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?

[Fishies]

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?

I’ve not hugged or been inside. My ds has hugged his gps but children under 12 don’t have to socially distance here (Scotland).

I never stopped hugging my close family. Haven't been in anyone's house recently but I will if invited.

Yes I’ve seen my parents and in-laws inside, although in-laws are our support bubble so had been seeing them for a while anyway. Didn’t distance and hugged them. Everyone else I’ve seen outside but not distanced and let people hold my baby.

To be honest I’ve had enough now and have been so much happier since we started seeing people. I’m not going to go back to not seeing them again.

Haven't hugged my elderly parents - desperately want to.
Did have a hug last week with adult DD1 - she's an ICU nurse, had both vaccines, I'm a teacher, had first vaccine. We both take tests twice a week - we both needed that hug! Long overdue, and I don't regret it at all!

Yes, yes, only in shops and at school pick up

Gave my elderly mum a kiss on the cheek the other week, she burst into tears and said that nobody had kissed her for over a year. I felt a right bitch for not doing it sooner.

I have adhered to absolutely everything all the way through, but now DH is terminally ill and bedbound.

People are allowed in to help with care. He's having carers in 4 times a day and
we have 2 adult sons living at home too, so it's debatable I can really argue we need more help, but if anyone is prepared to keep him company for an hour, they are very welcome and I am treating that as helping with his care. Most people are very sensible, keep their distance and wear masks and we're of an age where almost all our friends have had at least one vaccine.

I know it's probably not within the spirit of the thing, but I'm not prepared to have him spend the months leading up to his death stuck in one room with no company.

I still haven't been inside my parents house though and I haven't hugged anyone outside the household.

1. No, but my ds8 has with his gp when they were leaving and I didn’t tell him not to.

1. No, apart from dm who is in our bubble. We don’t wear masks indoors with her, but also don’t sit really close together and have separate bathrooms etc when she stays. Not had anyone else indoors or been to anyone’s house indoors, but we have had friends in the garden who have gone inside to the toilet one at a time.

On a separate note, does anyone know the rules on lift sharing and when that is ok again (with masks?). We are really struggling to get kids to their after school activities, normally shared lifts with friends. Friends are all very strict rule followers and say it’s still illegal.

1 - haven’t even seen them, never mind hugged them (but they don’t live near)

2 - yes, but it was work, so legal. Mostly worn mask, but in a couple of situations (when the householder wasn’t wearing one) I took it off because they weren’t bothered/actively preferred it. But I knew that all of us had had at least one shot of the vaccine, and I’ve had Covid followed by the vaccine, so the chances of me carrying it are pretty low.

1 no
2 no

Yes, and no masks.

@Soothes

I have adhered to absolutely everything all the way through, but now DH is terminally ill and bedbound.

People are allowed in to help with care. He's having carers in 4 times a day and
we have 2 adult sons living at home too, so it's debatable I can really argue we need more help, but if anyone is prepared to keep him company for an hour, they are very welcome and I am treating that as helping with his care. Most people are very sensible, keep their distance and wear masks and we're of an age where almost all our friends have had at least one vaccine.

I know it's probably not within the spirit of the thing, but I'm not prepared to have him spend the months leading up to his death stuck in one room with no company.

I still haven't been inside my parents house though and I haven't hugged anyone outside the household.

I’m so sorry. It’s been so shit for people having to deal with a sick relative. No one should be put in this position

I'll probably get flamed for this. But I've been seeing my father regularly (a few times a week) in his house since probably May last year. I don't feel bad about it. He is 70 and lonely.

And also yes to hugging. Friends, family, anyone who wants one. I know it's an ignorant and maybe selfish view to have, but I'm over it. I need normality back.

Never stopped hugging my mum. I’m her support bubble though. She’s been in my house as often as usual. I haven’t been in anyone’s house and don’t want to. Don’t want visitors either. I never want to shake hands again. What’s a stupid fucking tradition anyway, I hope it is permanently gone.

No and no.

I let my DD go inside her boyfriends house this week. She’s been broken by these lockdowns and was so desperate to see him apart from an outside walk or FaceTime. All parents involved have had vaccines x1 at least four weeks ago. DD and her BF have been doing regular tests as they are sixth form.
I feel a bitch for not letting her sooner but I’ve been so scared of COVID.
I know it’s breaking the rules, as they’re not even in the same school. But I just can’t impose this on her any longer. Absolutely nobody else in her year group are keeping to the rules.
My DH and I are otherwise observing the rules fully still but we have no reason not to currently, as friends and family we do see are wanting to stick to rules too, although most of their kids aren’t.

1. I'm not a hugger anyway so loving this current reason as to not to.
2. Yes. Been in my parents and MILs houses.

No masks although my mum did request we put some hand sanitiser on as we went in. Everyone apart from me (not eligible yet) and the DCs have had one vaccine so far.

No to hugging. I've never been a hugger and don't intend to start now.

Have been going inside elderly parents/sister's house occassionally since last summer. Have regularly taken parents out for walks to give sister a break (both have dementia, DF in wheelchair). Since we've all been vaccinated, have put them in car and driven further afield to walk as sick of local streets. Have had occasional visitors to my own house, individuals not parties, some even had a cup of tea. Couple of weeks ago I went to a friend's for drinks in garden, 9 of us, not 6. Admit we ended up indoors as bloody freezing. No masks in any of these scenarios. Only wear a mask in shops and other indoor public spaces.

I was thinking earlier that I've seen far fewer posts recently (both on here and social media generally) complaining about people not following rules/not social distancing etc. The few I have seen have far more replies along the lines of "so what?!" than "omg, report the covidiots!". I think this shows that an increasing number of people are done with this (I certainly am) and, now we have a vaccine, are willing to go back to normal, accepting that we need to learn to live alongside Covid.

A bit. One hug (grandchildren/grandparents) and one (child) visitor to our house. Mostly no though.

Yes & yes

I hugged my friend last summer when she’d had a shock. That’s the only hug though. It’s weird saying hello and goodbye to people I would have hugged.

Been in a few houses recently. My mum’s, a friend’s, another friend’s...

Also had a definite not rule of 6 obeying meet up with my dd’s friends and their parents at the park. It made her extremely happy.

No masks were worn by anyone.

None of these misdeeds resulted in anyone catching Covid.

Yes and yes
The only house we have been in is my inlaws as they moved and wanted to show us around.
I also let my sister in to my holiday home to babysit while dh and I went for a walk.
We have seen my sister, my parents and inlaws over Easter and hugged them all. Having not seen them for months, and with young children, it would be unnatural not to.

Yes to both, though I don't think I technically have broken any rules, as the people whose houses I visited I was in bubbles with and the not hugging is guidance rather than the law AFAIK?

As a single adult the bubble system has just enough leeway that I'm still finding it fairly easy to stick to the rules. If it didn't exist I'm pretty sure I'd have given up on them ages ago.

Yes & yes.