Bloody bubbles....too confusing

[Letsgetgoing123]

I think people need more clarity on bubbles.

Spoke to my Dm (70’s) tonight, who I thought was in our bubble.

Turns out, she’s actually bubbling up with a more local friend, which is fine by us as more convenient for her.

But then it transpired that the friend is also bubbled up with her adult dd.

And the adult dd is bubbled up with her bf (live apart).

Tried to explain to dm (who has otherwise followed the rules to the letter) that her “bubble “ is actually massive, and that the friend’s dd is socialising with various other friends according to Facebook.

I don’t see what’s unclear about the guidance. It says a household with a single adult can form a bubble with “one other household”. It’s obvious that your mum’s friend has formed a bubbled with two other households - your mum, and her adult DD. And that adult DD has formed s bubbles with two households. It’s really not that hard to tell what “one other household” means. I think they are choosing not to understand the meaning of “one other household” because it’s nicer to believe “one” means “two or more”.

Guidance here

I agree the guidance is actually really simple. You bubble with one other household of you or they are a single adult household. Otherwise no bubble. How is that difficult to understand? ONE other household. Surely everyone can count to one (although 6 is a lot harder it seems)

What people need is to stop taking the piss

I think since the start people have almost chosen not to look to closely at the definition of a bubble so they can just say I've bubbled with so and so.

Everyone seems to think they are allowed a bubble when really it’s specifically single adult households. I’m finding a lot of households with more than one adult are confused either because they are bubbled with another so think it’s their bubble, or more than one single adult wants to bubble with them.