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Got covid and banished to bedroom

138 replies

Quitelikeacatslife · 27/04/2023 08:17

I'm feeling a bit sorry got myself as have tested positive for covid and do feel rubbish. Everyone else in house tested negative. Kids gone to school DH works from home . He's now saying I need to stay in the bedroom. He's brought tea and toast , very nice. I'm happy to get some rest this morning and will probably have a shower etc but I want to veg on sofa later. He works in lounge (has an office but doesn't use it) I don't want to pass bugs on but the thought of not moving freely around for next few days is making me feel worse . AIBU to go into kitchen (I could wear mask) and to ask him to give me lounge?

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Quitelikeacatslife · 27/04/2023 09:15

seratoninmoonbeams · 27/04/2023 09:12

Any reason you're still testing?

Because of my symptoms, I work in a school and also was going to a thing tonight mixing with people so I thought I'd check to be considerate .

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watcherintherye · 27/04/2023 09:17

Yes has a home office but it's full of his hobby (eye roll)

Bicycles? Wink

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Quitelikeacatslife · 27/04/2023 09:19

watcherintherye · 27/04/2023 09:17

Yes has a home office but it's full of his hobby (eye roll)

Bicycles? Wink

No , small plastic bricks 😆

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Deathbyfluffy · 27/04/2023 09:20

As shown by the variation in replies, how you deal with COVID as a household is a very personal thing - some still would like to isolate (which is fine), some would rather not (which is also fine) and some still wear a mask - which is also absolutely fine if they choose.

No one poster is correct (and the 'wtf' replies to how different people deal with COVID are particularly useless) - you need to chat to DH and find a way that works for you both.

Do what works for you, but it sounds like your husband should be in his office if he wants a separate workspace.

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Quitelikeacatslife · 27/04/2023 09:20

He must be feeling guilty now as he's just called up that's he's going on a call and has moved to kitchen to free up the lounge. I feel bad now moaning about him.

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Fererr · 27/04/2023 09:28

Covid is a minor illness for the vast majority but for those who are still ill 2 years on with a disabling form of long covid no longer able to work or exercise it is anything but. Risk is low but there.

VincentVaguer · 27/04/2023 09:33

Quitelikeacatslife · 27/04/2023 09:20

He must be feeling guilty now as he's just called up that's he's going on a call and has moved to kitchen to free up the lounge. I feel bad now moaning about him.

Enjoy!

MeMyCatsAndMyBooks · 27/04/2023 09:43

Just watch something on your phone or tablet in bed and enjoy. It's not often us mums get to have a duvet day!

Rosula · 27/04/2023 10:04

I'd be delighted to be banished to the bedroom and waited on. I'd be perfectly happy with a laptop, some books and my crochet. Bring it on!

WestwardHo1 · 27/04/2023 10:14

Your child was isolated for ten days in his room only last year?

This was definitely not part of any "guidance" in 2022. Poor kid.

Each of the three times DP and I have had Covid (could have been more) we haven't caught it from each other.

Next time your husband gets a cold I'd insist he isolates in his room while you get the run of the house

hot2trotter · 27/04/2023 10:42

I honestly can't believe people are still testing, never mind isolating in a room for 10 days.

Get a grip.

Hbh17 · 27/04/2023 11:01

For goodness sake, why are you even testing? This is behaviour from 3 years ago, and the world has very much moved on. Covid is not a big deal.

Schabernacker · 27/04/2023 11:16

weightymatters73 · 27/04/2023 08:54

😂is your memory that short?

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It was unacceptable during the Covid hysteria, too.

weightymatters73 · 27/04/2023 11:24

Schabernacker · 27/04/2023 11:16

It was unacceptable during the Covid hysteria, too.

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The Op has been clear that the teenager in question wasn't "locked" in....and guidance was never to isolate kids too young to understand....

We were all asked to isolate away from family members where possible, which was not unreasonable - and at no stage involved locking young kids away!

ShowOfHands · 27/04/2023 11:29

hot2trotter · 27/04/2023 10:42

I honestly can't believe people are still testing, never mind isolating in a room for 10 days.

Get a grip.

I'm a secondary teacher and was due to spend all day with year 11 today, doing mini revision sessions while the rest of the school is off due to the strike. We have a couple of vulnerable students and the rest of them have 25 exams about to start. School, rightly, ask us to test if ill and we have to isolate at home if positive.

I'm currently on the sofa, feeling ghastly and worrying about my y11s. It is the right thing not to spread it. We nearly lost a staff member to Covid and one of our vulnerable students was extremely ill. We try and protect them as much as we can.

SorePaw · 27/04/2023 11:32

CatNamedBob · 27/04/2023 08:29

If he doesn't want to sit in the same room as you then he needs to work in his office. No way would I be banished to a single room in my own home for a minor illness that most people have already had and been vaccinated against.

@CatNamedBob

minor illness? Oh do give over.

SorePaw · 27/04/2023 11:34

Whatt · 27/04/2023 08:35

Its too late in the covid game to be isolating in a room.

@Whatt

that makes absolutely no sense.

sleepyscientist · 27/04/2023 11:37

DH wanted to catch it off me (would have saved a fortune in tests for holidays)......3 years later despite his best efforts he's never tested positive. When me and DS had it we didn't isolated, didn't practice infection prevention etc

greyhairnomore · 27/04/2023 12:00

I can't believe some of the comments on here , it's not 2020. Just carry on as normal. Will he be sleeping with you @Quitelikeacatslife ?
If so isolating is ridiculous.

Hungryfrogs23 · 27/04/2023 12:00

Honestly, it depends. When our house caught covid I was exceptionally ill with it and hospitalised. So if my DH were to catch it again, he would absolutely be banished (willingly) to one room for the duration to ensure I didn't get it.

GelPens1 · 27/04/2023 12:04

Quitelikeacatslife · 27/04/2023 08:32

Yes has a home office but it's full of his hobby (eye roll)

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You don’t have the plague or leprosy. He has a perfectly good office to work in. You take the bedroom and lounge and go in the kitchen whenever you please. He can wear a mask and isolate himself if he’s so paranoid.

JaneJeffer · 27/04/2023 12:07

Tell him to fuck off. Jesus!

wrinkleintime · 27/04/2023 12:34

Quitelikeacatslife · 27/04/2023 08:58

DS is teenager, not a tiny child and that was the guidance at the time, we were all told to isolate for 10 days back then. He had remote schooling to log on to as they were still offering that as an option then. And teenagers spend most of their times in their rooms given the choice , so not as bad as it sounds. No one is suggesting that now and I don't want them to get it . DH is just bit OTT about it and as people have said, likes having his whole domain during the day.

Well Covid hasn't gone away and it's the same virus it ever was. As a reminder, there very young people who have 'long Covid' and have basically become disabled in their 30's and 40's because of it. I know several people whose lives are not the same since catching it.

I think you are unfair to say that he is 'OTT' about this and you should definitely stay in the bedroom until you test negative. Why wouldn't you avoid the risk if you can for the sake of a few days.

MasterBeth · 27/04/2023 12:44

Whatt · 27/04/2023 08:35

Its too late in the covid game to be isolating in a room.

Of course it isn't. Your aim would be to stop your family from getting what can be a really nasty disease. I had five day sin our spare room before Christmas and no-one else in our house caught it. Result.

Mariposista · 27/04/2023 12:47

If anyone tried to confine me to a room, covid would be the least of their worries.

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