Has anyone stuck to ALL the rules?

[Billie18]

Is it possible? How many of us are now criminals?

When the rule of 6 was brought in, I was due to meet up with 3 friends 2 days later. We still went ahead and met, with our 5 children under the age of 4 which meant we were a group of 9. We were outside, in the woods and kept our distance. I still felt so guilty. One of our friends was about to give birth and due to Covid, we hadn't even seen her with a bump so I'm glad I saw her now.

Oh also, pre 2nd lockdown, I went to my parents house to say goodbye (still socially distanced in the garden) My 2 year old hurt himself and ran to my Mum. She's ECV but I let her hug him. My Mum really needed that hug.

@Redcrayons

Is social distancing one of the laws or guidelines? Because I’ve broken that rule loads of times.

Social distancing is the one thing that actually matters in reality.

@User158340 oh I agree. Just sometimes it’s not possible. This morning I was in a shop and had to step closer than 2m to the woman serving me in order to pay. Then as I walked home I walked passed a couple who were hogging the pavement so was probably closer than a metre.

I’m not out hugging and kissing ransoms all the time.
So if it is the law, then I have broken it loads of times and I can’t imagine many people haven’t.

[quote Redcrayons]@User158340 oh I agree. Just sometimes it’s not possible. This morning I was in a shop and had to step closer than 2m to the woman serving me in order to pay. Then as I walked home I walked passed a couple who were hogging the pavement so was probably closer than a metre.

I’m not out hugging and kissing ransoms all the time.
So if it is the law, then I have broken it loads of times and I can’t imagine many people haven’t.[/quote]
It's not so much walking past people not socially distanced, it's prolonged contact (i.e. minutes/hours at a time).

I'm a Grandma who makes their own risk assessments. Yes I've broken the rules to stay in contact with my grandchildren and their parents, meeting them a couple of times a week in their garden or in a park and had lots of walks, bike rides and picnics with them. I've only spent the odd 10 minutes in their house in the last 9 months

The other Grandparents (much more vulnerable than me) are sticklers for the rules so obey them religiously. They haven't seen the grandchildren for the last couple of weeks and went months during the last lockdown. They did however share a holiday cottage with them in the summer because it was 'allowed', went out to numerous pubs and restaurants during that period, spent the whole day in the grandchildren's house the weekend before this lockdown and are waiting for the restrictions to be lifted so they can spent Christmas day with them!

We had been sticking to them. But then my grandfather died (cancer not COVID) and as a small and close family we have broken some of them. I and my cousins visited before my grandfather died and have been to check in on my Granny. My parents have come to my house today to visit and see me and the kids, they were providing a lot of support emotionally and physically for my Grandparents in the run up to my Grandfathers death, they asked to see us and I said yes.