Relationships, COVID-19, sex and bubbling (do we have a new phrase?)
The government has announced further easing of the lockdown measures. Whether this is wise or not will be subject to debate now and in the future and will be written into the history books for years to come.
The rationale behind this latest measure is to mitigate and contain the spread of the virus whilst recognising that we are working towards some type of normality whatever the new normality will be.
So what does the guidance say and what has the government said about physical intimacy?
First of all the easier subject to talk about. If a single person lives on their own and wishes to visit another person who lives on their own then those two individuals can see each other. But they have to mutually pick the other and no one else can have this arrangement (is the government frowning on the liberal and free minded?).
Secondly (ahem – no sex please after all we are British) it is quite remarkable that the government has remained silent on issuing guidance on having a physical relationship. So let’s spell it out (as far as we understand it and I am happy to be corrected).
It appears you can have physical intimacy if you wish (hooray!) as there is no requirement to social distance. If either party has coronavirus like symptoms afterwards then the normal guidance remains.
So a sorry for the long suffering parents/guardians who have those of a consensual age family members living with them. If you are still having grief as the said person wants to go and visit their other partner then they have to be told to continue to social distance and therefore cannot have a ‘sleep over’. For the moment.