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Being called a "sheep" for getting vaccine ..what would you say?

139 replies

beerfear33 · 16/07/2021 14:16

I'm 34 no health conditions and I have had vaccines.
My good friend and her mum have declined (which is their own choice no judgement ) yet every time we meet she is throwing shade my way.
I don't know how to respond

  • sheep getting the jab cos Boris said so *a rushed un safe jab *all about control
  • people who've had the jab are still ill and dying *putting poison in your body when you don't know what's in it *wait till the side effects in yours to come *if we need a covid passport to go in shops etc il order online

What or how do I respond to it ?
I don't judge her choices so why judge mine

OP posts:
Lemonmelonsun · 16/07/2021 15:07

Baaaaah

LadyBonnibel · 16/07/2021 15:08

"Was that your own idea, to call people sheep for not getting the vaccine? Or did you hear it from somewhere and copy it?"

ewwdaviid · 16/07/2021 15:09

@LadyBonnibel

"Was that your own idea, to call people sheep for not getting the vaccine? Or did you hear it from somewhere and copy it?"
Ha love that.
SinisterBumFacedCat · 16/07/2021 15:12

Bahhhh 🐑

roguetomato · 16/07/2021 15:17

As pp said, this!

TableFlowerss · 16/07/2021 15:19

“I want my life back. I want my freedoms back. There’ll soon be restrictions as to what you can do, if you’re not vaccinated so imo it’s the best option’

ilovesooty · 16/07/2021 15:26

@BlackberrySky

I wouldn't bother meeting up with her.
Neither would I. She isn't a good friend and I'd want nothing more to do with her.
WhereYouLeftIt · 16/07/2021 15:27

@LadyBonnibel

"Was that your own idea, to call people sheep for not getting the vaccine? Or did you hear it from somewhere and copy it?"
I like this, but it's likely to go over her headGrin.

I'd probably just go with 'Fuck Off', but I'm a cow that way. Or maybe do the kill with kindness routine? Be all caring and sympathetic,

'Are you OK, hunGrin? You seem to be struggling, you're coming across as over-defensive, are you having doubts over your choice? Oh, noShock! Everyone's OK, aren't they? Nobody of yours has got Covid have they? Tell me everyone's still healthy, please, you're worrying me now, yadda yadda yadda ...'

LavenderAskew · 16/07/2021 15:27

@lap90

Probably that she sounds like the anti vaxer sheep of a different herd.
Absolutely this.

Probably more sheep like to follow the pseudo science of anti-vaccine herd.

MozambiqueHere · 16/07/2021 15:29
  • sheep not getting the jab cos someone online said not to
  • all about control
  • people who haven't had the jab are still ill and dying
  • calling it poison when you don't know what's in it

etc.

RuggerHug · 16/07/2021 15:30

'Rather sheep than a lemming off a cliff'. Honestly I wouldn't be able to tolerate that level of shite from someone. Every time she mentions it just ask 'why are you so obsessed with it/my body?'

BonnieScotlandBound · 16/07/2021 15:33

The new variant is rife. Everywhere I turn my friends and relatives have picked it up or are self isolating.

Your friend is an idiot.

Personally I wouldn’t knowingly have an unvaccinated person, who just wasn’t getting it for no good reason, in my house.

rainbowunicorn · 16/07/2021 15:33

I would reply to her once and once only. I would say that you have made an informed choice about your own health and that you do not appreciate her commenting on that choice. I would remind her that you have not commented on her or her mothers choice not to have teh vaccine. I would end by saying that if they question or mock your choice after this conversation then I would be removing myself from the friendship.
A person that does this is not a friend and I would not have allowed it to get to this point in teh first place. I would have shut tehm down the first time they made comment.

lljkk · 16/07/2021 15:35

"Baa Baaa..." and cheesy grin.

Honestly, nobody knows how to deflect unwanted comments with humour any more? I thought this was a skill most people mastered by age 12.

I have opposite attitude to fend off. Every chat with my dad leads back to how he wants mandatory jabs for all. He despairs of people who refuse jab. I have never heard him so angry & spiteful about anything else ever before. Give it a rest. Most people IRL don't know my real thoughts about anything because they don't want to know.

TheGenealogist · 16/07/2021 15:36

I would think "Don't be such a fucking arse" would cover it.

Pantene23 · 16/07/2021 15:37

I’d just laugh. Has the added bonus of winding people up.

Amboseli · 16/07/2021 15:39

I'd say I'm capable of making my own choices at not being brainwashed by conspiracy theories and hope they have private health insurance for when they need hospital care after catching covid.

And I wouldn't be spending any more time with these "friends".

Lunificent · 16/07/2021 15:39

I don’t think I’d want her as a friend. Apart from her viewpoint, it’s not nice to be ‘throwing shade’ at you.

Summerhillsquare · 16/07/2021 15:40

This old gimmer is gambolling away happily across the fields, fully vaccinated 😁

MidnightMonsterMunch · 16/07/2021 15:45

Let’s be honest, she’s throwing you shade because she’s trying to convince herself that she’s made the right decision. If she was completely comfortable with it she wouldn’t even bring it up. Basically you’ve had the balls to do what she’s terrified of doing and she wants you to feel bad for it. Sounds like a colossal arse to be honest.

DogInATent · 16/07/2021 16:01

Ignore them, you can't argue with stupid any more than you can play chess with a pigeon.

We've had (and continue to have) so many divisive issues over the last five years, I wonder what the cost has been in broken friendships?

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SonnetForSpring · 16/07/2021 16:03

@beerfear33

I'm 34 no health conditions and I have had vaccines. My good friend and her mum have declined (which is their own choice no judgement ) yet every time we meet she is throwing shade my way. I don't know how to respond * sheep getting the jab cos Boris said so *a rushed un safe jab *all about control * people who've had the jab are still ill and dying *putting poison in your body when you don't know what's in it *wait till the side effects in yours to come *if we need a covid passport to go in shops etc il order online

What or how do I respond to it ?
I don't judge her choices so why judge mine

Ignore the comments. No point wasting your breath.
SonnetForSpring · 16/07/2021 16:04

@DogInATent

Ignore them, you can't argue with stupid any more than you can play chess with a pigeon.

We've had (and continue to have) so many divisive issues over the last five years, I wonder what the cost has been in broken friendships?

This.
littletinyboxes · 16/07/2021 16:14

My response would be something like... "My decision was made based mainly on the benefit to wider society, especially medically vulnerable people I come in to contact with. But don't worry, I don't judge you."

or perhaps just 'I think we have very different opinions about vaccines and science. Happy to have a reasoned debate, but otherwise shall we just agreed to not discuss it?"

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