We are due to go to my iL's today for a late Christmas dinner. It has been pre-arranged for months and I have no problem with going, we get on well and I think it's only fair OH sees his parents after spending Christmas Day with mine and working the rest of it.
However, my FiL is terminally ill and has spent most of Christmas in bed - he was even admitted to hospital for a night, because he has next to no immune system and picked up a bug that really laid him low.
I have a very heavy cold, sore throat and generally achy - I slept for 10 hours last night and feel no better.
My concern is that I have the start of flu and the absolute worst thing I could do is to spread it to my FiL - in his current state, it could easily kill him.
But my OH says it's probably his dad's last Christmas and if I don't go it would ruin things. He also said that as long as I don't get too close it will be fine.
My view is he should take the kids and I will stay at home, to be honest I really need a day to just veg out with no kids, to get as much rest as I can but he thinks I should go, and my iLs say it's my decision.
I also think that today is just one day, and my absence would be a lot easier to get over than if FiL ended up with pneumonia or worse, but then it is only a cold and you only get one last Christmas. The plan is to get the whole family together and be as "normal" as possible.
Me not being there would be noticeable.
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lbsjob87 · 28/12/2014 09:50
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