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OH has covid and he's not arsed if the rest of us get ill

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PercyThePigsMum · 10/06/2024 14:23

My OH has a certain virus 🙄 I've put this here as I do feel it's an AIBU.

I can't help but be annoyed at how he doesn't take any care to try and prevent passing things on to the rest of us. Me and several small children.

When I've had a stomach bug, for example, I make sure to give the bathroom door handles a spray and wipe down after I've been in there etc, I don't use other peoples cups, I try not to breath in the children's faces, I up my hand washing.

He does none of that. He does absolutely nothing to try to prevent other people getting ill.

He's fine but then he always is, he has a terrific immune system. Me not so much.. and now I'm starting to feel quite ill. I have to cancel an important dentist appointment for tomorrow as I'll feel like shit.

He'll be back to work tomorrow whilst I will inevitably struggle for the next week or so and deal with the meltdowns that come when DS becomes ill.

Am I being unreasonable to feel this way?

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ARichtGoodDram · 10/06/2024 14:50

Definitely not unreasonable to expect him to take basic measures not to pass it on.

even with a common cold I’d expect basic being careful. Nobody wants his germs so he should at least try and keep them to himself.

sixtyandsomething · 10/06/2024 14:50

PercyThePigsMum · 10/06/2024 14:47

Wash his hands occasionally, not try to kiss me, not be nose to nose with our 2yo when he's playing with him. Nothing extreme and certainly nothing more than most people do when they have any sort of cold.

I'm certainly not advocating for masks and moving him out but don't most people try to keep their colds to themselves? If not then why not?

yes of course they do. It is normal human decency, at home or at work

PercyThePigsMum · 10/06/2024 14:47

HcbSS · 10/06/2024 14:34

What would you expect him to do? Isolate in one room?

Wash his hands occasionally, not try to kiss me, not be nose to nose with our 2yo when he's playing with him. Nothing extreme and certainly nothing more than most people do when they have any sort of cold.

I'm certainly not advocating for masks and moving him out but don't most people try to keep their colds to themselves? If not then why not?

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sixtyandsomething · 10/06/2024 14:46

I have covid and am feeling terrible. I am staying in one room, and taking a dettol wipe with me to the bathroom, and wiping everything I have touched after. of course I am, why wouldnt I? Why would I risk anyone else getting as ill as I am? And more workplaces disrupted by people needing time off

Freebumblebee · 10/06/2024 14:43

I don’t think you’re being unreasonable. Even with a common cold it’s just courteous to wipe things down and limit the spread of disease where possible. Covid just made people more aware of what they should already have been doing. If your immune system is generally weaker, as DS’s will be too, it’s just a bit selfish of him to not even try.

HcbSS · 10/06/2024 14:34

What would you expect him to do? Isolate in one room?

PercyThePigsMum · 10/06/2024 14:32

BeaRF75 · 10/06/2024 14:28

Why on earth did he even test? Nobody has tested for years. If he had a cold, you'd just let him crack on - this is no different. Even NHS staff go into work with Covid. Please leave the poor guy alone, so that everyone can just go about their normal days.

He tested because he had a temperature of 40 and wanted to rule it out before he made a doctors appointment as he thought he had a throat infection that would need AB's.

I haven't bitched and moaned at him and I've kept my feelings to myself, don't worry. It's just a niggling frustration.

I'll give my head a wobble if folks think I'm being unreasonable.

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BeaRF75 · 10/06/2024 14:28

Why on earth did he even test? Nobody has tested for years. If he had a cold, you'd just let him crack on - this is no different. Even NHS staff go into work with Covid. Please leave the poor guy alone, so that everyone can just go about their normal days.