To go and stay with family with a cold?

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Due to travel and visit my parents today who are elderly and have probably gone to a lot of trouble and are exited to see dh and I and their grandchildren.
We'll be there until the weekend visiting various family old and young.
Ive woken up with a cold today and we're meant to be travelling later.
AiBU to go with a nasty cold knowing I'll be passing it around?
Of course if I ask family they'd say come anyway because they're polite.
I feel fine in myself but I'm thinking of other people and if it's right just to turn up and spread it around?

I would be very grateful if you postponed your visit, as would my elderly mum.
Pre Christmas visitors brought us the gift of a very bad cold each last Christmas. It ruined the celebrations for us and they were recovered by Christmas Day.
I hope you are soon feeling better.

Bear in mind that covid is currently presenting with cold symptoms for a lot of people.

I think postponing it would be better especially as they're elderly.

I would phone and speak to them, you have to give them chance to dodge it.

Can dh take the children whilst you rest up and throw vitamin C at it? Then you might arrange to visit at New Year?

Postpone and go in the New Year. No one needs this Christmas gift! It’ll be just as special seeing them all then. Hope you feel better soon

I would definitely still go…. It’s just a cold!

Ring them first and check they are okay with it obviously.

It depends on their underlying health and how bad a cold.

Horrible cold = stay home.

Normal run of the mill cold:
My immunosuppressed DF - I wouldn’t go as everything ends up as a chest infection for him and he’s been on antibiotics 8 times this year already.
My perfectly healthy MIL - I would go as a cold doesn’t cause her problems

Agree, take a tablet and man up.

I would say no if asked! I hate being ill so I’d rather coughing spluttering house guests stayed away…it’s a shame we can’t move Christmas to July when everyone is in much better health!

My family don't really lock ourselves away with colds but I understand its MN crime of the century to be around other people with the hint of a sniffle.

If you feel well enough to go and parents are in general good health I'd still go. Or just ring and make sure it's OK. I know my Mum would think i was a bit crazy for cancelling because of a cold.

Id ask them but chances are they'll pick up a bug anyway there's so much going round, everywhere is busy.

If it's just a cold I would check that they are happy to see you, and go. I don't think we can all shut down everything for a cold, bearing very vulnerable people in mind as a separate case.