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[quote=Anonymous]Just trying to feel out how weird I am here - just for background: We're late 40s, no kids, so I come to this question with that.

We had dinner plans with a friend who has a little kid. (Single dad.) He just texted to tell me that the kid has a respiratory infection but that he is not yet sick, and suggested instead of going out that we come over the house after the kid's gone to bed and hang out on the porch. My parents are supposed to be visiting soon - and I feel like, eh, this sounds like I am going to end up getting sick here right when my parents are going to visit. So I suggested we get together after the visit.

This is not the first time I've cancelled plans with a friend when their kid is sick, even if they - the friend - claim to be fine. But it is making me wonder - am I a weirdo about this? Overly concerned about kid germs in a way that seems a little out of hand? Do parents hang out together if any of the kids aren't feeling well - like are you all just less germ-concerned than I am appearing to be here? Would my friends with kids be saying, eh there's that weirdo again who doesn't understand that kids are ALWAYS sick so if you want to hang out any time in the next 10-12 years just deal with it?

I guess this is a bit of an AITA but more like, AIT insane germ freak.

I hadn't particularly worried the kid has COVID - previously, before rapid testing and boosters and all that, I def would have been. Just, I hate getting sick. And I don't want to ruin my parents' trip. I also don't want to be some kind of anti-science kid-fearer who never gets to see people because of germs germs germs. Help me put a sick kid in perspective, please.[/quote]

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