Are people planning to social distance when they see family and friends this week?

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I am seeing so many people saying they are excited to hug their mum etc this week now that the stay at home is going to be lifted and it made me wonder how many people are planning to abide by the rules?

It seems to be taken as a bit of a free for all

It’s making me a bit sad as we’ve really stuck to the rules and ended up missing out on Christmas etc and other plans as lockdowns were introduced due to the spike and I know for a fact a lot of people weren’t sticking to the rules so have happily seen family and friends etc
I’m sick of missing out on seeing loved ones

I have to admit it’s making me wonder if the fuck it attitude is worth it to see the in laws who we haven’t seen in over a year

What are you planning on doing? Not being goady, not going to have a go whatever people say I’m just curious to see if we are among the few who were planning to socially distance inside still?

Only meeting outside and will still socially distance. Kids may not, but have been in school with their friends anyway. Not planning on being indoors or hugging. Sad but I can't even imagine it now.

There’s no way I’m going to stop my Mum from cuddling her grandchild. They have a lot of lost time to make up for. Mum is vaccinated, if she’s not safe from covid now then she never will be.

A pp said that the numbers in August last year were much lower than what they are now but I don't believe they are as they were only doing about 30000 tests a day then if I recall rightly. Considering they are testing roughly 1500000 a day and averaging 5000 I think they are lower now. I want be social distancing from my family and both sets of grandparents have chose not to social distance from my children since last summer.

Not yet vaccinated, so not planning to see anyone. Really hope there isn't another surge in infections to wreck my child's education yet again.

I will be following the rules and continuing to social distance. All of the adults in my family and my close friends have been vaccinated now, but we will all continue to be cautious.

I've been meeting people outdoors the whole time, and haven't bothered with social distancing.

I am meeting people indoors who have been vaccinated, and feel comfortable meeting, though not for long periods of time.

I won't be rushing to get my hair cut because I think it's a confined space, with people I don't know.

I am following my own rules. Every decision I make I risk assess. I didn't Eat Out to Help Out last year, as I thought the risk is too high. I guess I trust myself to manage risk more than I trust the government.

We're having dinner in the garden tomorrow with friends but I won't be hugging anyone - I'm not a hugger at the best of times! It's still bloody cold in the evenings, especially when it's windy, so we have a firepit, an extension cord and two electric blankets. The dress code is "thermals".

I'm avaliable for hugs. I respect my friends' different comfort zones. Some I have hugged, others I haven't touched. Where practical I'm happy outside. Haven't seen DM in 7 months due to distance and it being impractical to meet outside due to her age/ health (she's bubbled with my sibling who is local to her).

I've not been in a position to have any bubbles and a year is far too fucking long to expect me to have no contact with anyone that's not my household. I cracked last June, crushed by loneliness and ended up sobbing, then drunk on my friend's sofa. It's not been something I've made a habit of, but there's no way I could have followed the government's expectations perfectly without ending up on medication for a prolonged period. Doesn't seem worth the cost-benefit analysis to me and the occasional low-risk breach has been well worth the sanity preservation.

I didn't spend the first 39 years of my life fretting over unkowingly sharing colds/ flu/ sick bugs etc, and it's not a healthy mindset to live with long term.

No hugging. Keeping distance. Then losing inhibition when drunk and playing beer pong I expect

Nope

I'm looking forward to going to my Mum and Dad's again, I'm not much of a "huggy" person anyway lol so that doesn't affect me
Even though I'm looking forward to things opening up again and getting out and about, I'll still be doing social distancing everywhere even though lockdown is lifting.

I expect another sanctimonious “shame on you” to be incoming, but I cannot fathom seeing my mum and not hugging her. It goes against my every instinct. And as for telling my children they can’t hug their grandparents? Nah, no way.

I can’t wait to take my children to see my parents in their garden but we’ll be social distancing.

There seems some nice sensible people on this thread who weigh up the risks and make their own decisions .
Sounds good to me .

We have plans for six of us to get together outside for coffee. We will try and sit apart but not taking a tape measure. No hugging, which is fine i hate it anyway.

I’m meeting my parents for a walk at a local park. I won’t stop them hugging their grandson.

I s got my mum and dad coming this week (on separate days, they are divorced) and we will sit in garden but I don't think even at this stage we will have close contact.
I have friends who have been vaccinated abs still caught covid, and both my Dad and step dad have been CEV.
Got friends coming for day over Easter weekend to sit in garden, but will probs be more lax with them.

Don't hug my family. Won't be seeing them this week anyway.
The only person I'll see is my gym teacher who'll yell at me to do burpees. I won't hug her for that.

I don't hug and kiss friends and family. But I won't sit 2m apart. But I'm one of the rule breakers recently anyway and have seen people indoors for play dates etc since Xmas.
Sicknof going to parks in the freezing cold weather with a non walking 14m old who hates pushchair. And a 3yr old that likes to run off. So we've had 2 sets of friends with toddlers round to play on a weekly basis as well as both sets of our parents.. My mh is much better for it and so is the 3year olds.
I'm done!

I'm seeing my 82 year old Dad next weekend for the first time in months. I have a primary aged child and am ECV myself. We will be sitting in his garden whatever the weather but I won't be hugging him. Not yet. When we've both had our second vaccines I will. I just think we have to keep being cautious for a while yet.

I'm sorry but we had the same with my DN. Stayed away from her last year. When we could see her kept a distance.
Didn't hug etc. She died alone. And lonely. Last mothers day we promised we'd make it up this year. Same as her birthday. She didn't make that. I'd give anything for a hug. A cup of tea a chat. Anything.

I've been socialising indoors with my family for months but we haven't seen anyone take at all.

As and when things are lifted in Scotland if I meet up with anyone else then yes I will socially distance in order to not put my family members at risk so we can carry on.

I haven't made any plans to see family and wouldn't be hugging any of them if I did! Most of us have had 1 or 2 jabs now so we probably wouldn't be that strict about social distancing, but we'd stay outside. Personally though I'm more excited about being able to do children's outdoor activities and day trips (which we'd just do as a household group), and kid's indoor classes after April 12.

I will be sticking to the rules. We have had a large gazebo outside that will be fully open on at least one side and will be sticking to the rule of 6 or two households with social distancing.

My younger children will be following the same rules.

My 17yo is going out to meet friends starting tomorrow outside only. Not going to ask questions as assume there'll be more than 6 but one of her friends killed herself last night so I'm not going to get worked up over a minor breach.

Well I won’t be hugging my parents or my brother and his kids when I see them but I will be seeing them and if the weather is crap it won’t be outdoors. I’ve stuck to the rules 100% throughout but I’m done now. I’ll continue to keep contact to a minimum, I won’t suddenly be rushing out to see my friends who I haven’t seen in months, and once things open properly in June I won’t be going crazy but i will be seeing my family and doing it in a way that I see fit.