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Facing a new lockdown, extend the bubble to two adult families?

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Curlywhirly Sat 19-Sept-20 09:32:43

Well, considering people can still go to work, eat in restaurants and drink in pubs, it can't be more dangerous going to see your Mum and Dad with your partner in their house or garden (as long as social distances are observed). However, I think the reasoning is that families will be lax about being socially distant with each other. So presume the answer is to meet in a pub and sit at adjacent tables!

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Septimia Sat 19-Sept-20 09:29:55

Our family are 5 hours drive away. DiL's family are nearer and they would - sensibly - want to 'bubble' with them. No point us trying to form a bubble. And all friends nearby have their own families to bubble with.

So it's easier for us to just to get on with what we can keep in touch through the ether and meet up whenever it's possible.

When we were younger, my parents lived next door (I know families now in the same situation) and we virtually lived between the two houses. So is that one household or two? Thankfully, I don't have to worry about it.

However, there will always be anomalies in situations like this - including the fact that we're in a no-mixing area but there are virtually no cases here.

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Alegrias Sat 19-Sept-20 09:12:06

I like your idea Nonnapg. I have elderly parents who live quite far away, and if further restrictions come in this would allow me to see them indoors over the winter months. So me and my DH, and my parents, would be one bubble. No grandchildren to worry about for me.

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GrannyGravy13 Sat 19-Sept-20 09:11:51

Whatever rules are in place somebody will want something more/different.

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Lucca Sat 19-Sept-20 09:06:04

You have a point but then people would want to extend that to both sets of GPs and so it goes on!

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Nonnapg Sat 19-Sept-20 08:52:34

As we face new restrictions in the next few weeks, how do people feel about family bubbles? At present, only two families where one of those is a single adult family, can form a support bubble, e.g. a single parent can bubble with his/her own parents or a single grandparent can bubble with his/her adult child and their family.

I would like to see the support bubble extended to couples, e.g an adult child, his/her partner and children could form a bubble with one set of grandparents. I appreciate this could mean difficult choices for many families but I also believe couples need support too if we are to get through this whole thing with our mental health intact.

Please be kind and considerate in your posts, I am not making a political point here, I just want to know if I am in a minority, feeling pleased for my friends who could see their grandchildren in lockdown, but feeling very down about the prospect of weeks or months of not seeing mine!

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