Nearly 4 years ago I met my now partner. We don't live together yet but we will some day soon. We got on well with out current set up.
I'm not long off the phone to him wo wish him a good night. He was coming down with a cold the other day. I didn't think much of it at the time. Just there he said he's coming down with a dry chesty cough. He said he had a runny nose the other day and it was like a tap running.
This took me by surprise. The runny nose, followed by dry, chesty cough.
I said to him that he will have to isolate and get a test just to rule out covid. He's adamant that it's just a cold and it's not covid19.
To be honest I'm bloody fcuking furious with his attitude. He's not 100% but he's not bad either but I think it's important for him to follow the guidelines. I think the most important thing for him to do is to isolate himself until he gets a test done and it comes back as a negative or isolate until his symptoms reside.
He's adamant it's just a cold. I know him and he's not going to isolate himself as per the guidelines. I recommended for him to phone the doctor in the morning for a Covid test. I'm in Ireland and it's organised through GPS here. He's not interested and he said its just a cold.
I'm furious with this to be honest. There is a risk that it could be covid. He's not 100% keeping his movements to essential journeys like instead of doing one large grocery shop once a week, he goes to the shops every day. So there's more risks carried in that alone. He's not following the household guidelines 100% either. He has siblings living nearby and they all pop in for visits several times a week. So I suppose that would also carry a risk. Then every Friday evening he goes for takeaway for himself and his parents. So I suppose that would also carry a risk. There's nobody in his circle of contacts sick or a positive that we know of unless of there's people keeping silent about an infection.
I'm still jot impressed with what he's doing though. He's unwell and he's not isolating himself.
On our call, he says he misses me and he would love to see me at the weekend and I would like to see him too but no, I will have to put my foot down here and say not until he's better or has a negative result.
I developed a fever a few weeks ago and I had isolate myself in my room and get tested. I did that to keep everyone around me safe including him. I'm sick to think he's dismissing this as a cold. What if it turns out to be covid? He loves me so much he wants to see me and risk giving me covid. That right there is a dump able offence.