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[quote=Anonymous]My FIL passed away. My husband and his sister are having a memorial service this weekend, which is out of town for us, in his honor. People are flying in for it and driving from out of town to attend. We will have to stay with my MIL, and another aunt is staying there too. The service is outside at a park, with a reception afterwards, which is also outside at the same park.

I am at a loss on how to handle this. I have communicated to my spouse that these plans are risky. They put our family at risk and they put his family at risk. He agrees but says we can't stop living life. The kids will wear masks, but our youngest is 2, so....

Here are the events:

go to grandma's thursday night
prepare for event friday
service and reception outside saturday
another reception in a house saturday afternoon
a breakfast at someone's house on saturday

Saying that me and the kids are not coming to anything is a hugely drastic and horrible thing that I just don't want to do. How do I handle this? I suppose we could all get up early Saturday morning, drive the 3 hours, attend the outdoor ceremony, and return home? My husband will stay for it all, which means he'll come back to our house exposed to all germs. I suppose he could stay away for 2 weeks, but I work full-time, we have no help, and we have 3 kids. Camp has been canceled.

Please tell me what you'd do if you were in my shoes. I need more than just 'stay home' because it's my father-in-law, and that is a lot easier said than done.[/quote]

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