Couples in established relationships?

[catatemymind]

My partner and I have been together for 6 years - for reasons beyond our control we are now currently living separately but are still very much together. Neither of us currently live alone. Am I correct in thinking that we are not permitted to see each other until...around April? Or if we do, it will have to be socially distanced? One of us is in a tier 2 area and another is in a tier 3. I have a mental health condition and I don't know that I can hack this...

In real life I don’t know any not-living-together couples who haven’t kept on seeing each other throughout. Just crack on and do what you want. What have you been doing since March, waving at each other through windows??

we were living together so it wasn't an issue, I'm just in a profession where I could get in trouble for not following the rules and I also have bad anxiety!

You can certainly go for walks outside, that's permitted with one other person in any tier.

However, who do you both live with?

If one of you is a single parent you could form a support bubble. If you both live with other adults that's trickier.

We both live with other adult family members. This is a bit surreal! Although nothing has been particularly normal at all this year!

We don't have children together either.... April (or whenever the hell this all starts to shift) it is, sob!

We’re in a very similar boat. We met up halfway for a walk and to exchange gifts, what makes our situation worse is that we live 4 hours from each other too.

So do we, other side of the country!! It's so cruel not to have some sort of caveat for these situations. Solidarity to you and I wish you well xx

Same, 4 hours apart and a border involved. Both miserable.

It's an absolute joke. Can you just tell the people you work with you've moved in together if it even comes up? Inhumane to just assume housemates have to bubble up even though they may not be any support to each other. I believe you should be allowed a support person yourself.
I am a single person as is my partner so we can bubble but I'm also a nanny for two different households and nobody in either household tries to distance from me (I know the kids can't anyway) so technically I have 3 bubbles not by choice!