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[ SECRET POST #4980 ]

⌈ Secret Post #4980 ⌋

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... to tell family to fuck the fuck off because they don't take covid seriously and you don't want their germs near your shitty immune system?

I just want to live and not be hated for it.

There's no polite way that will stop them from being assholes about it if they're really committed to being assholes about it, unfortunately

I just keep saying "no". I think my sister has gotten the hint, because even though she still thinks it's some kind of liberal plot to hurt Trump she's wearing a mask everywhere and sneering at everyone who doesn't. She REALLY seems to want family dinners back. XD Unfortunately, her daughter went to a weekend-long birthday bash so. Um. Can't say I want to go near them still.

Ask them in plain and clear words to respect your boundaries. "I am concerned about getting sick, please wear a mask when I'm around. Thank you." That's all you can ultimately do and if they choose not to, then it may come down to you having to distance yourself from them, avoiding gatherings altogether.

There are plenty of polite ways to say this, but none of them are magic and they won't magically convince stubborn, stupid people that this should be taken seriously. I wouldn't waste any energy being polite, since your family isn't compassionate enough to care about your health.

I tried being polite to my relatives that weren’t taking precautions and they wouldn’t listen. Eventually, I told them to fuck off and they left me alone, but now they’re all talking shit about me. At least they’re not breathing on me anymore.

Ehhhh. At this point, if your family is this ignorant, I'm not sure there is a polite way to make yourself heard and taken seriously. COVID-19 is not some new thing that just happened, it's nearly impossible NOT to hear about how serious it is unless your whole family's been living in a cave. I guess you could try one more time to explain that if you get sick, you could end up in the hospital on a ventilator or dead, but honestly? Everyone with a functioning brain knows that by now.

You can't make people behave sensibly, all you can do is protect yourself. Fuck their feelings. Your health is more important.

Not from my experience. I'm still living with my parents and both them and me are at severe risks of death if/when we catch it. My mother has always been the worst with these things, and is still barely washing her hands, goes up to talk to her coworkers- thinking her bosses comment that she could send an email to said coworker about the thing an insult to her work ethic and pride. She refuses reality because she's completely incapable of wrapping her head around it. She hates me, so nothing I can say could convince her of anything, she'd probably do the opposite just from spite.

My dad's just had his prostate removed due to cancer, and he's suddenly developed the idea that this is never going to end at any rate, so he should be allowed to participate in his hockey leagues come winter, and whatever whim that comes his way. To a certain degree I agree, that the mutation and spread of this disease makes it difficult to combat let alone precaution yourself from, but he's basically given up and signed his death warrant since 'it's going to happen sooner or later anyways'...

I can't stand it, I hate it. I live with them because I no longer have any place left to go, but they're determined to kill not only themselves, but whoever else they can along with them

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