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To leave my DB’s house after 1 day?

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Mumanddone · 08/04/2024 20:17

For background: DB has a 4 year old, I have a 3 year old. Have travelled from London to European capital to be with his family and for the DCs to spend time together. This morning, my niece has woken up with streaming nose, sneezing, coughing, spluttering: literally a walking microbe 😂 I rebooked our tickets this morning and we’re flying out tonight (was originally meant to stay for 4 more days). Did I overreact?

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Isittimeformynapyet · 09/04/2024 01:04

tolerable · 09/04/2024 00:40

YES! no you n little microbiobe spreader gony pretty much infect the entire confined space plane.....plus any sorta cross contanimation to from airport-checkin might trigger.HAVE a word with yourself-even poorly...they can have snufflebabe fun..cosy in time?pyjama parites.HAPPY memories?cool doon doll.

Come again .... ?

tolerable · 09/04/2024 01:17

@Isittimeformynapyet No.read it again or scroll by.that way i wont get upset.

uncomfortablydumb53 · 09/04/2024 01:19

YABU
As they were playing together your DD has probably caught it anyway, slapped cheek is very contagious
What are you going to do? Send her to school in a hazmat suit, just in case?

PyongyangKipperbang · 09/04/2024 01:26

If you had been in driving distance and said "Oh poor neice is off it, shall we try again in a couple of weeks so she can get better and you dont have to deal with us here too?!" and then driven home then a bit OTT but ok. But booked earlier FLIGHTS with all of the cost involved on the basis that your DD MIGHT have caught a cold.....

What do you think is the worst that could happen, even if it was slapped cheek? Your DD is in a child centric enviroment daily, and your spent a fortune running away from a sneezy snotty relative?

Talk us through your catasrophising.

Noyesnoyes · 09/04/2024 01:35

uncomfortablydumb53 · 09/04/2024 01:19

YABU
As they were playing together your DD has probably caught it anyway, slapped cheek is very contagious
What are you going to do? Send her to school in a hazmat suit, just in case?

Agree with this and also don't forget your hazmat suit on the plane.

Could you not have moved to an airbnb to avoid this drama? Still a bit dramatic but not as bad as flying home.

IReallyStillCantBeBothered · 09/04/2024 02:18

ZipZapZoom · 08/04/2024 20:21

You cut short your European visit to see your family because your niece has a cold... Holy fuck that's a huge overreaction!!!

Then she runs straight to MN for validation lol

PeloMom · 09/04/2024 04:58

If she has symptoms she was contagious yesterday too so you won’t really escape it. Unless you prefer to be at your home in case your DC gets sick

mrsplum2015 · 09/04/2024 13:52

Could you not have found a hotel if you were that worried?

I do sympathise as I have a lot of anxiety around health and travel but have never actually cancelled or cut a trip short

EmilyTjP · 09/04/2024 13:58

How pathetic 😂

frequentlyfrazzled · 09/04/2024 14:59

I agree with others that you have massively overreacted, but you seem quite resistant to the view that this is quite extreme behaviour, despite the vote being very clear that YABU. It seems that the possibility of your daughter getting a fairly minor illness has ballooned in your mind and wiped out your ability to be objective or reasonable. For instance, it doesn't sound like you gave much thought to how your brother and his family might be feeling, you say he was fine with it but I suspect he was just trying to make you feel better especially as you had already made the decision. I would be so hurt and disappointed if a family member upped and left in similar circumstances. That really wasn't very kind. Catastrophising can be a form of anxiety or OCD, so I really hope you are getting some help for this, as it is clearly restricting your life quite significantly for you to act in this way, and your child is likely to pick up on that anxiety as a result. I am sure we all understand the need to want to protect your child, but you need to try and look at the bigger picture - her overall wellbeing (and yours) could have been massively boosted by a lovely family holiday. I think you need to listen to the consensus here and reflect on whether it was really in her best interests to cut short your holiday. Was there really such a risk of harm to justify such action? Or is it perhaps your inability to deal with anxious thoughts that might be pushing you towards a need to try and control what are normal and everyday risks?

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