StatisticalSense · 28/05/2020 19:06

@Mumof3cherubs
But you can meet up with one friend on their own as a family, with one friend and one child without your partner, or with up to 5 friends whilst your partner has the children. What you actually mean is you are disappointed that your whole household cannot meet another whole household but you are not prevented from meeting friends as long as you remain socially distanced.

GabsAlot · 28/05/2020 19:06

@Whatsmyname26

Using a toilet is fine
woohoo good i can see my sister then
TiddlestheCat · 28/05/2020 19:06

@Discobar

Perhaps. But it would make for some MN great in-law threads, which would help us get through lockdown!

TiddlestheCat · 28/05/2020 19:08

The Radford Family are going to be screwed then!

Lorddenning1 · 28/05/2020 19:08

Surely children count as half a person 😬

StatisticalSense · 28/05/2020 19:09

@Discobar
I wonder if some people on here were looking forward to gleefully telling their in laws that they couldn't see them because they were seeing their own parents...
I would have thought a proposal that gives many an excuse not to visit the in laws would have gone down well (sorry DH i can't possibly go with you and the 3 kids to see your parents because that'd be 7 people and the law only allows 6).

schoolsoutforcovid · 28/05/2020 19:09

Are all you families of 6 joined at the hip? Confused

Mum and a couple of kids meet Gran and grandad one day, then the week after dad and another couple of kids.

It's not bloody rocket science.

TiddlestheCat · 28/05/2020 19:10

@StatisticalSense

I'm only going on what I have witnessed throughout lockdown and, particularly over the last weekend!

PickUpAPickUpAPenguin · 28/05/2020 19:11

I'm very pleased that the people who couldn't do the 1 on 1 meets (like only children and single parents of young kids) can meet their friends and family legally. Very pleased for the couples who want to socialize together too (eg grandparents).

I know that 6 is inconvenient and arbitrary for many but if we suck it up for 3 weeks we could see things relax at future reviews.

PickUpAPickUpAPenguin · 28/05/2020 19:13

@Lorddenning1

Surely children count as half a person 😬
They probably touch stuff twice as often though ...
ToddlerBumpBorderCollie · 28/05/2020 19:13

I don’t know what to do. My parents have missed my two year old so much, they’d usually see him two days a week and we’ve seen no one since mid March.
However, I’m pregnant so ‘clinically vulnerable’ but not shielding serious and he’s two so I can’t explain social distancing to him. I also don’t entirely trust my parents not to just pick him up and cuddle him 😩

BatShite · 28/05/2020 19:14

If that’s the case @BatShite then you may as well have been visiting people all along - cus the risk is exactly the same as it was 3 weeks ago

Maybe.

Still though, thres many reasons. Have seen dozens posted on here. Some are doing fine in isolation, some even seem to be enjoying it! Been quite relaxing for me I have to say, but DS is a social kid and has been getting very upset at only seeing mine, DD and DHs faces each day!

twinnywinny14 · 28/05/2020 19:15

Isn’t it just me who feels that the scientists/medical advisers were being very cautious about things? Not sure if they don’t agree with the changes or whether they are concerned about the impact? It makes no difference to us as the family too far away and not prepared to use their toilet etc. Plus DH and I both work in risky environments and do not want to take the chance of spreading to our parents. I’m glad people are happy, I just hope they Heyes are sensible about it. Btw it’s not just passing hints to each at the family BBQ that is a problem, there is more to it than that