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Am I been selfish the way I'm dealing with lockdown

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user457635 · 12/04/2020 13:35

At the beginning of March I had surgery and just before lockdown I found out I would need further surgery followed by some treatment. Im off work at the moment signed off sick.
I live alone and have no children. Im trying to deal with lockdown/my illness by spending time trying to relax by going for a daily walk, baking, spending time in the garden, reading etc.
My sister has 2 sons, 6 and 8 we FaceTime every Saturday. She is currently working from home and her DH is a key worker. Since the lockdown she has been expecting me to FaceTime the boys for 1-2 hours daily to spend time doing school work with them and just occupying them. I explained to her I was finding it a bit tiring doing it everyday to which she went off on one telling me I don't understand how hard it is for her trying to juggle everything and all I do is laze around all day.
My head is all over the place at the moment (like most people with the lockdown) I'm struggling with my diagnosis just before the lockdown and also the thought of when this is all over and everyone can get back to normal life, I will be recovering again from surgery. I'm also feeling guilty about letting my colleagues down by being off sick knowing that this will be a stressful busy time for them.
AIBU?

OP posts:
bettybeans · 13/04/2020 03:56

YANBU. Your help and assistance should be entirely on your terms, not hers. She's overstepping by a huge margin right now. Video calls have been a great thing during lockdown but they're also difficult and exhausting.

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