Please let's be honest here!!! no arguments, no judgement, no bit##ness. Have you started hugging your family yet? Have you been inside someone's house?

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Let's be truthfully honest !!! no judging,no bitchyness ,no arguments
a simple yes or no will do

1-Have you or your children started hugging your family members yet ?
2- Have you been inside someone's house?
Do you wear masks still and keep your distance if you are doing either of these?

All yes.

I've just had my first baby, she's 2 months now so we have bubbled up with my mum. So yeah I've been to my mums and hugged her.

I've seen my best friend, she's visited 2 times since the baby was born in February, I haven't hugged her though.

Other than that I haven't see anyone. I can't remember when I last saw anyone else... I worked from home before I went on maternity leave.

I think it's really damaged my self confidence and ramped up my anxiety.

Also want to add, I don't blame anyone for seeing their family and friends properly again. I think this is a big shit show and we should just get back to normal. I literally don't care anymore.

@DobbyTheHouseElk I'm pretty sure that visiting someone to provide care has always been an exemption if the rules . Is it that your mum has had extra anxiety she hasn't wanted you to help care for your dad?

Started going in mums house and a friends house since the lockdown in December. I wear masks where I'm legally required to.

I've hugged two people outside my household, both times with masks on and outside. My Mum and my friend a few times whose had an incredibly hard time - discussed afterwards and we'd all actually held our breath.

Only people we've had in our house was heating engineer, builder for emergency repair and my DM once - she was sat 4m away from us, by window, and kept her mask on, but when I said she could remove it, she did.

No, but only because I don't know anyone! If I had friends or family (particularly parents) and they'd been vaccinated I definitely would (I've had my first vaccination). I would've followed all the guidelines up until now, as I have been anyway. But if we'd all been vaccinated I don't think I'd be able to not hug my mum, for example.

I've hugged my vaccinated parents after I had done a covid test and still with masks. Kind of a side ways hug iyswim.

Only been in their house to use the toilet and again, wore a mask.

Can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to the 17th to actually be able to stay over or have them stay with us. Assuming it goes ahead 🤞

I haven’t done either of those things and it’s not really bothered me. I appreciate that I’m very lucky to live with my husband and kids though and I’ve worked from home with lots of zoom meetings etc so I’ve never felt lonely throughout the lockdowns. I get that this has been tough for lots of other people, particularly those who live alone etc

I have but only in the past few weeks because my father died. So at his funeral I hugged my brother and his family. And a couple of friends have hugged me. We are all testing regularly and are being safe. The hugs were needed.

@shinynewapple21 yes, pretty much. I offered to help so many times, but hasn’t let anyone near my Dad. I’ve been shopping for them since March 2020.

But because I have Dc in primary school I’m deemed unclean. I’ve watched her breakdown so many times and has refused a hug. But I sort of made her hug me in the garden recently.

Now I’ve been doing the LFT it’s been easier. But I’m still not allowed in to help care for my Dad. I used to do it pre-covid.

I’m not vaccinated either. DH is. But I’m still too young.

I hugged a friend the other day. She had a sudden, completely unexpected bereavement a few hours earlier and was devastated.

Yes I've hugged my mum throughout And we are both still alive!

Yes. Seen my Mum ( had been in hospital after a fall) and elderly mother in law. Both widowed. Went in March just before I returned to teaching because I'm fed up of mixing in a classroom but not seeing family.

No hugs.
Have been into my parents house recently and sat with them once (so far). They have had both vaccine doses and I had my first several weeks ago.
No masks were worn but we did keep some distance (not 2m, though).

1. No. 2. No. so the rest not applicable.

Yep saw my brother for the first time today in months and we hugged, we're both fully vaccinated and low risk so 🤷‍♀️

I've walked through a friends house to sit in her garden
I stood just inside a friends kitchen by the open door ( to the garden) whilst she boiled the kettle
Not hugged ..not even my children ...the are adults who love independently .

No and no. In fact we haven't met up with anyone, even outside

No not yet.

Yes
Never stopped

In fact we are all ( about 20 of us )having a big meet up away from home within the next few wee
Can’t wait

1. I don’t do hugging 😂
2. Yes I’ve been inside 3 houses, close friends/ family only.

Oh no wait, 4 houses.

Yesterday was my MILs funeral. We wore masks in the crematorium, and in the grounds. there was hugging after the service. We had a wake (under 15 people)at a relatives house.