Hi. A friend of mine took it upon herself to tell me that I shouldn’t even be thinking of going to my Aunt’s funeral next week. She told me that it’s irresponsible and I shouldn’t put my my dc at risk by going and then potentially bringing back the virus with me.
My aunt, who was only 52, died unexpectedly last month. She has a husband and 2 children who are who are only 10 and 14, similar ages to my dc (I had my dc young aunt had hers later on in life) so needless to say our whole family are devastated and feel especially for the children. They live at the opposite side of the country so it’ll be a good 3 hour journey and I will be staying overnight in the same hotel as my parents, brother, aunt, cousins etc. We are all staying in separate rooms, all travelling in our own cars, the church is able to socially distance everyone and if we have a meal together whilst there we will split off into groups.
I get that I’m fortunate that I can go to my aunt’s funeral when countless families haven’t been able to say goodbye to their loved ones. But my friend made me feel really guilty about this and that I’m being reckless to even consider going. I’m not stupid and will talking all the necessary precautions, won’t be hugging anyone, even though it’ll kill me not to etc. This isn’t the first time this friend of mine has berated me for various things she doesn’t agree with, she’s very judgmental. Really don’t need it at the moment.