I was made to feel like a complete idiot today by a family member over this. A couple weeks ago I suggested he stock up for a month, he blew that off. It wasn’t preachy, just a comment in passing.
Today I texted a link to the CDC briefing to all my family, with no comment other than FYI. I got the most condescending text from him and then a voicemail absolutely berating me. He said he has 10 sources I’d news on his phone and he is more on top of it than I am, and the CDC said this and that and flu is worse.
The sad thing is, I was actually wanting to initiate a conversation with my siblings because my husband and I decided we wanted to give each of our siblings enough money to buy a month’s worth of food. I think I’ll use what I would have given him for my neighbors.
But... saving money!
I always emphasize the saving. Peace of mind is just gravy.
Ya, I feel your pain with the sibling thing.
I prep for us and for immediate neighbors who can’t prep for financial or personal reasons or simply won’t.
It isn’t fair really to prep for the latter ones too...but it beats having a hostile neighbor sending their starving kiddos to knock on your door to see if you have anything to eat.
I also save a LOT of seeds from things I know grow here. If anything REALLY bad did happen (lucifer’s hammer) we could at least grow stuff and not starve.
I’ll join you in that boat. I’ve given and given our parents prep food and supplies over the years only to have it be left in their garage through hot Texas summers. When it goes bad, somehow it’s my fault. Nope, washed my hands of it. I’m done. Finished.