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Say they cancelled lockdown

101 replies

frozendaisy · 22/10/2020 12:29

So say lockdown was cancelled.

No more financial support.

Covid-19 spreads in your local area.

Apart from essentials, work, school, healthcare.

Would you go out socialising under these circumstances? Not indoors with family, but places you spend money, bowling, cinema, pub, farms etc.

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annabel85 · 22/10/2020 17:29

@frozendaisy

So say lockdown was cancelled.

No more financial support.

Covid-19 spreads in your local area.

Apart from essentials, work, school, healthcare.

Would you go out socialising under these circumstances? Not indoors with family, but places you spend money, bowling, cinema, pub, farms etc.

Mostly, no. But that's partly because most things I enjoy in a social setting are currently off limits anyway. i.e. live music, live sport.

I've no desire to go to anywhere with all the enjoyment taken out of it due to what are necessary restrictions. If I could go and see my favourite band live tomorrow night would I? Probably yeah. But i've stuck to every rule since March and barely been anywhere which has been easy enough to do because I don't see the point of going to shops or pubs at the moment, either safety wise or enjoyment wise.

DisgruntledGuineaPig · 22/10/2020 17:36

@Annabel85 - know the feeling. I would love to have tickets to something, a babysitter booked, discussions about how to get there, where to go for a drink before hand, what to wear...

Autumnleavestime · 22/10/2020 18:08

I'm not sure. In tier 2 here so everything is open.

I'm not scared, doesn't bother me going to shops, dc are in school, and they still do a couple of their hobbies, that doesn't bother me. Dh worked throughout. We follow all the rules, haven't visited family for a very long time.

I really miss old life. I'd love nothing more than to pack the dc off to their grandparents and go for a lovely meal and a drink with dh and to the cinema. I'd love so much to go to the theatre or take ds to a football match. Usually we'd have a packed schedule this time of year.

Think I've just got so used to being careful and avoiding things there's almost a guilt.

throwaway100000 · 22/10/2020 18:10

I would be social and see my friends again yes. I have been planning a house party all year and lockdown restrictions have never eased enough for me to warrant holding it!

BabyStarling · 22/10/2020 18:40

No, I wouldn’t.

samuraimyths · 22/10/2020 18:50

I am in Outer London and have recently noticed a big difference in the behaviour of those who know they have already had Covid and those who haven't had it/are not sure. Those who have definitely had it are socialising much more and using gyms/pubs etc. It would be great if everyone knew if they have had the virus already or not. I do realise there is some uncertainty about long term immunity so I am just speaking about the 20 people I know who definitely had the virus, either confirmed by an antibody test or a Covid test.

MiracletoCome · 22/10/2020 19:13

Tier one and on holiday at the moment in caravan so just doing stuff we normally do this time if the year like NT type places but having to book it. When we get home though I won’t do much but I never do that much in the winter anyway. I wouldn’t bother with a mask if I didn’t have to

iVampire · 22/10/2020 19:15

I would probably be dead in circumstances which meant it was not safe to visit a hospital, as that would cut off the cancer treatment which as continued safely through lockdown

MH1111 · 22/10/2020 19:18

Absolutely I would. As should everyone under 60 without any underlying health conditions

everythingisginandroses · 22/10/2020 19:33

Fuck about, no. I don't do any of that stuff now (Tier 1, had covid before and trying not to catch it again). The economy is fucked until we can get the spread under control, who wants to go out socialising in these kinds of conditions?

Lazypuppy · 22/10/2020 20:12

Yes we would, but we're doing it all now anyway, bowling, cinema, meals out, shopping.

The only annoying thing for us is the rule of 6. If lockdown was cancelled we'd have one of our big games nights, takeaway and boardgames round someones house

RonaLisa · 22/10/2020 20:55

[quote frozendaisy]@RonaLisa you sound like a flu magnet you poor thing. Interesting that you still would go out.[/quote]
Oh bless you, @frozendaisy. That is very sweet of you. Yes, I am a complete magnet for anything lung or chest-related. However, I lost my job thanks to lockdown, and had my teenagers at home for six months while I housed and fed them on nothing. I would rather go out and work and see friends any day, even if I get a dose of Covid in the process. My particular susceptibility shouldn't mean that other people lose their livelihoods (or that I do).

