AIBU to think everyone should be allowed a support bubble?

[KitKatastrophe]

This isn't me trying to "be special" or "twist the rules" - I am legally entitled to have a support bubble.

I think every household should be allowed to form a bubble with one other. Since forming a bubble with my parents, life has been so much easier.
People with babies under 1 can form one, but someone with a 15 month old cannot.

AIBU to think it would be fair, and make the lockdown much more bearable, if each household could form one legal, exclusive bubble for support and socialisation.

I agree

Yes I agree. I’m allowed a support bubble too (baby under 1) and it’s been so much better since then. I think it would help everyone.

You can form a childcare bubble with one household if you have children under 14. www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-childcare-bubble-with-another-household?priority-taxon=774cee22-d896-44c1-a611-e3109cce8eae

I totally agree

YABU. Surely you understand that would just enable the virus to spread even more easily?

[quote OrchidFlakes]You can form a childcare bubble with one household if you have children under 14. www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-childcare-bubble-with-another-household?priority-taxon=774cee22-d896-44c1-a611-e3109cce8eae[/quote]
That’s not the same as a support bubble though, you can’t socialise with the adults. A support bubble is different, you can socialise and go in each other’s houses as if you are one household.

[quote OrchidFlakes]You can form a childcare bubble with one household if you have children under 14. www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-childcare-bubble-with-another-household?priority-taxon=774cee22-d896-44c1-a611-e3109cce8eae[/quote]
Yes but you can't socialise with them. It's for childcare only. The adults arent supposed to mix and you are only supposed to use it for childcare so you can work. Quite different to a support bubble where you can act as one household.

I know of a few families doing this unofficially .

@buttery81

YABU. Surely you understand that would just enable the virus to spread even more easily?

Very slightly. But as you act like one household, you would only be spreading it between yourselves. Also, some aspects of life such as being able to see a family member, are really important. The government has shown they understand the importance of family support for people with small babies, why do people suddenly not need support when their children are over 1?

@shinynewapple2021

I know of a few families doing this unofficially .

Me too

I agree. There's plenty of 20-somethings who can't (legally) see anyone they actually care about because they happen to live in houseshares with random people. I'm genuinely considering sinking myself financially and getting a one-bed flat so I can end this mental torture.

Maybe people with young (pre-teen?) children should be allowed one, but I don't think blanket everyone should get one. I'm a young adult living just with my partner, people like us don't need them. We have technology.

It would make such a difference being able to see my daughter/husband and granddaughters but it would increase the lines of transmission since there are work and nursery involved so we have to do it right. Different if nobody goes anywhere.

@PattyPan

Maybe people with young (pre-teen?) children should be allowed one, but I don't think blanket everyone should get one. I'm a young adult living just with my partner, people like us don't need them. We have technology.

It wouldn't be compulsory. Some young people might find life much easier if they could have a support bubble. I know I would have struggled not to see my parents, whether or not I had kids.

@Flowersinthewindowstill I agree 100% with you. Between the education fiascos and the situation you’ve described I really feel for young people. They’ve had it really tough yet keep getting blamed for spreading it (e.g. students in the autumn when the week before they’d been told it was safe to go to uni (and pay thousands in tuition fees and rent)).