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Dang, sorry to hear that. For what it’s worth we’d all be in a much worse place if people like you hadn’t stuck to the rules.
Also for what it’s worth, we’ve moved our family Christmas festivities forward to January or whenever we’re next able to gather. We’ll open gifts via Skype and play games on the 25th, then have our meal when we can, because even if we haven’t seen each other since March right now the most important thing is keeping safe.
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feel like an absolute mug for following the rules all year
This is exactly how I feel. Have done more than follow the rules all year. Then Christmas came along, so we made plans above and beyond the rules to minimise the risk. This is our reward.
I can't tell you what to do, you've got to decide that for yourself, but fuck judging people in your situation.
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feel like an absolute mug for following the rules all year
Yeah. Similar.
I've not stopped working all year, NHS stuff.
Not visited family, live on my own, no fucking life all year. And on the eve of Xmas this?
Haven't seen my Mum since March, see lives alone too. Didn't visit due to my high risk work. Yet she picked up the virus in late September but is OK, no long covid symptoms.
I didn't visit before that because I was scared of giving it to her.
Now? She's immune. I want to actually hug someone for once in 9 months.
But I feel so fucking guilty about it. For my mental health I so want to do it. For work I feel like it's a betrayal.
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feel like an absolute mug for following the rules all year
Sort a plan to minimise risk and see 1 person (sister) outside existing bubble at Christmas and it gets cancelled.
My sister is a nurse and gets tested twice a week, she was planning on doing a test before coming and bring a spare for me to use at a later date but I could also use it for her visit. Any risk at all in this, should I ignore rules? What would others do? am gutted for my sister more than anything she's had one hell of a year, working in a covid ICU and then vaccine research trials.