RonaLisa · 22/10/2020 20:56

Sorry @frozendaisy I also meant to say that there is no financial support anyway, whether we're in lockdown or not, for some sectors.

Oly4 · 22/10/2020 20:59

Nope. Not interested in catching this

lazylinguist · 22/10/2020 21:06

It's a very interesting point actually. People who have throughout been complaining the government are being too strict and that lockdown was excessive etc might backtrack a bit and be more cautious if all restrictions were suddenly lifted. It's easy to rail against rules when they've been imposed against your will, but what do you do when the risk is all left down to you?

I'm pretty certain I've had the virus. I think we'd still go to pubs and cafés, but we very rarely go to any other really busy places tbh.

StillCounting123 · 22/10/2020 21:10

A lot of nervous people on this thread; I really feel for you all living with the fear and weight of this in your heads. I have some friends IRL who are similar and they are half the women they used to be.

If lockdown was called off tomorrow I'd be out flashing my cash in restaurants, bars, retails places, hairdressers etc.

I'm not in a high risk group, and neither are my family members. I understand that colours my judgement of it all though.

I really appreciate that some people just want to hide under their duvet forever and that is fine for them. But I do think the rest of us shouldn't be called mad or selfish for wanting to return to the life we had before.

Porcupineinwaiting · 22/10/2020 21:33

@StillCounting123 I'm about half the woman I used to be (well more like 2/3 now) because I caught coronavirus in March and have long COVID (but no antibodies and not so many white blood cells any more, so that's nice). I'd really, really like to keep the 2/3 rds of me that still functions so no , not keen to catch a second dose. And if that means holding off doing many of the things I used to do until a vaccine shows up, then so be it.

SoPanny · 22/10/2020 21:39

@StillCounting123

A lot of nervous people on this thread; I really feel for you all living with the fear and weight of this in your heads. I have some friends IRL who are similar and they are half the women they used to be.

If lockdown was called off tomorrow I'd be out flashing my cash in restaurants, bars, retails places, hairdressers etc.

I'm not in a high risk group, and neither are my family members. I understand that colours my judgement of it all though.

I really appreciate that some people just want to hide under their duvet forever and that is fine for them. But I do think the rest of us shouldn't be called mad or selfish for wanting to return to the life we had before.

I really could not have put it better than this poster. 100%.

When posters who sound like they’ve had a right time of it like @RonaLisa are saying they’d take their chances vs this shitty half-life then that for me says it all.

SomewhereEast · 22/10/2020 22:24

Would you go out socialising under these circumstances? Not indoors with family, but places you spend money, bowling, cinema, pub, farms etc

Yes

AllPlayedOut · 22/10/2020 23:19

Would you go out socialising under these circumstances? Not indoors with family, but places you spend money, bowling, cinema, pub, farms etc

Absolutely. I'd be more than happy to do so and wish that I could.

AlecTrevelyan006 · 22/10/2020 23:59

I would.

PetitFours · 23/10/2020 00:09

I'd be out doing most things, as before. Sick of this crap half-life. It's existing, not living.

Quarantino · 23/10/2020 00:10

But I do think the rest of us shouldn't be called mad or selfish for wanting to return to the life we had before.

EVERYONE wants to return to life before.
This line gets trotted out all the time like you're special for preferring life without a global pandemic.
Everyone wishes this was over.
Unfortunately, it isn't.

You sound incredibly patronising to call your friends 'half the women they were' because they have changed their behaviour in response to a global pandemic.

I'd say it takes guts to adapt and change your way of life to reduce risk to yourselves and your family. Despite wanting to socialise as normal.

Not being in a high-risk group yourself doesn't mean you won't affect someone who is.

Jericoo · 23/10/2020 01:03

I'd go back to normal straightaway - my mental health would drastically improve

manicinsomniac · 23/10/2020 01:07

Yes and No.

If restrictions were lifted my number 1 priority would be seeing more of my grandparents who are in their 90s. And therefore I probably wouldn't do much of anything else non essential if there were no masks or distancing in place.

But, if I were to take them out of the equation, then yes, I would go back to normal for things that are important enough to me. So it would be a No to meals out, bowling, soft play and theme parks but a Yes to theatre, cinema, pubs and concerts.