Lovely friends - not!!

? Irresponsible and selfish - with friends like these........

How rude and selfish of your ‘friends’. Why did she have a test if she wasn’t going to act sensibly on the result? That’s just taking advantage of an already overloaded system I would certainly let your friends know how cross you are.

I would not react at all, not even to vent my anger. To me, they would be out of my life. If in a pandemic you can’t trust someone with your life, your health, then you should distance yourself.

marriane

M daughter announced she is getting married to her long term partner who is 64, she is 45. while I can accept age difference, but he treats me like an old woman, I am 4 years older than him, and keep myself fit and always dress well, make up all the time. anyway I have put up with it for the sake of my daughter for years. now they are getting married in a venue in the country, I said it was stupid and dangerous at the moment. I was to be there with my other daughter, who now can't go as in quarantine. I said I wasn't happy about going, as I don't no the place or the people there. Have been ignored told I am being stupid and unforgivable not going to my own daughters wedding. his parents in their 80s said they wouldn't miss it for the world , I am a horrible person for not going in his eyes. Please can I have some other peoples thoughts on this. thank you much appreciated.

marriane

Yes, stand firm. Very difficult, I know. If you think it will get too awkward and that the daughter who is getting married is unpleasant towards you for saying No, I don't think it would hurt to tell a fib and pretend you are in quarantine in order to protect your health. It would keep the peace.

I think your daughter is mad to arrange a wedding to a longterm partner during a pandemic.

Are we even allowed to meet up with people from more than one other household? I thought it was a rule that you couldn't, entirely because of this kind of potential outcome.

Marriane. Stand firm and don't go to the wedding!... Your health is yours, look after it!

I think it is outrageous for the couple not to have told you they had symptoms that could be covid. The rules are clear that in our area you can meet with 6 people from different households and share a car as long as you wear a mask but I guess you always take a risk as you do not know if anyone could be asymptomatic. On the other hand you are mixing with more than 6 people in schools and work and supermarkets!
I would be so upset if one of my friends did that to me.
I am even more appalled at the attitude of the cancer patient putting others with weak immune systems at risk. They both need to be reported,

Unbelievable and there is me thinking it was the youth to blame for the escalating cases. I would be furious if anyone exposed me to Covid and definitely not consider them a friend. Sadly you took risks and hopefully won’t pay the price. I know four people who died of it so I’m bit paranoid. But after reading of the Scots MP with Covid taking the train twice (London Edinburgh ) I’m glad I am paranoid.

Don’t have !

Absolutely agree these people are no friends of anybody ! Email them and put your feelings in words ! What could the selfish people be thinking off ! I hope very much you stay well and that you have any more “Friends” like these !

I wouldn't have invited anyone to my house at the moment, I must say. But she was extremely thoughtless. I would give her a real piece of my mind and be done with her. People doing stupid things like this are causing the actual deaths of others. It's not a small thing.

M daughter announced she is getting married to her long term partner who is 64, she is 45. while I can accept age difference, but he treats me like an old woman, I am 4 years older than him, and keep myself fit and always dress well, make up all the time. anyway I have put up with it for the sake of my daughter for years. now they are getting married in a venue in the country, I said it was stupid and dangerous at the moment. I was to be there with my other daughter, who now can't go as in quarantine. I said I wasn't happy about going, as I don't no the place or the people there. Have been ignored told I am being stupid and unforgivable not going to my own daughters wedding. his parents in their 80s said they wouldn't miss it for the world , I am a horrible person for not going in his eyes. Please can I have some other peoples thoughts on this. thank you much appreciated.

If that happened to me I'd have nothing more to do with them as they would clearly not be the people I thought they were

I'm afraid there is so many of them out there , irresponsible and selfish . There's no wonder there's a second wave . I would tell her exactly what you think because its obvious she had no consideration for you .

I would not invite 'friends' into my house for a meal under current situation anyway!

Should not have picked them up in your car,

I would report them - I find it unbelievable and they call themselves friends , possibly passing on something that could be life threatening. Sorry you have had this experience, hope you stay well. Cross them off your list of friends.

I was almost apoplectic with rage when I read about the dinner party guest. How dare they potentially infect others.
The dinner party host must take some blame too, who holds dinner parties during a pandemic ?
While I am writing this I am watching my neighbour load up the car, she is driving from NE England, in lockdown, to the northern tip of Skye and then taking the ferry to Harris. She is no spring chicken as she is 75 and is driving alone, what if she breaks down ?

No wonder Covid is spreading with people behaving like that.
I think their behaviour is almost unforgiveable.

I agree with Grannynannywanny 100%.
And tbh they need reporting to the police.

I do hope you remain healthy but sorry to say I agree with Jean Ainsworth.
It is a bit irresponsible, during a serious pandemic, to hold a dinner party. Very irresponsible to have four others in your car and I sincerely hope that they didn’t take a taxi home putting the driver and following passengers at risk.

Absolutely shocked at what is happening to some of you on this thread. After reading through the comments and concerns about the Scottish MP on another thread today, I assumed folk were better informed about infection control. If someone as well protected as Donald Trump can get Covid, then anyone can. Good luck those who have families affected/infected. Just stay safe, will you!?!

That is absolutely appalling and they should be reported for coming to your house in the first place but perhaps you should not have had a dinner party with 2 other couples in the current climate with the virus on the up again and now we an see how it is happening and they might be responsible for someone's death by mixing with others when there was the possibility of them having the virus in the first place.

Appalling behaviour in fact unbelievable. How you could go to someone else`s home whilst awaiting a test result is beyond me. They are not your friends.

I would be fuming!!!
Some people just don't get the whole Covid thing and this is why we're having round 2