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Coronavirus - the lecture

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Callistemon Fri 13-Mar-20 22:21:35

Yes, from all of them. "Promise me you won't etc etc"

Yet I am the one worrying about all of them.

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GagaJo Fri 13-Mar-20 22:17:55

I wish my daughter wouldn't think I am invincible. I don't want to be patronised but a bit of appreciation would be nice.

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PamelaJ1 Fri 13-Mar-20 22:17:45

We are doing it to my mum!
She is 92 and lives 150miles from the nearest daughter. One of my sisters is visiting this weekend with the express intention of convincing her to return to S’s home.

She won’t want to go, she’d be fine on her own, happy on her own at home as long as she could get supplies. The shortages are what concerns us. She goes to bridge about 4 times a week but I think they are suspending the sessions for a while.

I’m 66 and very fit so it doesn’t seem to have occurred to my children that I/we are in the danger group!

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pensionpat Fri 13-Mar-20 22:11:19

I’ve found it simpler not to mention some of my activities to my son and his wife. I think the best person to know if I’m doing too much is me.

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Anniebach Fri 13-Mar-20 22:11:03

No one nags me, well there is only my younger daughter and three grandchildren.

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aggie Fri 13-Mar-20 22:07:42

My eldest nags me about getting out and about and to keep moving !
Guess what now ! I am nagged to stay home and limit my social contacts !

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MawB Fri 13-Mar-20 22:01:34

I was sympathising with an 81 year- old friend whose son had
rather firmly barred her from visiting her 89year-old husband who has Alzheimer’s and is in hospital awaiting a nursing home bed. Clearly visiting a hospital has risks both for the patients and the visitors and my friend’s DH doesn’t know who she is anymore which is very sad. We all pretended to laugh it off but were also distinctly miffed at how the AC generation are bossing us around.
Yes it might be kindly intentioned but it is also demoralising to be told you are old,you are in the at risk group , you must not do x, y and z.
Then I got a similar lecture from DD - Mum you have to stop pretending you are invincible!
I do appreciate their concern , but feel I am old enough and experienced enough to be sensible without needing “the lecture”. One of our younger posters showed similar tendencies - so is it just an age thing?
Have you had it? What did you reply?

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