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Are you still sticking to ALL of the rules?

543 replies

CallTheSheriff · 03/05/2021 21:33

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?

OP posts:
TooManyPlatesInMotion · 04/05/2021 21:01

No.

Our rule breaking has consisted of dc having the odd friend over.

GintyMcGinty · 04/05/2021 21:05

No I am not and haven't for quite a while.

We WFH and have had our jags and so do the family members I socialise with.

Coconut2010 · 04/05/2021 21:36

No, we’ve been socialising indoors for a while, so have the kids. I don’t know anyone who’s not doing the same.

Hcolhcsra · 04/05/2021 21:55

No, not since the kids went back. We've seen family indoors including extended family. Haven't had friends inside yet but can't see it being long.

33goingon64 · 04/05/2021 22:05

All except having DC's best friend over after school a couple of times. They're at school together anyway. But yes apart from that.

BG2015 · 05/05/2021 04:00

Initially yes 100%

Now, no! Had family round indoors over the weekend- we kept our distance.

I've hugged my parents - all fully vaccinated.

I think a lot of people are mixing indoors but keeping it to themselves.

I'm done with it now. We need to just get on with living

Justa47 · 05/05/2021 04:44

@CallTheSheriff

Interesting here to hear people happily say they haven’t followed the rule since before Xmas, beggars belief how selfish and self important some people are.

Even now everyone I know is following the rules.

That’s why with vaccinations the numbers are down.

LST · 05/05/2021 07:48

[quote Justa47]@CallTheSheriff

Interesting here to hear people happily say they haven’t followed the rule since before Xmas, beggars belief how selfish and self important some people are.

Even now everyone I know is following the rules.

That’s why with vaccinations the numbers are down.[/quote]
I find it hard to believe that 'everyone you know' is still following the rules

RaspberryCoulis · 05/05/2021 08:30

People aren't broadcasting that they are breaking the rules though are they? Especially to someone they know would seriously disapprove.

I certainly haven't told my mum and dad we've had people over for dinner, or that we've been letting the kids into their friends houses since about February.

So take the "nobody I know has been breaking rules" with a ton of salt.

lljkk · 05/05/2021 08:32

Legal rules or guidance rules?

I can't answer the question because I gave up keeping track of "the rules". Pretty sure I never followed 'guidance' rules anyway.

My neighbour was asking for someone professional to sign a document yesterday. She stopped inside our home for 5 minutes while we explained we weren't professional enough. it was blowing a gale & very rainy outside.

Did we/she break the legal rules? I can't keep track.

osbertthesyrianhamster · 05/05/2021 08:32

No, we're doing as we please. I don't bother with the bloody social distancing and take down mask when possible.

osbertthesyrianhamster · 05/05/2021 08:34

@RaspberryCoulis

People aren't broadcasting that they are breaking the rules though are they? Especially to someone they know would seriously disapprove.

I certainly haven't told my mum and dad we've had people over for dinner, or that we've been letting the kids into their friends houses since about February.

So take the "nobody I know has been breaking rules" with a ton of salt.

I don't give a toss if people I know seriously disapprove. They're not paying my bills, they can jog on.
cervixuser · 05/05/2021 08:36

yes I'm following the rules - the reason for the dates that have been put in place for relaxing restrictions is to allow for more and more people to be vaccinated. The higher the vaccinated number makes us all safer.

AyyX · 05/05/2021 08:39

Have you guys seen the outdoor dining? No one is social distancing, especially in London. Everyone’s seated very close together.. I’m sure that is 10x worse than having your family over. Get a grip.

yomommasmomma · 05/05/2021 08:39

The selfishness on display here is shocking. All these idiots breaking the rules are relying on others sticking to them. It's the height of arrogance, "oh the rules don't apply to me, that's for everyone else, I am far more important!"

Pathetic

osbertthesyrianhamster · 05/05/2021 08:41

@yomommasmomma

The selfishness on display here is shocking. All these idiots breaking the rules are relying on others sticking to them. It's the height of arrogance, "oh the rules don't apply to me, that's for everyone else, I am far more important!"

