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Did you wait to hug your loved ones until it was govt permitted?

115 replies

Honey12346 · 21/06/2021 18:26

I'm just curious really. The govt permitted hugs on May 17th I think. Did you wait until then to hug family and friends?

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Gooseysgirl · 21/06/2021 23:55

No. As soon as we were all double vaccinated, we started hugging again

Shehasadiamondinthesky · 21/06/2021 23:59

I haven't seen anyone for two years because I didn't want to endanger them as I worked with covid patients.
I'm seeing DS and DiL next month and can't wait to hug them now we've all had our vaccinations.
DiL is type 1 diabetic so we've had to be super careful.

catfeets · 22/06/2021 00:08

Genuinely can't remember the last time I hugged a member of my family. Even if I wanted to, yes I'd have waited.

Ostara212 · 22/06/2021 00:14

@Randominternetbitch

Sorry but who actually in their right minds needs to be told by the government when it’s ok to hug or touch their loved ones? I mean seriously?! Are these the same people that need to be instructed that a bag of KP nuts contain nuts??
Yes.
ineedaholidaynow · 22/06/2021 00:15

@Maddermax what happens if other people want to SD from you?

Maddermax · 22/06/2021 00:20

@Maddermax what happens if other people want to SD from you?

They are free to do what they want. Did you really think I was going to force people to sit with me or hug me?

ResIpsaLoquiturInterAlia · 22/06/2021 00:26

No I ignore a government that ignores science and data. I waited until we were all double vaccinated and constantly PCR checked plus of course taking all other risk mitigation measures seriously while and because most do not. The more relaxed the government and the population about the pandemic - the more self restraint and lifestyle moderation and risk mitigation we preferred. We ideally prefer no risk mitigation at all but that is only sustainable if people put in the effort in order to make that possible and sustainable.

sleepwouldbenice · 22/06/2021 00:40

Yes
As did most people I knew

RisingSunn · 22/06/2021 00:58

Absolutely not.

HeartvsBrain · 22/06/2021 01:04

Last year in the summer. We hadn't seen our Granddaughter since just before the start of the first lockdown. She and her Mum and Dad came in, we were all wearing masks and keeping our distance, then the masks came off for tea and cake and didn't go back on again. I'm in a very vunerable category, but when your 7 year old Grandchild comes to you for a hug, you grin and open your arms wide - what if you didn't and you die a few weeks later, and the last thing your Granddaughter remembers is you turning them away, I couldn't turn her away, and I didn't want to, and it might just have been the best hug of my life!

Lizzie523 · 22/06/2021 01:10

@TheMawisbraw

I find the whole concept of hugging people that are not your kids or partner really really bizarre. Maybe it’s coz I’m Glaswegian but if went round and hugged my parents or sister they would drop dead with shock. My brain can’t fathom that people are out there in the world wanting to hug folk that they didn’t birth or shag
I don't think it's to do with being Glaswegian. I'm also from Glasgow, my parents always hug me when we meet and vice versa and I have been hugging friends since I was about 14. It was how everyone my generation greeted each other (I'm late 20s now).

To answer OP, until early this year I didn't hug anyone much. But since my close family have been vaccinated in March I have. I did wait for the rule to lift to hug friends. Someone I know felt stressed after a friend hugged them 'without consent'. It's a minefield!

Wheresmybiscuit3 · 22/06/2021 01:23

No. I hugged family that wanted to and didn’t with the in-laws (they didn’t want to and were super strict with the rules). Potentially we were lucky but none of us caught Covid (that we know of).

IAmDaveTheSerialShagger · 22/06/2021 02:24

The Government will never dictate what I can or cannot do, the sheer hypocrisy from them disgusts me

FakingMemories · 22/06/2021 04:43

There were 25 of us at Christmas. It was wonderful. We all hugged each other.

TedsFederationRep · 22/06/2021 05:43

My little niece has autism and only ever hugs three people in the entire world: her mum, her dad and me. Anyone who thinks I should have stopped her coming to me for a hug can think again. She got as many hugs as she wanted, and so did her even littler sister.

KurtWilde · 22/06/2021 05:53

No of course not. The very fact that people let the government tell them they couldn't hug their own family members is behind insanity.

AbsolutelyPatsy · 22/06/2021 06:49

no

bonbonours · 22/06/2021 06:54

Yes, except for one occasion when we stayed with them after both households had isolated for three weeks. My mum was CEV and I couldn't have forgiven myself if I had passed it on to her. Now she has had both jabs and DH and I have had 1 we are hugging.

OliveTree75 · 22/06/2021 07:01

@Shehasadiamondinthesky

I haven't seen anyone for two years because I didn't want to endanger them as I worked with covid patients. I'm seeing DS and DiL next month and can't wait to hug them now we've all had our vaccinations. DiL is type 1 diabetic so we've had to be super careful.
You haven't seen anyone in 2 years? At all?
RocheLobe · 22/06/2021 07:01

@TheMawisbraw

I find the whole concept of hugging people that are not your kids or partner really really bizarre. Maybe it’s coz I’m Glaswegian but if went round and hugged my parents or sister they would drop dead with shock. My brain can’t fathom that people are out there in the world wanting to hug folk that they didn’t birth or shag
But your parents birthed you?

I’m not a hugger (nor am I Glaswegian) but I don’t think it’s surprising that my parents would want to cuddle their grandchildren, for example

RocheLobe · 22/06/2021 07:03

And one of my Glaswegian friends is the biggest hugger/kisser of them all Grin. I long ago told her to keep her paws to herself

MrTumblesSpottyHag · 22/06/2021 07:05

Yes. Mainly because I'm not a hugger so any hugs I do get are instigated by the other person so it's been a bit of a relief not having to worry about it for a year.

Getafuckinggripman · 22/06/2021 07:08

No and the amount of people who have turned into a bunch of nodding dogs absolutely astounds me!

LightasaBreeze · 22/06/2021 07:08

I haven't as I'm not a hugger anyway but would if I were, doesn't seem to matter anyway, just look at the footballers, It's just guidance.

LightasaBreeze · 22/06/2021 07:11

That means I wouldn't wait to hug if I wanted to, was it ever a law anyway so people could only do it behind closed doors, I think not.