To say there is no need to wear a mask in a forest at 6pm?

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I have suggested going somewhere different for a walk one evening someone like the local forest. I suggested evening as it is likely to be much quieter. DH has said he will go if we can wear masks.
We don't wear them for our daily walks or when we go for a jog so why at 6pm in a quiet forest? AIBU?

Somewhere not someone!

Your DH is barmy! 🤣

Has he given a reason for wanting to take that precaution? Seems a bit unnecessary.

Why is the forest different from where you've been going daily? If he's not been wearing a mask for your other walks then it seems v odd. Does he think it'll be rammed?

We go to the forest daily for walks and it's easy to stay a safe distance from people. I've not seen anyone wearing a mask (nor would I want to).

Do you have to drive to get there, and potentially park next to another car? If so, you will might find it hard to keep sufficient distance from people getting in and out if adjacent cars?

Is he thinking he’ll be tempted to lick the (presumably infected) trees?

Christ there’s absolutely no need

I actually think some people like wearing them because they think they look ‘cool’

Unless you're dogging of course

Midges! They get in your mouth, up your nose....bastard things.

Maybe he is planning on mugging someone on a secluded woodland path?

Otherwise, probably unnecessary.

It’s a hot day. Maybe he meant just wearing masks and he was planning to fashion his mask into a jock strap?

Love the suggestions but no he just wants to wear the masks in case we cannot social distance. I have specifically suggested evening to avoid congestion!

Why cant he just wear one if he wants to?

I think the issue is he wants them both to wear them?

Face masks are mainly protecting others from the wearer not the other way round (I mean basic face masks not what is provided to staff in the NHS). So yes it seems pointless

Let him wear one. I think he's being silly, though.

Could he pop a couple in his pocket, just in case you actually meet someone else.

I'm all for masks, where appropriate.

Is he overly anxious?

it's an excuse for him not to go if he can't wear one or he's trying to make a point ofsome sort, how busy can a forest be at 6pm unless 1000's of people suddenly appear from nowhere ?
not even sure why some people even wear them when they aren't worn properly, ie under nose or just on the chin

As long as you are sure you are not going to exhale hard in a way that forms a fomite

Remember that masks protect the world from you, not the other way round.

Tell him to climb a tree if someone gets too close

I actually think some people like wearing them because they think they look ‘cool’

He enjoys virtue-signaling or worried about judgment?

Maybe he meant just wearing masks and he was planning to fashion his mask into a jock strap? Lol!

Maybe a little Adam-and-Eve role play?

Do you have to drive to get there, and potentially park next to another car? If so, you will might find it hard to keep sufficient distance from people getting in and out if adjacent cars

Am I missing something with the "social distancing cars" thing? Surely you just wait until the person next to you has got in or out? If one of you has your door open the other one can't open theirs anyway.

Anyway OP, if you go for other walks/runs without masks I am not sure why you'd need one for a walk in the woods in the evening.

You don't need masks outside. I just wear one when I go into the supermarket.

Almost certainly unnecessary but if it’s an area you haven’t been to lately then taking a pair of masks with you just in case the carpark is unexpectedly rammed isn’t the worst idea in the world.

no way would i wear a mask, the thought scares me as i have a phobia to my face being covered and possibly struggling to breathe properly.