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has anyone else's dp/dh gone a bit mad with coronavirus conspiracy thoughts and opinions?

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EllaFaStorm · 17/12/2020 19:02

just wanted to see if anyone else was having this issue. I have name changed for this as his family is on here!

he is normally a fairly measured person but coronavirus appears to have tipped him over the edge and I'm not sure how much longer I can sit here and have to listen to him go on and on. He is telling anyone who will listen how he's not having the vaccination because it's not safe - every single negative press article he finds he uses as an example (and is conveniently ignoring anything positive). He spent ALL this week going on about how they were definitely going to cancel Xmas, how he knew they were. I'm not kidding like 100 times a day. Every time we go and walk the dog he starts on it. I said I don't think they will as people would ignore it anyway, he says no they definitely will, he knows they will because it's all about control, this virus is all about that. Then when they announce they aren't going to change it, I point it out and he says 'oh but they still have time'. He's listening to all sorts of people who agree with him on you tube and this seems to just encourage him.

I can't actually listen to it any more. I am working my arse off to make ends meet because Dp lost his job due to coronavirus and his new job was related to hospitality so he's working even fewer hours (we are in tier3) which I don't think is helping.

Does anyone else have this issue? I'm at the point of telling him the subject is actually banned because I can't cope with this madness in my ear all day every day! I mean he is entitled to his opinions but he's really vociferous about it to the point where he won't actually listen to anybody else who has a different opinion to him!

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ReeseWitherfork · 17/12/2020 19:24

I think it's more than acceptable to tell him the subject is bringing you down and set boundaries around when (and for how long!) you'll accept talking about it. My DH gets fixated on some stuff, albeit not covid, and I have to politely set boundaries with him.

EllaFaStorm · 17/12/2020 19:29

thanks, yes that's exactly it. And it is bringing me down! How do you set the boundaries? I want to explode every time he starts - if I counter his argument, it just makes it worse so I've started just saying nothing but I'm getting to the point where it's really pissing me off.

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