Family Occasions during restrictions

is_that_so

kowloonkev wrote: »

Weddings and Christmas I can sympathize with people. The financial layout and stress of weddings must take its toll at normal times but to have to postpone indefinitely must be tough. Also spending Christmas alone woud be very difficult for a lot of people.

If anyone is actually moaning about not having their own birthday party during Covid then their sense of self importance must be off the charts.

I think the government Christmas call was the right one. Even for those who don't invest that much in it there is a relief to having this brief window of respite from the relentlessness of this year. Some of course will treat it normal but you'd hope that the majority will manage how they do it.

silver2020

Dunfyy wrote: »

By April a lot more people will have covid
You don't want to get it while hospital is full as they will not have a breathing machine or staff to run it
Ask each friend or relative would they die for you if 5hey say yes then invite them

Vaccinations will start in a week. All vulnerable groups and many others will be vaccinated by end of March. That will naturally see transmission rate and hospitalisations plummet.

We just need to see the vaccination also stopping that person transmitting it (the moderna vaccine seems to be doing that)

Gael23

silver2020 wrote: »

Vaccinations will start in a week. All vulnerable groups and many others will be vaccinated by end of March. That will naturally see transmission rate and hospitalisations plummet.

We just need to see the vaccination also stopping that person transmitting it (the moderna vaccine seems to be doing that)

Restrictions will be eased painfully slowly

Atlantic Dawn

silver2020 wrote: »

We just need to see the vaccination also stopping that person transmitting it (the moderna vaccine seems to be doing that)

I just hope that if you are given one of the other vaccines that you are still able to take one which prevents transmission at a later date.

The current vaccines for medical staff are not of much use as they can still spread it to patients.

Gael23

Seems to be good progress on vaccines so hopefully things change quickly

Gael23

It’s now 3 weeks away and we’re in a worse position than when I posted this

hesaidshesaid

Gael23 wrote: »

It’s now 3 weeks away and we’re in a worse position than when I posted this

Why not have multiple mini-celebrations outdoors with 3-4 people at a time? A celebratory birth month? I have a cousin who does this every year because she hates organising big gatherings and she has lots of different friend groups. It also means multiple cakes, always a good thing.

Life is short, you probably know this more than most if you’ve been through serious health issues. Find a way to celebrate arriving at the age of 30 in the safest, yet most enjoyable way possible. Be gracious if some others don’t feel safe enough to join you yet. But I think you’re right to want to mark this, we’ve all had our lives on hold for a very long time now.

Happy birthday in advance.

khalessi

I'm in a bubble with my folks so we had a cake to celebrate 2 significant birthdays and zoomed rest of family. We are delaying till we can celebrate together with either a bbq outdoors during summer, or my dad's 80th in 2 years time when he wants to go to Italy, whichever comes first that allows us be together as a family.

Partner rang me as he lives in different county, have seen him 3 times since March 2020 which is luckier then most. Some might describe it as the perfect relationship

Bumpstop

skimpydoo wrote: »

My 50th birthday was in October. As I live alone I celebrated it with a group FaceTime with my family. I also treated myself to a lovely takeaway from Rolys Bistro.

Ohh takeawy menu looks very appetizing.
Saturday dining sorted I think

Smee_Again

Gael23 wrote: »

It’s now 3 weeks away and we’re in a worse position than when I posted this

It's fairly clear what's happened. You jinxed it.

sporina

Gael23 wrote: »

It’s now 3 weeks away and we’re in a worse position than when I posted this

what ya gonna do?