not to want to talk about coronavirus ALL THE TIME?

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DH reads a lot of articles about coronavirus online and he's constantly telling me what he's read. To be fair, it's kind of relevant to an aspect of his job (not healthcare, but peripherally involved), so I don't have any problem with him reading this stuff himself, I just don't want to be bombarded with information I don't really need. I keep myself informed enough to keep myself as safe as possible, I don't think I need to know what scientists think might happen next.

The way I have tried to explain it to him is that I don't mind knowing what I need to know to make sensible decisions, but I don't see it as a "hobby." I don't want to spend my spare time getting to know the subject inside out. He says he understands my point of view, but then he reads something else and just can't help telling me all about it. He's a scientist by training so perhaps it is genuinely more interesting to him than it is to me.

Is anyone else just sick of the subject and only wanting to know what they really need to know? AIBU to reiterate that I'm not interested in discussing it? We've been together a long time and get on well in most ways, so it's not a case of LTB, just how to get the message across kindly!

I’m the same. I’m fed up of, when chatting with friends, the conversation turning to Covid. I think I’m bored of it.

Can you give him ‘Covid watershed’. Ie. He can mention it up to 8pm, and then after that it’s a Covid-free zone?

I’m so bloody bored of it. But I do think we’ve come out the other side of talking about it all the time a bit, it’s definitely calmed down and is a bit more part of normal life now.

Hope you can see the irony in your post too

Also I think that whilst being informed and up to date with the latest news is important, the constant bombardment can lead to a kind of ‘battle fatigue’ and people stop listening.

Sick of it here and ive just had it!
Dh is constant about it as is mil. I have to pack him off upstairs when he's in the phone to her as me and the kids don't want to listen to it.

I hope you sort things with your partner but this is just gonna be another rambling thread about the virus now too

Thanks all - I'm glad it's not just me. Yes, I get that it's a bit "meta" but I just wanted to get it off my chest! I like the 8pm curfew idea.

I've started to mute some of my work Teams Meetings when people get started talking about it as I've got so fed up. As people have said, I don't need every detail especially when a lot of it is, quite frankly, scaremongering and misleading.

That would drive me mad too OP.

Not quite the same but I have quite bad health anxiety and try to avoid too much news etc at the moment - I know how bad the situation is and hearing constant updates, death tolls, hospital crises etc just makes me even more anxious. DH is much calmer and more rational and is really interested in the coverage and is constantly listening to podcasts or news programmes about covid on his phone while pottering around the house - the other day I had to tell him to close the kitchen door as i couldn’t tune it out. He’s generally pretty considerate of the fact I don’t want to keep hearing about it but there does seem to be no escape from it as it’s pretty much all everyone talks about!

This seems to happen with all kinds of news. People seem to feel an obligation to know all about it as if we are about to be personally called upon to advise the cabinet.

Plus now there are all the scamdemic people as well as the we are all going to die people. I just agree with whatever they are saying; it is easier. Harder to do with a DH though; he will know if you are feigning interest.

I’m sorry but I think it’s a gentle yabu from me as this is such a massive event and it’s not unreasonable for people to want to discuss it. Is it possible DH is anxious?