DP filled out the census

[MrsWobbleTheWaitressIsTired]

I am raging! He filled it out last week. Without me being there.

Am I bonkers to be fucking raging? It feels like a massive over step.

He was shocked at my reaction. Has anyone else had this? Am I the only one who feels so fucked off?

I got a paper copy. I've filled in my questions but have left the questions for the rest of the family to fill in themselves. I can't answer for how they feel

Whoa.
I wouldn’t mind.
I trust that my DH would have filled it in truthfully.
What’s made you so angry, do you think?

Why are u angry?

Total overreaction! What exactly do you expect him to put on there?

Thanks for the sense check.

I wanted to see it myself. I also wanted to make sure I could see the sex/gender section.

There's other bits that are asked that I wanted to be able to answer myself.

It asks about national identity and how you feel. I dont feel I should answer those questions on behalf of someone else

The questions are all here.

inews.co.uk/news/scotland/scotland-census-questions-2022-form-how-complete-online-when-deadline-explained-1526323

I'd assume your partner is aware of your sex and gender?

You can order your own copy if you wish

Although the sex question can be answered either way if you 'feel ' you are the opposite sex

www.census.gov.scot/request/individual

It would piss me off too which is why I ordered a paper copy so people can fill in their own sections

Some of the questions are very personal like sexual orientation and national identity etc. I don't think anyone should be filling that out for another adult without consulting them. I'd be pissed off too OP.

However, you should be able to order an individual copy as mentioned by another poster.

www.census.gov.scot/request/individual

Answers submitted via individual copies will supersede the answers provided via the household version.

So you should be able to answer it the way you want to.

You can also include a GDPR related letter along with your copy as a form of protest. Please see the post in this thread for a template.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/scotsnet/4493400-Scotland-Census-Request-paper-copy-to-demonstrate-your-support-for-the-importance-of-collecting-factual-data?watched=1&msgid=115995945#

Mildly annoyed I get.

But fucking raging? Really? I think that's really out of order tbh.

It would make me angry too. There are certain questions that only the person involved would know. I appreciate this is for the Scottish version but when I filled in the English version online I made each person answer their own section with nobody else in the room. Just because I am close to my children doesnt mean they are ready to come out (if they are gay/bi/trans/non/cat)

[quote NonnyMouse1337]Some of the questions are very personal like sexual orientation and national identity etc. I don't think anyone should be filling that out for another adult without consulting them. I'd be pissed off too OP.

However, you should be able to order an individual copy as mentioned by another poster.

www.census.gov.scot/request/individual

Answers submitted via individual copies will supersede the answers provided via the household version.

So you should be able to answer it the way you want to.

You can also include a GDPR related letter along with your copy as a form of protest. Please see the post in this thread for a template.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/scotsnet/4493400-Scotland-Census-Request-paper-copy-to-demonstrate-your-support-for-the-importance-of-collecting-factual-data?watched=1&msgid=115995945#[/quote]
Brilliant! Thank you.

Thanks for the replies.

@LizDoingTheCanCan

The questions are all here.

inews.co.uk/news/scotland/scotland-census-questions-2022-form-how-complete-online-when-deadline-explained-1526323

I'd assume your partner is aware of your sex and gender?

Aye, he is. It just feels really personal.

Gosh! I filled it in for the whole family and didn’t even mention it to them except to ask ds2 the name of the company he works for as it had gone right out of my head. If I’d left it up to them it would never have been filled in.

Yeah I'd be fucked off too especially given the context and the well-publicised controversy.

I filled it out for everyone too, as every request in this house to take action (on anything) is generally not taken forward as 'too busy'. If I didn't do it, it wouldn't have been done and I'm not risking a fine or an enumerator bothering me. I suspect DH with his crazy work hours doesn't even know there's a census going on TBH.
Can't expect to have it both ways , although I appreciate that probably wouldn't have been the case in your house

I filled in my DP and mine. He couldn't care less what I put - in fact he doesn't even know I've done it but won't even remember it had to be done.!

Head of the household I suppose.

I asked my dh and adult ds if they just wanted me to fill it out for them. They were both very happy to not have to do it.

I'm furious too OP. I have NO idea what he put in sections about ME!

I did mine and DC's last night. I wish someone else would have done it for me, it was full but all pretty basic. Nothing a partner wouldn't know (I assume he knows you are/aren't trans) and where you work and what country you were born in. Nothing in depth or overly personal. Most of my colleagues at work could have answered mine accurately