Allow me a bit of a rant, please . . .

[SoFedUpNow2021]

I am so, so fed up with a friend's attitude to how we live now. I honestly feel like she loves the drama of covid, and relishes being "vulnerable" (she has mild asthma). I've just sent her a screenshot of the measures we have to comply with to attend an event on Friday and she's so happy with how many hoops we have to jump through because it makes her feel "safe".

I'm just having a moment of frustration because I'm so sick and tired of all the restrictions put on our lives for so long now and yet she's getting a kick out of it. She's a massive drama queen at the best of times, and has been super-precious since the first lockdown (even though she was never in the shielding category) and gets wildly excited when it's time for a vaccination or booster, telling everyone how she feels so much more protected and relaxed now. I really feel like she's enjoying this, and will actually be disappointed when we ARE back to normal (if that ever bloody happens).

Ugh. Sorry, sorry, sorry . . . I appreciate I'm probably being unreasonable and unfair, I just needed somewhere to let this all out

You know YABU OP . That's OK, though. She does sound quite irritating. But maybe she suffers from health anxiety?

I hear you OP. There are a lot of people like this. DS watches bloggers commenting on videos of people misbehaving on YouTube (I know, I know) and there many people who love walking up to perfect strangers and berating them for not wearing a mask. They are clearly loving the whole thing.

Just for the record I think masks are a good idea at the minute but why would you involve yourself with a complete stranger?

I think she does, @Jacaranda75 - everything is a huge drama, and I've felt that I've needed to take a step back from the friendship a few times over the years because I just couldn't deal with it without letting my frustration/impatience show.

I did gently try to broach the subject of the health anxiety possibility with her once, as she was obsessed with taking her son to the doctor (four times in the space of three weeks when he had a viral cough) but got roundly put in my place - was I saying she was subjecting her child to needless medical examinations etc.

Errrr . . . yes.

So I piped down after that

Yes, @FellaItzgerald - people can get so militant about it, and feel they are entitled to challenge and berate others. It's really unsettling that people actually seem to enjoy this.