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"People should use their own judgement"

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swg1 · 19/09/2020 17:01

Does anyone else have family who say this but actually mean "I want to see your kids so you should use my judgement and I'll imply the issue with you if you say no".

I'm currently self-isolating with kids with a cough and loss of taste/smell. So far an older family member in a high-risk group has offered to take them and then when I said "No, we're quarantined" gave me a lecture on 'why are you so anxious about this' and 'your nan and I are just living life as normal'. I ended up hanging up on her :(

We're in a high-risk area which just went into local lockdown (which family member is just outside). We have been going out - cautiously - over summer (family visits, playgrounds, a couple of restaurants, holiday in the UK). But we have been very very careful to not, for example, visit my 80 year old in-laws after going to anywhere with a lot of people until a week or so has passed. And now we're back at school where it is absolutely rife and being very very careful again because primary school kids are adorable plague vectors. But no, I start coughing and I'm told "don't be silly, it can't possibly be covid-19, you haven't been anywhere!".

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TheGreatWave · 19/09/2020 18:02

Well there's using your own judgement and then stupidity. (Not implying you are btw)

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