As I’ve mentioned on several different threads, my wife became a full-throated Trump supporter, QAnon adherent and anti-vaxxer. Preliminary discussions about getting the vax weeks ago led her to make statements like, “Anyone who wants the vaccine is stupid,” and “Only idiots want to get the vaccine.”
I’ve held off on getting the vaccine because I want to keep the peace, but I just can’t do that anymore. Yesterday I informed her that I was going to get the jab this week, and that I understand that she refuses and although it saddens me, I will respect her wishes and not nag her to get it as well (there would be no point, so why waste my breath?).
It went as well as you might expect. Bitter recriminations, “Gotcha ya!” questions, highly suspect stats presented with “look it up if you don’t believe me!” added. All the stats come from the CDC so of course I should believe them - they’re the authorities!
When I said that both my doctor and my pulmonary specialist (I’m asthmatic) recommended I get the Pfizer dose, she told me that well OF COURSE they would say that, they’re getting paid by the CDC and so have a vested interest in making money from this obvious scam. Then she adds, slyly, “I’m surprised your doctors didn’t tell you about Regeneron. It cures COVID!” This is clearly false; I don’t even bother arguing it.
And then she says, “I think I had COVID earlier this year, and I survived!”
First off, this is a lie. I’ve been working at home. She didn’t present any of the symptoms, period, never even complained of feeling unwell. And if it’s not a lie, and she was unwell but deliberately kept this information from me, I don’t know what that says about her. She knows I’m in a risk category, although she constantly denies I’m asthmatic.
And now she’s barely talking to me, treating me like The Great Betrayer. This honestly has to be the saddest I’ve been in a very long time. I can’t believe that the simple act of looking after myself - and society - makes me a pariah in my own home.
, {{{{Daithi_Lacha}}}}
