Posted on 04/22/2021 1:46:45 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
I have friends and family who have traveled for vacations during the COVID-19 pandemic. My husband and I have taken trips during the pandemic, too, but only road trips, and we stay at Airbnb rentals (by ourselves). Some of my relatives, meanwhile, went to Hawaii, justifying it as helping Hawaii’s economy. Some have flown upwards of five times during the pandemic. Many even traveled during the holidays and got together with people outside their household for multiple days.
These friends and relatives are not anti-maskers. They proudly tout all the extra safety precautions they take when traveling, and they get tested beforehand. But my husband is sickened by their behavior, and he’s begun opting out of our weekly family Zoom calls. He says he’s lost all respect for them.
He’s saddened by this situation and isn’t enjoying himself. He feels very alone in his quest to do the right thing, surrounded by those who prioritize themselves over the safety of greater society.
I’m disappointed in their actions, too -- but not enough to cut them out of my life.
When we’ve pressed these relatives about why they feel the need to travel and take unnecessary risks, they say that our vacations have been just as risky; flying is safe (this is a big one); it’s their prerogative; and they’re not endangering anyone. They feel as though my husband is harshly judging and shaming them. And to be honest, he is....
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I don't have any answers.
I think this is just our sad new reality.
I'm sure many of you have experience something close to this scenario. Annie's answer was really rather decent I thought, considering...
When I first heard the title “50 Shades of Gray,” I thought it was going to be a book about Cleveland.
The link brings me to “Page Not Found”
Typical liberals. They travel, but they don’t like the way that YOU travel.
They are superior to you, you know.
My sister in law and her family have been pulling the same crap on us. They’ve gone to baseball games, traveled, gone out of the country, met in huge groups, none of it is a problem. But we have one holiday family get together and suddenly we are the devil himself.
6 trips since Covid ... Costa Rica next week. Liberty.
I had the Kung Flu in January.
Since then I’ve helped the economic recovery in Punta Cana and I am currently, as I write, helping the economic recovery of New Orleans.
They both REALLY appreciate it.
Ditto
Linky no worky.
“Safety of the Greater Society”
You help society and your community by helping yourself, not becoming dependent on the government, and not being a drag on society. Too many people these days have lost all sense of self accountability, self determination, and self reliance.
It’s time this busy body stops worrying about other people and concentrate on himself.
Oh, yes - the Noble Saint. Let all praise his dedication to Fauci’s Moral Path. /s
We’re going to be dealing with the fallout of this for a decade, at a minimum. And I became aware of this after the first couple months. Pathetic.
I can’t even run my own life properly, much less someone else’s. Ya’ll do you and have fun.
If you want to drive yourself crazy, base your happiness on other people doing what you want them to do.
I’m not willing to pay big bucks to asphyxiate myself for hours on end.
Divide and conquer.
The CCP biological weapon was used as an opportunity for the dimrats to use the crisis.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
Rahm Emmanuel. Whose boss was....our first legally unqualified foreigner president.
Covid 19-84
Joe Biden came up with a plan.
Hide in a basement.
I can heartily recommend Joe’s basement-based anti-Covid plan to every Democrat.
BIL & wife who live in Westchester County, NY looked SO UNHAPPY on ZOOM last week. We and BIL & wife from SC avoided talking about vaccines - when the call ended, I texted SIL in SC to ask cause we weren’t sure they were declining as we are. We got on facetime after that for quite awhile - we are going to SC sometime soon! (they aren’t getting the jab either)
meanwhile, back in Westchester County, they think we won’t have a life if we don’t get the jab! oh - they did also say “see you in 2 or 3 years” oh well.
The husband should mind his own business. The world would be a much better place if more people would MYOB.
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