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Are we allowed 7 people in our house in different rooms?

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Firefliess · 25/09/2020 00:11

DSD and her BF have come to stay this weekend. We also have DD and DSS and me and DH at home, so that makes 6 of us. DD wants her BF to stay over tomorrow night. I can't figure out whether that's allowed or not. It would mean 7 people in the house, but in no sense would we be "gathering" DD and her BF would get in late and go straight to her room. Rest of us probably we wouldn't even see him. Is that allowed? Or are people considered to be "gathering" simply by being in the same house? We're in England by the way and not in an area with any local lockdown

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PennyDreadfuI · 25/09/2020 10:23

@friendlycat

6 is the total number not 7. Why do people endlessly try and twist it all.
They're not.

It's six in a social gathering, not six in a building.

PineappleUpsideDownCake · 25/09/2020 10:24

Whereas that barbara? I could have my garden mwetinga if thats definitely the caseA

user1468105798 · 25/09/2020 10:26

We are a family of two adults and five children living in England so the new rules mean that we are not allowed visitors or other family members to our home for the foreseeable

Heffersclub · 25/09/2020 10:27

'I despair when I read threads like this. Why can't people just do what we're being asked to do?'

Because it changes every 5 minutes, is confusing and is different depending on what part of the UK you're in. That's why. And our leaders do whatever the F they like and feel they're exempt anyway so many people below them feel the same.

We're using common sense in our family, which includes mask wearing, not going to pubs or restaurants ( allowed), hand washing, limited interaction with others, but yes, we will be for a little while breaking the rule of 6.

Honeyhoops · 25/09/2020 10:27

Not sure whether it's technically legal or not but I'd let the bf stay over.

The rules are ridiculous, I live in local lockdown area where it's illegal to have anyone in your home but only guidance not to meet up in a public place. I'm going out to a restaurant tomorrow so will be sat in a room with possibly 40 other random people yet can't have a few friends over to my house.

The number of cases is high but the deaths (attached NHS England figures) are very, very low, surely that's a good thing and all these restrictions are unnecessary?

Are we allowed 7 people in our house in different rooms?
TeeBee · 25/09/2020 10:28

I despair, I really do.
6! Count 6. That's one hand of fingers, plus one. No more. 6. Just 6. 6.
7 is not 6.

What the fuck is the matter with people?

emptyshelvesagain · 25/09/2020 10:30

I despair, I really do.
6! Count 6. That's one hand of fingers, plus one. No more. 6. Just 6. 6.
7 is not 6.

Ask yourself what the 6! Count 6. 6. Just 6. 6. 7 is not 6 is for...

I will give you a clue. It refers to gatherings not in a building

What the fuck is the matter with people?

Indeed. What the fuck is the matter?

myhobbyisouting · 25/09/2020 10:30

"I..don't know actually. It's a really good question!"

😂😂😂

Heffersclub · 25/09/2020 10:31

I despair, I really do.
6! Count 6. That's one hand of fingers, plus one. No more. 6. Just 6. 6.
7 is not 6.

What the fuck is the matter with people?'

If you make up an arbritary rule that makes no sense to people they won't follow it. It really is that simple.
So I'm not supposed to have DS, her DH and kid in my house - but the school parents are doing drinks and I can go to a pub, indoors, and sit with 5 of them from 5 households while another 6 of them from 6 household sit in the same pub at a different table.

So shout 6! 6! Can't you f-ckers count! all you like - unless everything is tightened up many people will sneak a 7th person into see them...

EarlGreyJenny · 25/09/2020 10:32

Jeezo. I don't even live in England and I know the rules.

It's no. You are only allowed 6. You are already a family of 6 so tough luck frankly. Why do people find this so hard Angry

Heffersclub · 25/09/2020 10:33

I feel safer having Dsis and hers at my house knowing that they are WFH and barely going out than I do sitting with 5 other people in a pub or restaurant with 40/50 other random people in the same space.

EarlGreyJenny · 25/09/2020 10:34

@Heffersclub

'I despair when I read threads like this. Why can't people just do what we're being asked to do?'

Because it changes every 5 minutes, is confusing and is different depending on what part of the UK you're in. That's why. And our leaders do whatever the F they like and feel they're exempt anyway so many people below them feel the same.

