Household gatherings

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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?

I would say my uncle caught Covid through household mixing at Xmas. He's alive, but no quality of life now. He's been in hospital, rehabilitation and had carers in for a couple of weeks. He's been out under the carport once, can't manage the sloping drive. He used to walk a mile up to the shops and carry a couple of bags back, doesn't even want to try driving

My friend's Dad list his life to it early on, I suspect he got it from household mixing which was allowed. I know if another ten who've had it. One died, one has long Covid months on, another needs an x-ray as had ongoing chest pain, only one had it mild, the others felt awful.

Is it really worth the risk to those we love and care about. Hopefully when more are vaccinated and case numbers are lower, it'll be much easier for those who've chosen to be vaccinated to be safe together. If somehow they still catch it, chances are they won't be too bad with protection they have.

We see my mum as she lives alone so it our support bubble. My best friend has recently had a baby and her twat of a husband has fucked off to his home country for a few months because it’s more fun over there apparently, so we’re her ‘support bubble for families with a baby under 1’. Not sure if I’m allowed two bubbles but I’m not telling either my depressed mother or abandoned best friend with PND to just get on with it alone so 🤷🏻‍♀️.
Our area is white on the Covid map.

We have a support bubble (child under on 1 on 2nd December) so we have seen my parents most days. Other than that we've not mixed households apart from repair men.

I've also let my brother take my eldest for a walk to the playground.

We haven't but to be honest I only have two friends where we go to each others houses a lot and my family live either an hour away or a plane ride away , with DH's a plane ride as well.
One group of my more casual friends has planned to meet in a garden , either one of ours or a pub garden in mid April ( assuming the dreaded road map goes to plan) but none of them were keen to meet indoors. We are all in our 50s , mostly with teenagers at home and working in education, either as school teachers or as university lecturers or professional staff. Most of us will likely have had our first vaccine by then as at least two of us have appointments for it next week

To those who have/are mixing. How many of you has been affected by covid directly or had someone die in their family? Im guessing not many.

I knew a 15 year old boy that committed suicide because lockdown got too much for him. Beyond tragic. Far more tragic than either of my parents, or for that matter me, dying of covid.

But again, as a poster has already said, as it wasn't covid, it's not important enough.

We are sticking to the rules.

I don't want school bubbles to burst, as my children are so happy to finally be back at school.

*I knew a 15 year old boy that committed suicide because lockdown got too much for him. Beyond tragic. Far more tragic than either of my parents, or for that matter me, dying of covid.

But again, as a poster has already said, as it wasn't covid, it's not important enough.*

This is beyond tragic, but sadly not surprising to me. People who have said how much their teens on here have often been shouted down on here.

It's quite disgraceful that we've got to a place where people are being constantly called selfish for having human contact.

You have no idea what someone may be feeling and going through.

We have stuck to it 100% since Christmas. Our son is in our bubble so we have seen him but we haven’t seen my parents or our daughter. Seeing all the other posters are meeting family & friends regardless makes me sad - does it make me the idiot for following the rules?

A relative had her adult children round to celebrate her younger child’s birthday. A neighbour called the police so in some areas they are checking.

I am following the rules and will continue to do so. I work in a primary school where I feel that there are barely any mitigation measures so it has made me tighten up on all non school areas of my life. I also strongly feel that I have a duty of care to all the children in class and my colleagues which means following the rules. I would be saddened if the families of children I work with and my colleagues were deliberately flouting rules by having sleepovers and indoor gatherings etc as that’s a huge slap in the face when we have worked so hard to make school a happy welcoming space to support these children.

We are sticking to the rules. Although our cleaner starts back this week. Very hard as my family lives 150 miles away and not seen them since last summer (we booked summer accommodation near each other) miss them very much.

We are though meeting DH parents in their garden for the occasional cup of tea as they’re nearby

We are though meeting DH parents in their garden for the occasional cup of tea as they’re nearby

That’s not actually permitted under the rules, currently.

I am sticking to the rules, 37 weeks pregnant. Really don't fancy getting covid right now 😭(or at all) xx

I find the amount of people ignoring the social distancing measures really concerning. We're at a crucial point now with the most vulnerable vaccinated but still quite high levels of virus circulating in the population which provides an ideal environment for new vaccine resistant strains to appear. Which will mean back to square one! Please stick to the rules a bit longer. Once the infection rate drops significantly then we will be home and dry.

We are still sticking to the rules. It isn't any real hardship and I just want this over.

My circle of acquaintances is either more law abiding than a lot of you, or they’re just not telling me what they’re up to.

I have seen my parents and in laws in outdoor spaces infrequently.
I have walked with various friends, individually at least once a week.

Where I live has a lot of outdoor space and our cases are very low. I hope to keep it that way!

@Wherediditgo, I have 2 family members die since this started, neither covid.

The fact remains going in and out of others houses is not helping the situation for any of us. We are at the point we're we need to stick at it, til we all get a vaccination, then mix all you like.

Still sticking to the rules. If I want to talk to friends, I use the telephone.

To those who have/are mixing. How many of you has been affected by covid directly or had someone die in their family? Im guessing not many

Mum died of covid March 31st ...this is our first Mothers Day without her and it's coming up to the anniversary of her death. I will spend both days with my sister, no doubt we'll have a cry and a hug. We would have spent it with my dad, but he died of cancer in November. Is that affected enough for you?

We are still sticking to the rules. My elderly mum is in our bubble and lives next door so we see her and she comes to us for meals sometimes. However, that is quite a recent thing (since Jan) as previously we were an unsafe bubble with both DH and I working in schools so we had only spoken to her through her windows or on the doorstep.

We were holding out for my mum to get her jabs. She had her 1st jab in December and then her second in January. I had to drive her to get both jabs and two days after I had her in the car with me to get her 2nd jab I tested positive for Covid. Worst time of my life worrying whether I had past it on to her after keeping our distance for so long. Luckily she was fine (I assume she had immunity from her 1st jab) but my God I wouldn't want to go through that again.

It just takes that one time ....

Nearly, except I go cycling in a group of 3 and my elderly mum has me and my brother in 2 bubbles. I live away but visit to drive her to her appointments, of which there are many, and sort out her financial stuff. DB who has slight SN doesn’t drive or do anything too involved but does bits of shopping. I don’t even know why I wrote this detail, I’m justifying it to the imaginary police! Apart from that I’m a stickler, I want this to end.

We've been meeting DH's family indoors for months, ho ho, loads of us got covid from each other (not our household, by some miracle) so of course now we've kept going.

I've not seen my mum and dad as they're inherently not rule breakers, I'm not a natural rule breaker either but the pandemic has changed me. They've had the jab, they live with my nan who had both jabs by early Jan (one of the first to get it and with 3 week gap). I'm 6 weeks-post first dose myself.

My sister came round for the first time in months this week, she had covid in December.

So yeah, we've been meeting indoors.

Lots of teenagers are meeting up with friends and I don't blame them. The numbers are miniscule in this area and have always been low. There will be those that will shout murderers etc and some that feel the need to shut everything down until not one single case of the virus in in circulation of a population of 67 million but they are wrong.
There will always be extremes from ones that panic and cannot see perspective and will exaggerate the risks going forward but we need to actually look start living and not hiding.

@BearPear

We have stuck to it 100% since Christmas. Our son is in our bubble so we have seen him but we haven’t seen my parents or our daughter. Seeing all the other posters are meeting family & friends regardless makes me sad - does it make me the idiot for following the rules?

You do you and let them do them.....