AITA

[bill_schubert]

I'm not really asking, I just like the acronym. I know the answer. 

Met my wife at a friend's house to pick up a cabinet which will solve ALL of her storage problems (wait, that's not the AITA part).

The cabinet was at the home of two grown friends who we have known for years since before one of their previous spouses died.  Neither of them had on a mask and neither did my wife.  I had mine on and the woman said 'Hey, from a distance, or we could hug.'  I did not react well saying 'my wife will die if she contracts COVID' so I'm a little upset that none of you are wearing a mask.  Her response was  'we're all well'.  Really. I didn't continue the conversation as it would really have gone downhill from there.  Even her husband mumbled at the level only I could hear, 'we don't really know that'.  

And, yeah, she's a died in the wool flag waving Republican, presumably a Trumper.  Could not be more iconic.

I did what I had to do, moving the storage, and waived goodbye.  

There are a couple of good reasons I self isolate.  One of them is to avoid the pandemic.  The other is to avoid people.

And again, dumping my frustration here is helpful.  Thanks for listening.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Of course ... I'm here to listen ... The actions of this couple were childish and selfish. I spoke with a friend in Sweetwater, Texas last night, that's Nolan County. A week ago, they had 3 cases of Covid-19, now it's 33 and climbing. The precautions you are taking are sensible. I am curious about one piece of this story ... Why wasn't your wife wearing a mask?

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

I think she believes it is ok, that these people aren't dangerous. It is the systemic prejudice, the inability to see causation when the correlating event is not immediate. The fact that the result, even though a week or more removed, can be fatal is not sufficient to overcome that ingrained bias. Why do people smoke?

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

"the inability to see causation when the correlating event is not immediate" .... Well said ...

[msconduct.livejournal.com]

Good for you for getting straight to the point with them. I'm clinging to the probably vain hope that being socked with the unvarnished facts might bring people like that to their senses.

[bill-schubert.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I doubt it will make a difference to their stance since masking has become political but one can hope. I could have been nicer about it but it is hard not to bring one's prior tapes along into such conversations and I ended up venting a bit in my tone. Bad habit.