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Six different households rule of six

33 replies

Rainbowsandstorms · 04/04/2021 20:28

Just wondering how people are feeling about outdoor socially distanced meet ups with six people from different households? Is everyone now doing this or are some people remaining more cautious and just meeting one or two other people from other households under the rule of six? Trying to weigh up an invitation I’ve received as it still feels a bit out of my comfort zone but am I being over cautious? No vulnerabilities in our family.

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EileenGC · 04/04/2021 20:30

I'm not in the UK but we have (or had until tomorrow, when we go back to pairs only) a similar rule of 5. No vulnerabilities here either. I have really enjoyed meeting in groups of 5, is all I can say! If you're not particularly at risk, I don't see why you wouldn't join. As long as you're comfortable. I'm so comfortable we've even been ignoring social distancing most of the time... Grin

Waxonwaxoff0 · 04/04/2021 20:32

I'm doing it. Met with 4 other households on Saturday.

BeyondMyWits · 04/04/2021 20:34

Nope, not me. But I have kids back from uni and a MIL with us as her support bubble - they count as part of our household - so that feels enough for me.

Dd will meet with 2 friends in her friends garden at the end of next week. Not seen them in person since after lockdown 2.

PurpleDaisies · 04/04/2021 20:37

Outdoors socially distanced I will be seeing five other people.

MazekeenSmith · 04/04/2021 20:38

I'd happily meet 5 other people from different households if I had the invitation to do so or the wherewithal to arrange it. I have neither so I've stuck to one other household.

Chanel05 · 04/04/2021 20:40

Doing it this week with friends and can't wait.

ifonly4 · 04/04/2021 20:41

I'm meeting up with five other friends in the week. Comfortable doing it as we met three times last year and were very careful, at least 2m apart and one friend wanted to be 4/5m away. Everyone brought their own drinks and snacks supplied that limited contact. I know I can trust them and if I turned up in a mask and wanted to distance, they wouldn't bat an eyelid though.

Abraxan · 04/04/2021 20:42

I'd be happy to,see 5 people from different households outdoors.
Tomorrow we are seeing friends from one other household. They'll be more than 6 of us and that feels fine.

But I'm used to,going to work in a school,again now, so I'm used to being surrounded by lots of people indoors without SDing, so having a fraction of that amount outside with SDing really doesn't concern me,

Glitterblue · 04/04/2021 20:42

We've only met my parents in their garden so far. Will see the in laws outside this week. But not 6 house together.

AlexandraEiffel · 04/04/2021 20:42

Yep I've done it. We all sat outside in chairs distanced from one another. The risk seems tiny to me.

RoseWineTime · 04/04/2021 20:49

Yes I did it on Friday evening with a fire pit and lashings of Prosecco! We have all had our first vaccine and a couple their second!

mn81987 · 04/04/2021 20:50

You're acting like it's something new! We were doing this last year! If you were doing it then, then why would it be a problem now?

ShaunaTheSheep · 04/04/2021 20:53

Outdoors, with 4 friends, all had first vaccine, and all with DC at school together, so seemed perfectly reasonable.

ImAlrightThanx · 04/04/2021 21:11

It's absolutely fine.
My colleagues and I will be having a barbie next weekend, 5 of us going to one coworkers garden. We're close together at work, so outdoors seems way less risky!

OrangeBananaFish · 04/04/2021 21:18

I ran with 5 other people from my running club last Tuesday. 6 people from 6 different households. Took DD2 to meet with her friend and family on Friday for a walk (7 of us from 2 households). Both were great. It was lovely to meet up and have a catch up with people again.

Rizzoli123 · 04/04/2021 21:21

I am meeting with different households once a week to play netball.

LawnFever · 04/04/2021 21:24

Yeah I’d happily do this Smile If someone else wasn’t keen that’s their choice and I wouldn’t push it but I’d be very happy to do it

RichardMarxisinnocent · 04/04/2021 21:29

I'd happily meet 5 people from 5 households, the only reason I haven't is that I don't have 5 friends who all know each other.

Fairyfalls · 04/04/2021 21:31

See people from five and more different households in the office at work every week. Out and about mixing as part of my job as well.

Hollyhead · 04/04/2021 21:31

It’s allowed but I personally think unless you’re a teen and need that sort of social group it’s unnecessary and irresponsible. I’m only doing 2 households max at the moment.

IceCreamAndCandyfloss · 04/04/2021 21:32

If I know they will definitely SD I would be ok with it, if they are likely not too or “forget” then no not yet.

Zig27 · 04/04/2021 21:43

I'm meeting 5 friends for a walk tomorrow which we will keep our distance. I have hardly seen anyone and stuck to the rules during all of this. My mental health comes first now. Transmission outdoors is low.

toocold54 · 04/04/2021 21:53

I’ve not done it just because my family and friends come with other family members but I wouldn’t have a problem doing it.

HolmeH · 04/04/2021 21:56

100%. I had 3 friends round on Friday & their 3 kids. That did actually make 8 people but two were non crawling babies..

Had a huge Easter egg hunt on our street today. As neighbours, we grouped into two households each & sat on our driveways while the kids went wild! They had a ball!

Meeting up with 5 mum pals next week & our kiddos 😊

I respect my friends & families wishes. I have some who are more cautious and I distance from them & make my kids be respectful too (bit tricky with a one year old but strap her in a buggy).. and I have plenty who are quite happy to not hug or be super close but we just walk side by side or sit normally on a bench and our kids play together. The outdoor risk in my opinion is tiny.

LilyPond2 · 04/04/2021 22:06

If you live in England or Wales, have you checked the Government's interactive map showing positive tests in your area in the past week? (Particularly useful in England as broken down into quite small areas. ) Lots of areas have very low Covid rates at the moment which might give you some comfort that the risk is low. Equally, if you can see that rates in your local area are much higher than average for the UK you might want to think twice.

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