Single people living alone

[MolyHolyGuacamole]

For all of you who are single/living alone:

So, I know that we can bubble with another household, but can I ask who's planning on doing it and how?

I'm in Tier 4 planning on staying with my parents and sister (who lives there) in Tier 2. Driving. Just nervous about roads, can there possibly be checks? Am I just being ridiculous?

Not going until next week. I've been isolating since Monday (been off work since then, I can't work from home so have been going in) so will have been for a week before I go down.

Im a single parent (so not living alone but allowed a support bubble).
Mum will pick us up Christmas morning and we are going to her house. Sleeping over for 1 night then coming home on boxing day.
All in tier 4.

@TheFormerPorpentinaScamander

Im a single parent (so not living alone but allowed a support bubble). Mum will pick us up Christmas morning and we are going to her house. Sleeping over for 1 night then coming home on boxing day. All in tier 4.

That sounds lovely, I hope you have a nice Christmas

Thank you. Its actually what we do every year

I hope you have a lovely day too

I’m planning on going down to my parents on Boxing Day. In Scotland it will be all level four and currently, unless they change it, extended households still allowed under level four restrictions. Single parent household, I’m a bit concerned about being stopped but I’ll have the guidance to hand so I don’t think there will be issues. Frankly, I’ve been full solo parenting without a break for months and I need to share the load for just a few days in order to cope with January and home schooling/full time working till the 18th. And it’s allowed under the guidance so I’m not doing anything wrong.

I suppose you could take your Council Tax form with your Single person discount on it as proof you have a support bubble in case you were stopped.

@HPandTheNeverEndingBedtime

I suppose you could take your Council Tax form with your Single person discount on it as proof you have a support bubble in case you were stopped.

This is a good idea!

@audweb

I’m planning on going down to my parents on Boxing Day. In Scotland it will be all level four and currently, unless they change it, extended households still allowed under level four restrictions. Single parent household, I’m a bit concerned about being stopped but I’ll have the guidance to hand so I don’t think there will be issues. Frankly, I’ve been full solo parenting without a break for months and I need to share the load for just a few days in order to cope with January and home schooling/full time working till the 18th. And it’s allowed under the guidance so I’m not doing anything wrong.

@audweb I hope you enjoy your much-deserved break

Have a nice time! 🙂
I am single and living alone, was all prepared to bubble up as a 3 household with my sister and her non live in partner under the xmas bubbles
Since boris announcement I will be by my own
Cannot wait for this year to be over to be honest

Question please. I have 2 single sisters, both live alone separately. I had planned on having them both here for Xmas day. Can we form a support bubble and spend the day together? We're all in tier 4. Thank you

You can have a support bubble with one of them, but not both. They can each bubble with one other household, but not the same one, I don’t think.

@JourneyToThePlacentaOfTheEarth

Question please. I have 2 single sisters, both live alone separately. I had planned on having them both here for Xmas day. Can we form a support bubble and spend the day together? We're all in tier 4. Thank you

No, sorry. A support bubble is between two households only. One of your sisters can bubble with you, or they can bubble with each other, but not all three.

My ds is single, lives alone, and is having to work from home . He’s in a support bubble with us and has been all through Covid. He is coming to us on the 23rd and staying until the 27th.

I am a single parent in Scotland. My support bubble (single adult) is in England. We were due to fly there on Monday. All of my 3 year old daughter's presents are already there as they were sent ahead. Now I have to tell my child, we aren't flying, she isn't seeing her aunt, and Santa isn't coming either. This is shit. I had held off telling her we were going to see her auntie until yesterday just in case something happened and I thought we were safe to go. She won't understand why it has suddenly changed. I don't even know what to do. 😢

@HappyPumpkin81

I am a single parent in Scotland. My support bubble (single adult) is in England. We were due to fly there on Monday. All of my 3 year old daughter's presents are already there as they were sent ahead. Now I have to tell my child, we aren't flying, she isn't seeing her aunt, and Santa isn't coming either. This is shit. I had held off telling her we were going to see her auntie until yesterday just in case something happened and I thought we were safe to go. She won't understand why it has suddenly changed. I don't even know what to do. 😢

I'm so sorry! Was flying the only way you could get there?

Thank you mousehole and *hopeanddriftwood^ for explaining

@JourneyToThePlacentaOfTheEarth

Question please. I have 2 single sisters, both live alone separately. I had planned on having them both here for Xmas day. Can we form a support bubble and spend the day together? We're all in tier 4. Thank you

Technically if one of them came to yours ASAP as a bubble then you could form one household, and the other sister could then meet up for Christmas? I don't know...

@missyB1

My ds is single, lives alone, and is having to work from home . He’s in a support bubble with us and has been all through Covid. He is coming to us on the 23rd and staying until the 27th.

@missyB1 what tiers are you all in and how is he getting there?

@MolyHolyGuacamole We are all in tier 2, I will drive (30 minutes) to get him.

I’m in tier 4 and going to be on my own. I had been isolating so I could see my parents (who are a 3 hour drive away, in a tier 2 area). I’m an only child, so I guess we could pretend that we were in a support bubble, but it’s not true, and it’s not in the spirit of the law (as much as I despise this government).

I’ll be honest, I had a bit of a cry earlier. It’s been such a shit year and I am feeling really lonely at the moment. Much sympathy to everyone else in this position.

@MolyHolyGuacamole It is a long drive by myself and I thought flying was the safer option. No stops, masks, better hygiene.

@Ypsilanti

I’m in tier 4 and going to be on my own. I had been isolating so I could see my parents (who are a 3 hour drive away, in a tier 2 area). I’m an only child, so I guess we could pretend that we were in a support bubble, but it’s not true, and it’s not in the spirit of the law (as much as I despise this government).

I’ll be honest, I had a bit of a cry earlier. It’s been such a shit year and I am feeling really lonely at the moment. Much sympathy to everyone else in this position.

@Ypsilanti by 'on your own', do you mean you live alone? Won't the support bubble work for you?

@HappyPumpkin81 that's such a shame 😞

@HappyPumpkin81 cant she send some of the presents back?

I'm a single parent in a tier 4 area as of midnight.
My kids are going to their dads on Monday (tier 3) and I'm driving to my parents who have been my support bubble since June on 23rd. Not sure how long to stay. Kids back on 28th. Parents due to come to me on 30th for Christmas 2 on 31st. Might end up having to cancel that (even though it is legally allowed)

Just me and DS (12). We're staying at home.

I'm going to a family funeral on Christmas Eve and probably won't feel like company. I'll go home afterwards, eat nice food and try to beat DS at Scrabble, his latest craze. We've enough food to last until New Year. 2021 will be better.