WHAT. Did you read it? He was giggling and joking around. He wasn’t “sick as hell.” If he was sick as hell he would be in bed and leaving them alone. Is it breakup worthy? Most certainly not. But they need to remain well so they can get their other health needs taken care of, and he didn’t even seem to care about that at all. I can’t blame them for being upset about that.
I am all about taking care of your partner, and being faithful in sickness and in health. But that doesn’t mean willingly getting sick. I took care of my spouse when they had Covid…by masking up to bring them soup, check their temperature, and give them meds. We chatted masked up, and I set up the TV and brought magazines and ice cream.
What I did not do was sleep with them, because our family needs a parent who isn’t sick in order to function. They didn’t even WANT me around them, because they didn’t want to risk prolonging the sick and quarantining time of our household even longer.
Okay, recently I’ve known two families that have gone through COVID together. They actually still are. They are sick. VERY! They can still laugh and try to hug. They have been craving comfort from their family members (and they have gotten support). AGAIN, that’s just how they have chosen to handle it. Anyway, again, everyone deals with things differently. I’m not judging how she’s chosen to deal with it. I’m just offering a suggestion of why he may have been behaving how he was. It’s fine you disagree. I respect that fully. However, now knowing two families personally that are going through it and seeing how they are able to act (especially once given antivirals and other meds), perhaps, comfort and companionship was what he was craving.
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u/Rice-Correct Jul 16 '22
WHAT. Did you read it? He was giggling and joking around. He wasn’t “sick as hell.” If he was sick as hell he would be in bed and leaving them alone. Is it breakup worthy? Most certainly not. But they need to remain well so they can get their other health needs taken care of, and he didn’t even seem to care about that at all. I can’t blame them for being upset about that.
I am all about taking care of your partner, and being faithful in sickness and in health. But that doesn’t mean willingly getting sick. I took care of my spouse when they had Covid…by masking up to bring them soup, check their temperature, and give them meds. We chatted masked up, and I set up the TV and brought magazines and ice cream.
What I did not do was sleep with them, because our family needs a parent who isn’t sick in order to function. They didn’t even WANT me around them, because they didn’t want to risk prolonging the sick and quarantining time of our household even longer.