This is a really strange one but I'd love to get some advice on how to handle it.
My dad died from covid in April, which was obviously a really traumatic experience. Most of my friends and family have been really supportive but I'm having trouble with one person.
There is a relative on my mum's side of the family who I was very close to and who has done a lot for me over the years. We don't live that near to each other these days, so I see her 3-4 times a year, but we would be in regular contact.
Over the last few weeks she has been sending me videos by a man called Vernon Coleman which are just rants about how the govt and medical profession are trying to control the population. She has sent me other theories about how covid was released deliberately, and she has no problem telling me that lockdown is ridiculous, covid is just a flu, we need to get back to normal asap and she wants to go to her holiday apartment in Spain.
Initially I just ignored her, or occasionally send a gentle reply saying I disagreed, but she keeps sending them. I'm getting really angry now, I just can't believe anyone can be so insentive to a person who has lost a loved one to this horrible virus.
This person has always been very supportive of me (almost like a second mother) and has gone to great lengths to help me when I found myself in some difficult situations in the past. We have always been very close. I don't want to fall out with her but the stuff she's sending me is so inappropriate and upsetting, and I'm having to try hard not to lose it with her. How do I approach this?
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Cherrycee · 07/06/2020 12:02
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