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Don't want DH to catch Covid from me

29 replies

maimeo · 27/03/2023 17:44

Had positive bloody covid test this morning. Have symptoms but just a bad cold really. DH really really needs to stay clear because of important exam next Tues (tomorrow week). We are lucky to have a good sized house. Do you reckon if we stay in different rooms all day, that we'd be ok to watch TV in the one room in the evening, with me wearing a mask. Also ok to have evening meal at same biggish table?

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TomatoFrog · 27/03/2023 18:10

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Marchforward · 27/03/2023 18:11

No.

DanceMonster · 27/03/2023 18:11

why would you bother staying apart all day to then sit together at dinner/in the evenings?

Ghostbuster2639 · 27/03/2023 18:11

😂

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 27/03/2023 18:12

Why do you need to?

trevthecat · 27/03/2023 18:12

Why bother staying apart if you are then going to sit together?! 🤷

KnittingNeedles · 27/03/2023 18:13

If you've tested positive this morning, then you can expect your DH to test positive probably Wednesday morning, in my experience. Isolating now is pointless.

Ohwonderful · 27/03/2023 18:13

I'd stick to the rule of avoiding any unnecessary contact. It'll be a long week undoubtedly but not worth risking being unwell for if it can be avoided.

BeetyAxe · 27/03/2023 18:14

No it won’t work. I was doing this and it didn’t work, only way to have half a chance is to stay totally away from him.

Akite · 27/03/2023 18:14

If it's important he doesn't get it, stay out of the same room all the time if you can. I'm just recovering from it and whilst slightly different because I couldn't get out of bed for a week, dh and kids stayed well away from me. No one else has caught it from me. In fact we have done that each time someone has had covid and no one's passed it within the house at all.

BeanCounterBabe · 27/03/2023 18:14

Stay apart or don’t. Watching TV together with a mask on sounds depressing. Just be in different rooms as each other until the exam and he might be lucky.

Lovemusic33 · 27/03/2023 18:14

Yes, it’s possible.
Me and dd2 had it last Easter holidays, we were due to go away and knew if dd1 came down with it we wouldn’t be able to come (back in the day where you needed to be on day 10 or have a clear test to go anywhere). Dd1 stayed in her room for a week and used a different bathroom and managed not to catch it.

BeanCounterBabe · 27/03/2023 18:15

And yes it’s possible. Me and DD1 had it. Kept windows open and stayed away from DH and DD2. They didn’t catch it.

Mrsjayy · 27/03/2023 18:17

Well if you tested + today your husband is already exposed and you can catch covid in the evening 😉 just do what you normally do just try and keep a distance

Original poster
maimeo · 27/03/2023 18:21

Ok, thanks for your replies. We did this last time I had Covid and he didn't catch it, but that was probably down to luck.

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Mrsjayy · 27/03/2023 18:50

I don't know why there is a stupid winky face in my reply,sorry. Hopefully he manages to avoid it.

Firecarrier · 27/03/2023 18:52

Let me guess, you've had 4 jabs as well? 😉😁

FannyPhart · 27/03/2023 18:54

I shared a bed with my partner when I had it and he didn't get it.

Edinlassy · 27/03/2023 18:57

i never caught it when my young ds had it. Never isolated from him and stupidly shared a spoon with him at one point. Honestly think it’s the luck of the draw you could take every precaution and still pass it on or be totally careless and not pass it on. Hope all is ok and you don’t suffer badly

Abraxan · 27/03/2023 18:58

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 27/03/2023 18:12

Why do you need to?

Presumably as the Dh has a big exam coming up and doesn't want to risk being ill during it. People often don't perform at their best where feeling rubbish.

Abraxan · 27/03/2023 19:00

KnittingNeedles · 27/03/2023 18:13

If you've tested positive this morning, then you can expect your DH to test positive probably Wednesday morning, in my experience. Isolating now is pointless.

Not necessarily.
I've had covid three times.
Dh once.
Dd none.
That we know of. I test regularly due to being vulnerable, and Dh abd Dd test if ill for that reason.

We've never all caught it at the same time, from one another. Had it at totally different times.

We didn't isolate from one another.

eatdrinkandbemerry · 27/03/2023 19:02

My daughter caught it but not the other three of us 🤷‍♀️
And she's only little so was kissing us and snuggling at bedtime like she normally does!

Copasetic · 27/03/2023 21:00

I've just had Covid but no one else in my family did. My son even drank out of my straw just before I tested positive. We was not especially careful after that if I'm honest, in fact I'd say nothing changed.

Snowjokes · 27/03/2023 21:08

Impossible to say. I got it, we didn’t isolate from each other, neither DH nor kids got it. But if it’s important he doesn’t get it I’d try and isolate away properly!

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 27/03/2023 21:11

@Abraxan well, yeah, but I actually meant why do they need to risk it just watch tv or eat together...