My husband has a serious respiratory condition and is very vulnerable and I, as a retired nurse, am very aware of the risks so have been extremely careful, even starting isolating ten days before we were advised to back in March. My husband had just been discharged from hospital at that point. During first lockdown we didn't go out at all, apart from my daily dog walk. We then eased up a bit during the summer and did have children and grandchildren to stay but limited shopping to my making quick trips for essentials at quiet times.More recently,
with rise in numbers in our area, I made the decision to avoid shops as much as possible. My husband's only outings are for short walks when he feels able and a quick trip once a week tobuy his Saturday newspaper, with me constantly reminding him to distance, hand sanitise etc. He assures me he is careful but he seems to be incapable of keeping his distance from people who come to the door like couriers or anyone doing work for us in the garden. If I remind him when he's too close he gets really cross. Today was the last straw, first I went into the hall to find him talking to the woman who takes our dog for a ramble once a week, and although she was on the other side of the wall he was only a couple of feet away from her. I reminded him of course and his response was as usual 'oh,I forget at home but I'm careful if I'm out'. Not half an hour later I was upstairs, heard a noise and looked out to see a courier just leaning over the wall to drop the largish box on the ground for husband to pick up, but, at that moment, dh had bent down to take it from him and their faces were no more than 12 inches apart! Needless to say I was upset, frustrated and cross so reacted by having a bit of a rant. I pointed out that I'd tried so hard for months to keep him safe,restricting my lifestyle more than I might have if he weren't so vulnerable ( he did get a shielding letter). I also said that if he didn't care about himself maybe he should think about protecting me. My policy is to behave as if everyone I meet is potentially covid positive and that I might be too so we need to protect each other. Needless to say my husband just got very grumpy and said that he'd remember if I didn't nag him about it all the time. I'm so fed up about this,and quite upset, but just don't know how to get through to him. Any advice welcome. BTW, this is my first ever post.
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