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SadLove · 26/03/2020 00:33

I’m so fed up, I’ve been with my partner for over 2 years but we live in separate houses. I have a child from a previous relationship, who’s almost a teenager. We’re very much in love but happy living apart. Due to the lockdown I asked if he wanted to stay with us and explained how careful he’d have to be to keep us all safe. I stocked up on food for us all, spending loads so we wouldn’t have to go out and take risks (I’m unemployed at the moment so this was a big deal for me). On the first night he came over without bringing any of his things, we had food and he stayed the night. In the morning he got up and said he was popping home to see to his dog (which he didn’t bring because it’s really hard work). I didn’t hear anything else from him until late afternoon when he said he’d been for a walk and named about 5 different people he’d been talking to, even having a cuppa off one outside their house. I now feel absolutely gobsmacked that he could take such a big risk in contracting the virus and passing it to my child or me and I’ve told him he should stay at his house from now on. I feel gutted that he chose to spend the day doing his own thing when I thought we were meant to be staying home and keeping safe and also that he could risk our health. Do you think I’m over-reacting?

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AlexaShutUp · 26/03/2020 00:35

No, he is a twat and you're better off without him. I'm so sorry.Flowers

n00bMaster69 · 26/03/2020 00:37

He doesn't sound nice at all. Shocked that he let you pay for his food.

Olderthangoogle · 26/03/2020 00:38

No. I don't think you're over-reacting.

My partner lives separately from me and we have agreed he won't even enter my premises during the lockdown (previously he would be here most days) as he is still working not at home. I don't want to contract it from him.

We met for a walk today and kept 6 ft distance from each other. That's the max amount of contact I want with him during this time.

It's hard but has to be done. Your bf is meeting all these people - is he observing social distancing? If I were you, I would protect myself and keep him out of your home whilst this lockdown continues.

SadLove · 26/03/2020 00:42

To be fair on that, I didn’t tell him I was going for the food, just thought it would be nice and he always insists on paying whenever we eat out. I was just shocked at the thoughtlessness.

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SadLove · 26/03/2020 00:44

Hi, he said he was social distancing but he had a cuppa off someone so that’s not acceptable to me. I wish I’d kept things like you now, would have saved a lot of heartache 😢 Thanks for the reply👍

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TheoriginalLEM · 26/03/2020 00:49

What did you think he was going to do if he didn't bring the dog?

SadLove · 26/03/2020 00:54

We’d talked about trying his dog at mine because I’ve also got a dog so I assumed he would bring him. Rather than that he walked him then stayed at his drinking in the garden 😂

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