Indoor dining and hugging: How to handle your re-entry anxiety From hand-shaking to blowing out candles – how do we navigate the new normal when our comfort levels are completely different? 11 May 2021 • 5:05am With indoor dining soon allowed, how we will all cope with our differing levels of comfort? Credit: Getty Images For those who enjoy frostbite when attending a social occasion, the past few weeks have been glorious. The return of outdoor socialising has meant the chance to see people from other households while seated outside – something we’d never previously considered a privilege. But from Monday, it’s all change - again. Finally, after a winter and spring spent weighing up whether the company of a friend for an hour was worth risking hyperthermia for, the next stage of the Government’s lockdown roadmap will allow us to see said friend indoors. With four other friends, too, should we wish – or up to 28 others if you’re determined to carry on outside.