Pathetic

Oh, I don't rely on others sticking to the rules. I don't give a fuck what they do. 'Oh, selfish' - change the record, that one's scratched and doesn't play any more.
denverRegina · 05/05/2021 08:41

"No one is social distancing, especially in London"

Do they have teeny tiny tables in London because Preston pinched all the big ones? Grin

MiddleParking · 05/05/2021 08:44

@yomommasmomma

The selfishness on display here is shocking. All these idiots breaking the rules are relying on others sticking to them. It's the height of arrogance, "oh the rules don't apply to me, that's for everyone else, I am far more important!"

Pathetic

No we’re not. We’re relying on vaccines, which are working. You’re not doing anyone a favour (except maybe your family by not inflicting your company).
LST · 05/05/2021 08:47

@yomommasmomma

The selfishness on display here is shocking. All these idiots breaking the rules are relying on others sticking to them. It's the height of arrogance, "oh the rules don't apply to me, that's for everyone else, I am far more important!"

Pathetic

Blah blah blah. No. I aren't not seeing my family anymore. I just aren't. I dont give a fuck if you think I'm selfish for that. Honestly couldn't give a bloody dam. I don't leave the house unless going to my mums or for camping (legally).
Slowdownandsee · 05/05/2021 08:48

Good luck to those of you ignoring the rules, my children got covid last week from school because someone likely didn’t quarantine properly after travel and sent their child to school, there are next no cases locally but now from this outbreak about 8 kids got it and have given it to their siblings in other year groups (whilst at home isolating) I’ve just posted on thread re children/vaccines, I have had one vaccine so far. My children have been very poorly and lost sense taste and smell, they are all under 13, i now am also ill despite vaccine and I’m very fit (lots HIIT workouts, runner, low bmi etc etc) thank goodness I’ve had even half the vaccine dose as hopefully my symptoms are not going to get much worse but the uncertainly is awful. Its a nasty virus and following the guidelines does help stop the spread of it. I’m gutted we are fairly close to kids vaccines but mine have instead had to endure the illness and potential risk from longer term effects, that could have been avoided if people had followed the rules.

Houseofvelour · 05/05/2021 08:49

During the first lockdown, I was completely rigid with the rules and wouldn't even leave the house for my daily exercise as I was too scared.

Now I see my parents and a couple of friends indoors and meet others outside for picnics almost daily.
My dc attend nursery twice a week.

Glitterblue · 05/05/2021 08:56

The one time I've broken them was last weekend when we had my best friend and her husband to visit us in the garden. We had been sitting out there for ages, got a takeaway around 4.30 because none of us had had lunch, she started to feel as if she'd had too much sun and was getting a bit dizzy (she was 37 weeks pregnant at the time) so she and I came inside while we finished eating but our living room is big and we sat well apart. That's the only time we've broken the rules.

thaegumathteth · 05/05/2021 08:57

Yes , we are. It's shit and I'm sick of the assumption that the people who are sticking to the rules are either over anxious or finding it easy. That's not the case at all.

It's an often stated thing 'I can't not do X Y Z because it's just so hard I need to be able to socialise' or whatever. I'm finding it hard too. Really hard. Kids too but we're doing it for the greater good.

I read a thing recently that said people who stick to the rules are the people who carried everyone else in a group project and it's so true.

CynsterBitch · 05/05/2021 08:58

I’ve only been to my local pub and they have a huge tent with a few tables in it, and then there are others dotted around their gardens. At no point does anyone need to get within 3-4m of another group, except the servers ok. Seems to work well, I feel safe and like every precaution has been taken

yomommasmomma · 05/05/2021 08:59

So those of you ignoring the rules are happy to put the rest of us at risk? All that's matters is that you are happy though of course!

Don't you all think we would love to have our families over but we have managed to survive. Clearly you are just weaker people.

So Which do you prefer? Either you are just not strong enough to manage without breaking the rules or you are totally self obsessed and all that matters is yourself.

Sorry if it sounds harsh, but it is true .

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