We're using common sense in our family, which includes mask wearing, not going to pubs or restaurants ( allowed), hand washing, limited interaction with others, but yes, we will be for a little while breaking the rule of 6.

Bollocks. Everyone knows which bit if the UK you live in. It's really not hard. It's just wilful ignorance and Great British exceptionalism.
Anotherthink · 25/09/2020 10:36

Why are people so keen to jump down op's throat? Just wait for the scoop on an mp having more than 6 in their home. Boris will inform us it's fine if they're in different wings Hmm

theDudesmummy · 25/09/2020 10:37

I have not RTFT but someone mentioned the Queen near the beginning...I wondered, what are people doing who have numbers of staff in their homes? So lets say 5 family members but then 3 live-in staff? (Not a problem I have, I hasten to add!, just interested)

EarlGreyJenny · 25/09/2020 10:38

@Anotherthink

Why are people so keen to jump down op's throat? Just wait for the scoop on an mp having more than 6 in their home. Boris will inform us it's fine if they're in different wings Hmm
Because if we all set our moral compass by the government or boris Johnson we would be utterly screwed. We can all do better than them.
BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou · 25/09/2020 10:40

My neighbour has three children at home with her husband. She has another two children who are each married and living elsewhere with their spouses, one of those couples has two children. Many weekdays and every weekend since March the whole family have “gathered” so 11 people from three different households but “we’re family” ... not sure what the excuse for all the other people is but the 80th birthday party for one of the grandparents in June had a huge amount of people and neighbour posted it all on Facebook. When someone pointed out the rules and the dangers she said “no it’s okay because we just bubbled first the day”.

People interpret the rules to themselves so if people want to come up with an equation that means 7 is not actually more than 6 then they will.

Pangwin · 25/09/2020 10:40

I hope all the people debating what actually constitutes 6 people, and those trying to find loopholes to make more than 6 people still equal 6 people, aren't the same people who will be moaning when schools shut, or they lose their jobs, or when the supermarkets run out of toilet paper again, or when hospitals are so overrun that their desperately needed surgery is cancelled. This virus situation is going to get worse if we keep mixing with too many people. My family have been following the rules from the start and we're still taking sensible precautions now but I am getting sick to fucking back teeth of others flouting common sense because they think they are something special and exempt from even the most basic rules. 6 equals 6! The level of stupid on here is unbelievable.

TeeBee · 25/09/2020 10:42

It's no. You are only allowed 6. You are already a family of 6 so tough luck frankly. Why do people find this so hard?

They don't find it hard, they find it inconvenient. Hmm

emptyshelvesagain · 25/09/2020 10:45

@theDudesmummy

I have not RTFT but someone mentioned the Queen near the beginning...I wondered, what are people doing who have numbers of staff in their homes? So lets say 5 family members but then 3 live-in staff? (Not a problem I have, I hasten to add!, just interested)

Surely it would be considered a workplace like any other where more than 6 people can be.

EarlGreyJenny · 25/09/2020 10:46

@TeeBee

It's no. You are only allowed 6. You are already a family of 6 so tough luck frankly. Why do people find this so hard?

They don't find it hard, they find it inconvenient. Hmm

Inconvenient. Hard. Whatevs. Suck it up so it doesn't get any worse.
pastandpresent · 25/09/2020 10:46

It's quite funny people go all the way to misinterpret the simple rules to fit their own needs.

emptyshelvesagain · 25/09/2020 10:49

@pastandpresent

It's quite funny people go all the way to misinterpret the simple rules to fit their own needs.

It's even funnier the amount of people trying to make witty earns about something they are factually incorrect about.

friendlycat · 25/09/2020 10:49

Couldn't agree more Pangwin
Yes the level of stupid on here is unbelievable.

notalwaysalondoner · 25/09/2020 10:52

I’m almost sure the technical answer is no as you are not one household and it is more than six. But I would 100% let him stay if he wasn’t interacting with anyone else and there was no one vulnerable. Depends how comfortable you are with being a rule breaker...

CokeyCola · 25/09/2020 10:54

No. You'll all be using bathrooms and loos and all be breathing out.

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