Mother's Day shockers

[wouldyouadamandeveit]

I won't be seeing my mum for the foreseeable because she's 70 and the main carer for my 95 year old gran. It's the absolute thing to do.

Yet today I have witnessed the following;

Type 1 diabetic man who is still interacting with the public (retail role) visiting his 80 year old dad who has COPD and 20% lung capacity and 75 year old mum with asthma.

A 56 year old mum and adult daughter who are also still working in retail visiting elderly relatives.

WTF is wrong with people

I don't know. I really despair

People are not taking it seriously. They will take it seriously in 2 or 3 weeks. By then they will probably be 2 or 3 weeks too late...

I am not judging. Some people would be more impacted by the lack of interaction- and if people do it safely- washing hands on arrival, no hugs, distance etc then perhaps the benefit will outweigh the risk for THEM.

Some people would be more impacted by the lack of interaction- and if people do it safely- washing hands on arrival, no hugs, distance etc then perhaps the benefit will outweigh the risk for THEM

More impacted by being lonely than dead?

The risk isn't only to them is it? If the elderly relatives end up in intensive care then that impacts a hell of a lot more people.

It may well be their last Mother’s Day together. For some it will because they are ignoring advice for others it would have been anyway who knows.

It's like our neighbours, they are doing house works and have their older parents coming and going...

I guess it depends how they're doing it. A friend on Facebook has been to visit her mum. She took a folding chair, blanket, thermos and Tupperware with her. Photos posted by both show her mum sitting inside the house with an open front door and a cup of tea, and her sitting about 3m away down the drive with her thermos of tea and a cupcake.

So it can be done.

I agree it can be done, but unfortunately these people are not doing it that way and that is what makes me angry.