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[quote=Anonymous]Earlier this week, DD1 was sick. I let people know the family event DH and I are throwing this weekend might be canceled. My parents (who are staying with my local uncle) decided to drive out anyway. I repeated to them that if we’re sick, we’re not having the event and won’t be seeing them. They said that’s fine, we’ll see Uncle Ted and other people. DD1 was better by Thursday night, so everyone said great, we’re still on.

DD2 woke up with a sore throat and low-grade on Friday. I called my parents—who had just gotten on the road—to double check they wanted to come out. They said yes, and the Sunday event can still happen if she’s better. Well, she woke up this morning with a fever of 102.5, sore throat, couldn’t breathe through her nose and was up all night. We’re a mess.

I let local family know the event is canceled. My parents are now livid and said canceling is “over-reacting for just a cold.” I said there’s no way I’m going to have people over for a party and risk getting people sick. My mom says they are willing to risk getting sick. She’s “shocked” my ILs, who were supposed to come stay with us for two nights, are no longer coming at all. I explained that ILs are traveling to GA with friends next weekend, and don’t want to risk ruining that trip.

I brought DD1 (who is not sick) over to Uncle Ted’s house to see my parents for a bit today. I heard his wife saying “She’s exhausting—this is not COVID” about me. I’m just venting here that I know I did the right thing—this event would have involved several small children and school-age children, as well as working parents. It also would have involved a church service on Sunday morning, and there’s no way I’m taking a sick kid to church, where we have a mostly elderly population.

I’m tired of people in my family acting like, unless it’s COVID, all illnesses are “just finnnnneeee.” This season alone, DD2 has missed 7 days of school because of illness—way more than the whole of last school year! We’ve all been sick, we’ve missed school, we’ve missed work. I don’t want my cousins and their kids or anyone else to miss school or work. I guess that makes me “exhausting.”  :cry:

Thank you for letting me vent.[/quote]

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