SC staying over during covid.

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Now the government have lifted restrictions, does anyone else feel nervous about SC staying over.
My DH has a teenager (who he's maintained contact with) but SC hasn't stayed at our house since last year.
How do others feel about mixing households, especially teenagers?

We've been having step kids all through and mine have been going to their dads, it has always been permitted between separated households

You could have been doing it all along, it was allowed for children to see their parents. Why wouldn't you allow that?

Yeah they could have stayed all along? Why did they not ?

Maybe the teen won’t want to stay if he’s not been allowed to for months. I wouldn’t.

To clarify, they did, just not at my house. I would never stop contact.

We’ve carried on as usual throughout. Because that’s what the law said. And tbh even if it hadn’t DH didn’t stop being a dad cos Covid so we’d still have had them as normal.

How has DH maintained contact, have they been meeting up outside?

Cross post, sorry!

They’ve been allowed to stay throughout

Well if DH has been seeing his child then coming back home to you .....not much difference really
What are you worried about ...is it something that can be talked about and dealt with ?

You and their dad don’t live together?

Yes and at his house. So normal contact, just at a different house.
Sorry, drip feeding!
All normal contact maintained

Yes we do. He has another house. But not his main residence. Normally all of us as a family.

@Lulu1919 this is my thought. Its logic isn't it, but I just feel safer. But when he does come back, we can keep apart.
I guess now testing has made life easier. Then I panic that LFTs are rubbish.

I was high risk so did not have DSD in the house as her DM was disgustingly lax about restrictions. My consultant advised (not even knowing about DM's attitude) that households mixing would not be safe and DSD would have to choose.

I was nervous at first when she started coming again but it passed quickly and now feels totally normal.

We’ve been having DSD since the end of the first lockdown. I’m also happy to have friends and family over and to stay now it’s allowed.
When are you due to have the vaccine OP? Do you think that will help you feel more relaxed about it?

Do you have kids at school OP?

@DistrictCommissioner yes and I work in a school. I spent Jan Jan Feb really scared.

@user648482729 am due next month. Will feel much more relaxed when most of the population are vaccinated.

Just to clarify, this isn't a contact issue. Its a close contact with me issue. Still suffering from long covid from last March and scared to catch it again.

If he has been seeing DSC at another house and coming back to you it's not much different?

Huh? Are you not seeing any other people from outside of your house? Why is it any different? So normally they would stay over with you all in the same house, was there a specific reason why this stopped?

My teen sd has been staying over as normal the whole way through.

Surely it makes no difference...?

Just seen your last post. You work in a school so you must be seeing people in person all the time. I don’t understand why you wouldn’t have been seeing your sd.

@Sillysandy thank you. I think its the thought of it, and come the summer holidays I'll feel better. Its that horrible panicky feeling when things escalate in the media.

@MarcelineMissouri no I haven't. Not seen any friends. Just work, shopping home. I've even turned down friends meeting outside

It’s going to be a pain in the arse for some people when all this covid panic is over trying to think up other excuses.