Are you still sticking to ALL of the rules?

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Our family has followed all rules to date but with two weeks left until social contact restrictions are lifted I see more and more people using a ‘common sense’ approach for their own risk.

My DC go to school (primary), attend swimming lessons, attend dance classes and indoor football classes but we decline the offer of play dates with other DC in their class.

DH and I have not mixed indoors with any other adult since last March. We both WFH and are both partially vaccinated. We do not attend gyms etc as we didn’t pre covid anyway.

Our friends and family think we are being OTT, especially in not allowing DC to visit others after school but allowing them to attend classes.

It made me wonder how others are doing it?

I am social distancing, wearing masks where necessary and giving my details to Test and Trace.
I encourage my teens to do their LFT twice a week but it's up to them imo. They wear masks where necessary.

Otherwise I'm not following other rules. We've had social guests in the house like ds' gf.

No. We were sticking to pretty much everything but in March decided enough was enough and we have been seeing close family inside since then. My baby plays with other babies too and doesn't distance. She needs social interaction with other babies and needs to bond with her family and get used to being held and looked after by others. She is more important to me now than sticking to the rules and she is my priority. So many babies are being held back developmentally and I won't let that happen to her.

Yes. Sticking with the rules as are everyone I know, and it irks me when I read about people not as I’m not sure why I’m less important

I actually think I am but no opportunities not to. I have no school age children which makes a difference.
Been out to eat a few times (outside dining) been to see my parents in their garden (while it was sunny and warm).
Haven't had anyone in the house but not needed to.

I never have stuck to ALL of the rules but I am/have been majorly compliant..

Yes we are.

I actually think it's encouraging hearing about so many people not sticking to the rules as cases haven't risen with the increased mixing. No one I know is sticking to the rules now.

No, I’ve been in my mums house all the way through except for the peak weeks in each wave.

No

I don't know anyone following the rules in London. Yes masks in London but trips to visit friend and family / dinner parties seem common place now for most of the people I know .

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Never stopped mixing indoors with my parents or in laws they equally in turn have mixed indoors with mine and dh siblings and their dc, like 1 big bubble you could say. Not met others indoors neither have my dc had friends round nor been in their friends houses, they're happy to meet up outside. I didn't enforce the 1 person meet up in lockdown or max of 6 rule now either, I've met up outside with more than 6 people too.

No
I haven't made my 4 year old and 1 year old follow social distancing with friends and family.
I have been inside the houses of some family members during the third lockdown.

No. I had a big group round over the weekend. It was fab!

I don't know anyone who is still sticking to the rules about socialising. To be completely honest I don't even know what the rules are atm.

I wear a mask where I'm supposed to and try to keep my distance from strangers but we've been seeing friends and family indoors for months.

Until today I have followed all the rules but today we visited a very stressed and anxious DD in another city. We had planned to sit in her garden but it was tipping down with rain.

We spent five hours in her house but she lives alone and has to do a test twice a week. If challenged I would have paid the fine!

No. Just masks in shops so I can access stuff like food. Look forward to ditching masks.

Nope, have regularly broken the rules since before Christmas. In particular the ridiculous Scottish "do not leave your local authority area one".

We've had people in the house, I've seen my mum inside and hugged her, I had an illegal haircut, the kids don't like doing the lateral flow tests so I don't make them.

Complying with the masks in shops but that's more to avoid the covid militia prowling the aisles making loud passive aggressive remarks about people who think they're oh so special.

Yes up until today when we went to visit my parents and ended up sitting in their conservatory due to the weather. They sat in the house and we had both doors and all windows open. Still social distanced fully, but broke the meeting indoors rule

We had DP and his wife staying overnight for the whole Bank Holiday so no.

DP's brother and his wife I meant.

No. I haven’t broken them in any major way, but have let DD have her best friend round, and had my oldest friend in the house too - she drove fo 3 hours to see us and then it started to rain, no way was I going to insist she sat in the garden. Tomorrow I’m going to see my family, DBro is in hospital and I may not be allowed to see him, but I absolutely will see my DM and DSis indoors. They need support and DM (the only one of us at serious risk) has had both vaccinations.

Yes. We are following the rules.

I think it’s really sad that people are so gleeful about breaking them and not ashamed at all. We’ve all found the last year unbelievably hard but the rules are what have saved thousands if not millions of deaths. Good people comply with the law. If you don’t like the law/rules then don’t vote conservative!

I wear a mask and socially distance in shops but that’s about it now. Have been in parents and friends houses over the last 4 weeks.
We WFH, have been jabbed and take a weekly LFT. I think it’s time we got back to normal.

No we are not.

Ps I would add most of the people confessing to rule breaks on here but in would say are actually rule followers with minor indiscretions! It’s the people who are gleefully meeting indoors I can’t understand. Most of whom likely voted for Boris in the first place who put the rules they are then breaking in place!