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Difference in opinion - do I go on this date?

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NowWhatUsernameShallIHave · 29/11/2021 20:21

Background: I am 3 years single out of a mentally and abusive relationship. I am also clinically vulnerable.

In the past year I have been on a few dates but nothing I wanted to pursue.

I have met a man online and from the get go we have clicked and get on so well.
Except for the fact that he is a staunch anti Vaxxer and thinks COVID is fake. He said his uncle died from the vaccine.
From so many men I’ve matched with and spoken to he is otherwise really really respectful and understanding. He respects my POV.

Before I knew this I was so looking forward to meeting him but now I have to decide whether to go ahead.

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MintyCedric · 30/11/2021 09:42

No...was having this conversation with my friend at the weekend as she recently dated a guy for a couple of months who hadn't been vaccinated apparently because he had health issues at the time he was called. He also believed that a friend of his died as a result of the vaccine.

I wouldn't entertain dating someone who hadn't been vaccinated personally. I'm a tubby asthmatic single parent and care for my elderly mum. The risks are far too high for me.

LadyWithLapdog · 30/11/2021 09:47

God no. Why waste your time with a Covid denier? Have you discussed about lizards yet?

PrincessNutNuts · 30/11/2021 14:14

I'm a logical,factual person and I couldn't spend my days humouring someone who lives in a fantasy world. (Unless they're ill. I can do it with my relatives with dementia.)

I'd be embarrassed for my fantasist partner when they repeated their nonsense to family and friends.

I'd feel bad if my family and friends also had to expend emotional energy humouring fantasist nonsense - and worse if they didn't and there was conflict.

How could you go on a nice honeymoon or a foreign holiday with an anti-vaxxer? International travel is probably going to involve vaccine status for many years to come.

If vaccine passports come in you might not even be able to go for a meal or to the pub.

His views are a threat to your health @NowWhatUsernameShallIHave, but also, outside the little bubble of just the two of you, so much of your life could be less than it should've been.

Can you really love and respect a bloke who has been sucked in by such obvious bullshit?

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