AIBU to ask what is the worst lockdown rule you have broken?

[EmJay19]

AIBU to say a lot of (but not all) people have broken the rules to varying degrees once or twice even when they generally stick to the rules?

What’s the worst thing you’ve done?

I went to the pub with a friend when I shouldn’t have done as not from same household. Sitting outside would have been ok at that point...

In the first lockdown, when they loosened up the rules about meeting up, socially distanced, with one person outside from another household, I met up with my dad and hugged him.

ExH lives 2 hours away and has the kids EOW. He collects them and I drive to pick them up. Every time I do we don't go straight home we go to the gorgeous local (as in local to exH) nature reserve then to McDonalds drive thru, when I suppose I should go straight home. But I collect them at 2pm, if I set off they'd both sleep and be up until Silly O'Clock. So I prolong the day and set off at 5pm instead.

I drove 3 miles to take my kids to a play park I knew would be deserted.

Had sex with someone outside of my household who doesn't live alone.
Am planning to have sex with someone else this week, but they live alone so I guess that one will be legal 🤷‍♀️

Took my DD age 4 away for a night in a hotel in neighbouring city before xmas.

All 5 of us went to visit my parents in October. 7 instead of 6. We all stayed outside though.

I hugged my friend when her father died (not Covid). I also took my mum to Sainsbury's in my car (I took a lateral flow test immediately beforehand and she is barely seeing anyone and hadn't been to the shops in a very long time at that point).

Mum dropped by with some shopping when we were isolating (after a positive contact) and had to come in for a pee.

I went from a tier 3 area into a tier 2 area in order to eat in a restaurant when the tiers were in place

Hugged my friends at the funeral of a mutual friend, and I don't give a single fuck. Not every single action we take has to be COVID-centric. There are other health factors to take into account that are killing people too.

On VE day our cul de sac had a socially distanced street party. This in itself was fine but after a while all the children mingled and played together and we didn't have the heart to make them stop as they were having the time of their lives after being cooped up! Luckily no one caught covid.

I sat on the grass/on a bench. I ate on a walk.

Remember those threads?

A proper rule break? We had a kid come over twice when they weren't supposed to.

Hugged my mum on her birthday. For a second I genuinely forgot that I wasn't supposed to.

Up until the latest lockdown we carried on as we had in summer in that we only saw one household at a time so under 6 people, and we would have them in our hous snd vice versa, sat apart etc in the house but still not allowed.

Meeting family 'Christmas bubble' on boxing day instead of Christmas day (didnt see anyone Christmas day)

Met someone for sex at the beginning of June. I knew them from tinder and hadn’t seen them since March at that point so I don’t feel too guilty.

I actually think that’s the only time I’ve really broken the rules.

I don't always keep 2 metres apart from others especially at work and if I need heavy shopping I go with my husband (as he can't use my discount card).
Nothing else although once my parents have had their second vaccine I might think fuck it and visit them.
Can't meet them for a walk as my mum can barely walk round the garden. They could die of old age before lockdown ends so no use in saying just be patient.

Flew abroad to see family at Christmas. Didn’t isolate. Went out and met friends.
The first lockdown I met friends for drinks every week. Outdoors and socially distanced but I think it was outlawed. I don’t actually know what the rules are half the time.
I go for a walk with friends every weekend. Outdoors and we don’t touch but probably not as socially distanced as we should be.

We haven't broken the rules as such but in the Christmas holidays instead of meeting up on Christmas day we waited until the children had been home from school for 10 days then went to visit grandparents. We were all in tier 4 anyway so not going anywhere or meeting anybody else just grandparents on the 29th instead of 25th.

[quote FrostyChocolateMilkshake]**@WildOrchids67* Gone round to friends' flat for drinks. Five different households altogether. No social distancing.*

Sounds fabulous. We'll keep following guidelines and not seeing anyone and basically living in isolation whilst you carry on as normal, yeah?

Fucking moron.[/quote]
You do know that you could just not follow guidelines too don't you? Yes it's illegal and yes you may think it's immoral but someone else breaking the rules isn't actually stopping you from doing so. Nobody cares how altruistic you are, practically everyone is shouting about how altruistic they are atm, it's not special anymore.

@Sh05

We haven't broken the rules as such but in the Christmas holidays instead of meeting up on Christmas day we waited until the children had been home from school for 10 days then went to visit grandparents. We were all in tier 4 anyway so not going anywhere or meeting anybody else just grandparents on the 29th instead of 25th.

If you were in tier 4 you weren’t allowed a Christmas bubble even on Christmas Day.