Had A Lovely Meet Up With Friends In Our Local Pub

[Bobbisox1]

Some have had a terrible year , but tonight we became one , yes we hugged and air kissed , they are my favourite people

[Vagus]

Wouldn’t hug and kiss anyone outside our immediate family at the moment, and only then if they’ve had a proper test (which all of our lot have).
But we all do what we feel is right...just don’t put me and mine at risk.

[Bobbisox1]

Maybe we were wrong but it felt right

[pat2604]

I'm desperate to hug my son, but he is wary. He works all over the place and some of his clients are far from careful. :0(.

[pat2604]

We don't hug friends anyway and my cousins who i do hug are far away. My dog gets lots of hugs though. And sometimes my OH, but he's not a huggy person. I'm seriously deprived of hugs!!! ;0/

[gness]

It's a bummer, isn't it. Didn't really think about we hugged friends til we met at the outdoor market.
Arms out ready to hug....remembered....three steps back instead of hugging.
Was like a crazy barn dance. :0(

[pat2604]

Oh, and I hug my very best friend, but she's in Spain!!

[gness]

Jeeez, LottiePat....your arms are bigger than Mamya's elbows!

[Bobbisox1]

I’m under no illusion that I might get ‘it’ I’m not that special that I won’t , but this is a person who lost her husband last November aged 53 to it , so I cuddled her , another has come through Cancer and a divorce so I cuddled her….

[douglas9401]

Hands across the ocean. Feliz Navidad.

[tonyav]

your arms are bigger than Mamya's elbows!

chortlesplutter

[gness]

Bobbi....my intentions are not to go too near anyone and not to hug anyone.
But sometimes, as tonight with us, you meet someone and you just have to give them a hug.
Stupid....against everything I've said since the start of this....but you just have to do it.

[gness]

You behave now, Mrav!

[Bobbisox1]

Thank you Gness , yes , it just happens

[pat2604]

Bobbie was your PCR test negative. I lost track when you were on your winter break. And what about Mr Bobbie?

[douglas9401]

It's only natural, we're meant to be close-ish, not held apart by random rules.
That light at the end of the tunnel is not an oncoming train.

[Bobbisox1]

Pat, I was negative , Mr B was positive and had mild symptoms, I isolated with him although I needn’t of , happily we are both fine now

[pat2604]

Must admit I have given my friend in a care home a hug, but not recently. Her husband died in hospital in August and she was taken in at the same time. Her dementia is accelerating at a fast pace and she has no caring family or other friends.

[pat2604]

And Bobbie, your not pregnant either, I presume?? :0)

[douglas9401]

Don't look at me!

[gness]

Pat, many years ago a friend ran away from a psychiatric unit and came to my house. The reason? I just need a hug, Gness.
We shouldn't be hugging I suppose...but sometimes it matters more than anything else at that moment.