I saw the thread about parents thinking they are invincible but I wish it were just my elderly relatives....
I feel like my whole family aren't taking this seriously. They clearly think I'm nuts but I'm pretty much self-isolating although I'm healthy - working from home (they all have the ability to do this, btw), only essential supermarket & pharmacy visits, no socialising in person at all. My parents are going to a restaurant tonight. They went to a concert at the weekend. Sister is going to the pub tonight. My elderly grandmother still thinks she can go to the shops daily and doesn't understand why I'm not visiting.
I'm feeling despairing. I'm really anxious about what will happen to them all but I'm not even isolating for me - I really want to do everything I can to help this not spread so fast for the sake of the everyone in the UK!!
Every time we talk I worry about them, I try not to nag but when my parents said they were going out tonight I did say..."sure...or you could try a takeaway?" as gently as I could and the call ended pretty soon after. They clearly think I am being all doom and gloom - I really want to chat because I'm bored being locked up all on my own but it's stressful hearing about their bonkers plans.
I really wanted to see a friend this weekend but after the latest advice I cancelled and she clearly thinks I'm nuts too. I think we'll be in total lock down soon enough, but want to do my bit to stop things spreading if I can.
Do I just give up saying anything to them so we can keep talking on the phone? How do I talk to them?