I'm b****y furious..

I’m amazed (leg of lamb )surely he would have worn a mask himself before entering the barbers ?Not the answer a half measure but maybe a prompt for others a two way trip .

My DH hasn't been to a barber's since March either. He looked like the Wild Man of Borneo and he grew a beard and moustache for Movember as well. I couldn't look at him for a month! He has now allowed me to cut his hair and he's had a shave thankfully.

"While I’d be frustrated at the barber, it was your husband who chose to go in.

All you can do is watch and wait."

Exactly Summerlove

A rare positive from lockdown. We have discovered hidden talents!

DH was beginning to look like the man in the Hamlet advert, so I decided to take drastic action.
I borrowed DD'S thinning scissors, but got a bit carried away! ? DH wasn't happy, but I thought he looked quite trendy!! ?
Anything would have been better that what he had.

My husband had a go at his own hair with the clippers, then asked me to tidy it up.
I've done the dog twice as well, but not with the same clippers I hasten to add ?
Actually I was rather pleased with how they both turned out!

He usually complains that I've cut it too short but I tell him it will grow and it saves me doing it too often.

I’m afraid my Dh wouldn’t let me anywhere near his head! I did offer to try but he recoiled in horror.......!

I have been cutting my husband's hair since I started shielding in March, he has saved a fortune, whilst at the same keeping me safe by not going to the barber's.

With each cut, I'm getting better at it! Practice makes perfect. I have found a new career! ?
Those whose husband need a hair cut, should give it a go. ?

I've had to wield my scissors on DH.
I even let him trim the back of mine, now that was taking a chance!

LyndyLou - I too have a Dh who hasn’t had his hair cut since pre pandemic! As he has a full head of curly hair he’s looking like D’Artagnan. Think he secretly likes feeling he’s back in the 70’s!

We got in a taxi with masks on the driver didn't. He actually said we could take ours off if we wanted. I told him very firmly that was not a good idea. When we rang a taxi again we said we wanted a driver wearing a mask.

I can understand how cross you are, but it’s done now, I’d mark the date on the calendar. Watch and wait. I’m shocked your DH would do it, and shocked that the barber would be cutting hair with no mask

I would be upset too but you can't turn back time.

Just watch and wait. Try and keep calm.

I have not had the same situation exactly but have been in the position of having to definitely worry about being in the presence of someone who subsequently tested positive. Everything turned out all right in the end.

While I’d be frustrated at the barber, it was your husband who chose to go in.

All you can do is watch and wait.

Hairdressers and barbers would be closed down instantly if there is an inspection and they are not abiding by the rules

cornergran I can honestly say..that for the first time in 48 yrs married..he is definitely ashamed ?...and in all honesty maybe a tad worried...
LauraNorder...a man thing maybe? ?

No I don't think you are over reacting, any barber should know better. Mind you I have the opposite problem. My OH refuses to get his hair but "until the pandemic is over". Since he doesn't go to the barbers without several weeks of nagging persuasion anyway, that means he has not had a trim at all this year. I will resort to tying it back with a scrunchie soon.

Oh dear, hopefully he’s ashamed enough not to do it again farview. I often have the ‘for goodness sake think’ conversations with Mr C when instinct seems to take over from conscious thought.

Silly thing to do.

When will people grasp that their silly actions put others at risk?

I left my hairdresser of 30+ years because she was very negligent about wearing a mask.

My understanding is that a hairdresser should wear both a mask and a visor so I would be livid that you dh took the risk - his responsibility not the barbers.

Orlin has been just as stupid and I have marked the date and counted on. I think I hit him so hard with the leg of lamb that he has finally learned.

You definitely are not over-reacting. Maybe you should ask the barber if he wants to be a Super Spreader?

I work behind a perspex screen, wear a mask,and constantly sanitize hands...H is now realising that he took a risk but just didn't think..am not cross with him anymore...just with the barber....

Yes a leg of lamb may knock some sense into him then knock him out.
What a total fool.

I don't think you are over-reacting.

Not because the barber may be breaking the rules, as rules do not protect anyone from the virus - behaviour does - but because because as a couple you are in this together. If one of you behaves in such a way as to risk contracting the virus it has an impact on the other.

For this reason, I think your husband was out of line. Having said that, given that you are going out to work in a shop once a week, I think you are also taking a risk which could affect your husband, so maybe you need to work out between you where your collective boundaries lie?