Christmas bubble! What a load of shit

[doodledo92]

Christmas bubble.... really! Sorry but what a load of bollocks all this shit is now!!

I quite like Christmas baubles 🤷‍♂️

No way to police it so no point in trying to work out which ‘bubbles’ to choose. It would have been simpler if they just said go for it at your own risk.

Just got home and catching up. I totally agree. Nobody will be able to police this, far too complicated and secondly if some people haven't been able to understand previous advice then theres no hope on this one. Far too complicated!

It's ridiculous! Meet up with 4 other households is it?? Enjoy yourself for 4 days... then what???
Will it all be put on hold for 4 days so people can enjoy themselves with family! But... then back to not seeing family but can see work colleagues and school friends In work environment and school environment!

It's all beyond me now! I give up

Has there been another announcement? I thought it was due on Thursday.

@userxx

I quite like Christmas baubles 🤷‍♂️

Haha me too

I'm sure it's a total of 3 households.

@TheFormerPorpentinaScamander

Has there been another announcement? I thought it was due on Thursday.

Not another announcement that I'm aware of. Just a report on the itv news!

@choirmumoftwo

I'm sure it's a total of 3 households.

I'm not sure. Thought it said 4 but please correct me if I'm wrong. May have got confused

Oh ok. I'll wait until an actual announcement then. I thought it was going to be 3 households total. Its no wonder people don't know the rules when the media report random shit all the time

My head hurts thank goodness we’re hibernating and in-laws are too, though their hoping to have Christmas dinner in a pub, good luck to them for that.

I have a very strong suspicion that this has been announced because the politicians themselves need to be above scrutiny (except when they're not!!)

They know without a bubble easing there is a risk of themselves breaking the rules over the 5 days or whatever it is.

If you think of the ages of most MP's do you think they want to be 'stuck' over Xmas with only their wives? No adult children or parents.

They are not going to so they need to make a change so they don't do a Cummings

I have 3 siblings... do I call mum now to gracefully bow out? I'm her least favourite child but dad's favourite.
What are other people doing.

It’s guidance. You can do that if you wish and the neighbours can’t report you.
However back in the real works you make adult decisions as to what would be the best for you and yours.
Don’t ‘give up’ just do whatever you need to keep everyone safe.

What about Hogmanay?

I know many people will ignore the rules and get together at Hogmanay. Pissed, kissing, wishing each other Happy New Year.😂😂😂

*real world

@Sparklingbrook

It’s guidance. You can do that if you wish and the neighbours can’t report you. However back in the real works you make adult decisions as to what would be the best for you and yours. Don’t ‘give up’ just do whatever you need to keep everyone safe.

I think Christmas bubbles is actually law not guidance.

I'm going to ask my (adult) dc to make bids, so I can select which are my favourite dc

I'm sorry but it's all a load of shit!!
You can do this for so many days.. can't do this for this many days!! Blah blah blah.
People are just going to stop abiding by any rules if this carries on

@RichardMarxisinnocent well I doubt the police will be bashing anyone’s door down TBH but the government have said 3 households. It’s down to the individual now to take some responsibility. 🤷‍♀️

@BackforGood

I'm going to ask my (adult) dc to make bids, so I can select which are my favourite dc

Haha well my mother has 3 dc me my sister and brother but between us we 10 children is that ok?? But... what about DH mums does he got to see us and Brother in laws family and kids 🤔

It is certainly going to cause difficulties in a lot of families. My parents are both dead and I won't be able to see any of my siblings because they all have adult children they will want in their bubbles.
I can already sense problems brewing in my DH's family as he has a lot of siblings so it is going to be impossible for everyone to see their parents. I would think my PILs will want to bubble with their nearest daughter who is also the one with their youngest grandchildren - that makes perfect sense to me - but then that leaves the "chosen" child with a dilemma. If her partner, who is an only child, doesn't see his parents then they will be alone, but if he does then it means that my ILs can't see any of the rest of their children or grandchildren at all.
Of course it will be very hard to police and people will almost certainly see more than the allowed number, but I feel uncomfortable about doing that. Our extended family is scattered about the country and there are quite a few students and young adults who normally live in shared houses so if you drew a diagram of the number of people who would really be within the bubble, a little bending of the rules could have quite a big impact. And we have several vulnerable people within the family. Personally I am happy to stay at home with just our family. I can understand my DH wanting to see his parents but I don't think it's a good idea.

Does a student returning home from Uni count as another family or are they part of my family ?

Students returning home count as the same family

So if I see 4 other households - I could then see a different set of 4 other households but not at the same time? I. E. DH'S family?

Makes zero sense. Theoretically I could see 24 different sets of people?