Household gatherings

[daffodil10]

As we trail towards the next deadline, truthfully are people sticking absolutely to the no household mixing etc? Or are people sneaking round to each other's for meals etc

I am sticking to it but only because my husband keeps me on the straight and narrow which is obviously the right thing to do. Just wondered?

All my friends are sticking rigidly to the rules. Half of us have had our first vaccinations, but see no point in breaking them now. We all have kids that go to college and school, and we would be setting a poor example if we made exceptions for ourselves.

No. In addition to our support bubble that we've had throughout (single friend who lives alone) I have been allowing a college friend of my sons to come round in the last week. She is 17, living alone, suicidal and self harming. Now that they're being tested I felt it was a better risk than leaving her to it, poor girl.

My parents are over tonight as it was my mums bday yesterday. It’s ok for them to mind my three children and take them to and from school, but we can’t socialise. They have both had the vaccine.

They just found out their friend with two young children has two weeks to live from bowel cancer. My brother died at 40 from leukaemia. Life is too short for this shit anymore. Covid isn’t the only risk to life.

Tesco was heaving. I've had 2 jabs and I still don't see anyone. People say they had enough but they will be the ones dragging it on.

"Tesco was heaving. I've had 2 jabs and I still don't see anyone. "

Except you go to Tesco when it's heaving, so you see plenty of people there.

I mean that I don't see anyone in a way that is against guidelines. Only my household in my house. Shopping was essential.

I am desperate to be able to go inside peoples houses. It’s no fun trying to meet up for a walk in bad weather with a baby. I go back to work in 2 weeks and it still won’t be allowed. But I will stick to the rules as we have done all along because we all have a responsibility to keep each other safe. And I don’t want to prolong lockdown any longer than it has to be by mixing when we are not supposed to. The end is hopefully in sight now, have lived like this for a year, what’s a couple more months 🤷🏼‍♀️ Can’t even see family as they don’t live near me. Roll on May!

Covid isn’t the only risk to life

No one said it was.

I follow the rules because having lost loved ones to other things I don’t want anyone else to have to lose someone because I broke the rules. This isn’t something that can be risk assessed personally as others can be harmed by the actions when people breaking the rules go into public for shopping, work, school etc.

@OnlyFoolsnMothers wow you need to re read my post. I said I’m following the rules as I don’t want to be responsible for passing it to anyone who becomes seriously ill or dies that includes random strangers! I then went on to say I’m not seeing my patents due to the risk of my daughter being at school. I’m also not breaking the rules and seeing friends etc as I don’t want to put my daughter’s teachers at risk or the families of anyone in her family. Yet you tell me I sum up selfish!

Parents not patients.

[quote Rainbowsandstorms]@OnlyFoolsnMothers wow you need to re read my post. I said I’m following the rules as I don’t want to be responsible for passing it to anyone who becomes seriously ill or dies that includes random strangers! I then went on to say I’m not seeing my patents due to the risk of my daughter being at school. I’m also not breaking the rules and seeing friends etc as I don’t want to put my daughter’s teachers at risk or the families of anyone in her family. Yet you tell me I sum up selfish![/quote]
Apologies for being blunt and coming across rude- I was probably not very articulate. My point is people who don’t follow the rules to the T aren’t selfish and wish ill will on others- the most important people to us are our families and ourselves to a certain degree. Those with elderly parents may be fearful of covid; those without and with young children see the isolation as a bigger threat.

are people sneaking round to each other's for meals

I'm curious... in "normal" times, how often do people eat a meal at someone else's house?

I'm thinking about once every 2 months for me, unless I'm visiting my family (8 time zones away).

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are people sneaking round to each other's for meals

I'm curious... in "normal" times, how often do people eat a meal at someone else's house?

I'm thinking about once every 2 months for me, unless I'm visiting my family (8 time zones away).

Not a meal, but I have friends round for wine every 2 weeks. Nowadays, jus one friend.