Anyone elses partner think it's all a load of 'hype over nothing'

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And refuse to accept the way this is heading?

He just completely has his head in the sand. I've no doubt that there is scare mongering going on out there but the fact of the matter is it seems we are heading the same way as Spain/Italy and it will affect our day to day lives.

I said it was a shame we may not be able to do birthday plans we'd had at the very beginning of May and he was all 'seriously?! That's months away, everything will be find by then stop being ridiculous'. Trying to explain to him that no. No it won't be and this is actually a pretty big thing that's going on, is like banging my head against a brick wall.

He's not even stupid. He just lives in a bubble and refuses to engage with anything that goes on outside.

He's bored of it now apparently, won't discuss it at all. (I don't go on about it by any means).

It's infuriating. Is anyone elses partner like this?

I think a number of people are like this, tbh.

The country is split between people who think this is overblown fuss and will all be over in a couple of weeks and people who are scared rotten about the massive and long impacts we're facing.

I'm a bit in the latter group, myself. But maybe it's more fun to be in the first group?

Yes my DH thinks we will be on our holiday to Menorca at the start of July.

It's just the flu after all.

Yup!!!

He keeps thinking that it's all a load of media rubbish, I have to remind him that these additional measures were announced on live TV by the actual prime minister not just reported in The Sun.

He's just not interested. I know for a fact he won't isolate either, if he met the criteria I mean I.e. one of the family was sick etc etc. He's self employed. There is not a chance in hell.

There's obviously people who go the other extreme but I feel I'm fairly balanced about the whole thing. But what I don't want to do is pretend everything's fine and dandy and this won't affect us at all.

Yes mine did until they cancelled all sport including the Grand National and all other horse racing. I also showed him the NHS master plan I received last night. He is now worried.
We are both in the healthy but vulnerable group but due to early retirement we have become used to a changed routine. We were planning to do lots of things this summer, hopefully we’ll have the opportunity later in the year.
It will be difficult but at least we have social media to keep in touch with friends and family. However, I suspect our teenage son will be climbing the walls.

Honestly if you were to ask him, life is the same right now as it was this time last year. Just not phased at all.

It will take months to recover from this

I think for some people the denial is a self preservation thing.

Mine is like this, went out last night.

It's self preservation - and fear. My DH is like this but has finally agreed to self isolate.
I find it very frustrating.

Yep mine is the same. Thinks this will all blow over and we'll 100% be flying on holiday in June. Going the gym and will no doubt be at the pub on Friday.

Oh, and bloody dangerous too. It's people with this attitude that will be spreading it (unknowingly) to vulnerable people for whom it could be life threatening.

Mine is the complete opposite. He has made a huge stockpile in the garage and refuses to let me or my two sons go out of the house. I am due to finish maternity leave in september and he is saying we need to stay locked down until a vaccine is developed so I will not be able to work until then. I think he is over anxious becuase he nearly died after a chest infection in his 20s.

I think the biggest problem is he's just not interested in news, social media etc...

A lot of the stuff I told him he just didn't know because he hadn't seen. Still didn't bother him though.

Perhaps self preservation like you say. Fucking annoying though! I've got friends who've just had huge pay cuts yesterday. This is serious and he just doesn't get it.

We were both a bit blase until yesterday but it's gotten a bit scary now. Two of his colleagues have suspected cases in their families - not in the same households but still people they've been in contact with in the last week. We wouldn't normally be too worried but I'm 40 weeks pregnant with our first and not sure how that affects things. My wider family are all reasonably young and in good health so I'm trying to tell myself it shouldn't be serious if they caught it, but even thinking of your loved ones with "just flu" isn't nice.

Yes mine. He does talk about it all the time, and acknowledges that his workplace (manual job) will probably close, and that’s what’s worrying him-not bring paid, which obviously is a massive worry for everyone at the minute, and he doesn’t have the option to work from home.
Football and our holiday being cancelled have made him think it’s serious but

Health wise he’s not bothered at all, we’ll all be fine I’m to stop worrying.

I don't have a partner, ex FIL is refusing to social distance himself despite ex MIL being vulnerable on four different scores. Its awful.

Yes. I've been telling him for about a month now. And work.
They laughed. Even now he doesn't get why I had to buy birthday stuff for my two sons' April birthday.

My friend on Spain says he was the same right up until lockdown happened. He's not laughing now (though breaks the worry with some amusing memes re supermarket panic).

Same here 😭 I'm honestly thinking of staying at my parents to get away from him.
He's still working and someone he knows has it and he said even if he gets it which he won't 😒 because his immune system is very good and he's a Dr (he isn't but seems to think he is) he will be fine. No consideration for our dog or child about them getting it and said he washes his hands 3x a day and won't be washing it anymore. I have awful anxiety due to a horrible health problem I suffered 7years ago and he's just so blasé and ignorant. His hygiene (doesn't smell or anything) but washing hands, cleaning surfaces is completely gross. Help! 😩

and he's a Dr (he isn't but seems to think he is)

I'm sorry, what?

I’m currently not speaking to my husband.

I thought he was taking it seriously. He’s working from home rather than commuting to London, only going out to the corner shop a couple of times a week, we are not seeing anyone etc. Doesn’t want to put me at risk as I’m pregnant, kids off school.

Then last night he tells me that someone is having a leaving do from work next Friday and he wants to go. Into London for the night. “But it’s a leaving doooooooooo”

Well I'm glad it's not just mine at least!

Same here. Husband thinks I'm mad for buying in a few bits of food. I don't have huge supplies or anything. He's in denial I think.

I'm so stressed out with it all. He has stockpiled on vitamins which is good but taking shoes off, using a wipe on surfaces,
washing hands, not being around people who are ill - he just doesn't get it!
@sparklfairy he did a nutritionist course and since then thinks nutrition is enough to protect against the virus. He has a point but so is HYGIENE Argh!

Mine looks at me like I’ve lost my marbles when I ask him to wash his hands. I was disinfecting the door handles earlier and he sighed and said “For gods sake it’s just the flu.” We have young dc, one of which has just come out of hospital, and dp himself has chronic asthma!!!

Don’t get me wrong I’m keeping calm and I’m sick of talking about it too, but it’s not hard to wash your hands