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dixiechiken1

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17. Please, please, please... DON'T GO.

Reply to tulipsandroses (Original post)

Sat Dec 12, 2020, 11:40 AM

Dec 2020

And do NOT let your parents go, if you can at all help it.

My 85 yr old mother just passed on Nov 22nd from COVID. We all took the recommended precautions - masks, gloves, social distancing - but she was venturing out (grocery, pharmacy, etc.) more & more the last couple months. I told her I thought we needed to tighten up again, that we were getting lax. Now I wish I had locked her in the house.

We are so close. Vaccines are being approved and distributed. Hold on and lock down just a little longer. Please don't chance it. Don't go. Please.

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I got an invite to a relative's Christmas dinner - 12 other people were invited. [View all] tulipsandroses Dec 2020 OP

No. Disaster in the making. CurtEastPoint Dec 2020 #1

I would not attend malaise Dec 2020 #2

Keep your parents (and yourself) away Jersey Devil Dec 2020 #3

So are you and your parents going ? JI7 Dec 2020 #4

Good for you snowybirdie Dec 2020 #5

Unless there is no food involved, Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #6

Do not go. Stay home & stay alive! CottonBear Dec 2020 #7

the fact that she asked without talking about precautions she's taken Demonaut Dec 2020 #8

i havent seen my grandkids for a year.. they are only 3 hrs away..my dtr wants us to come for xmas samnsara Dec 2020 #9

I wouldn't go even earlier. I wouldn't go near a house run by someone like that. Squinch Dec 2020 #10

Stand your ground,,,, KarenS Dec 2020 #11

An oldie... orwell Dec 2020 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #13

Same here... And she takes it personally that we won't go. LakeArenal Dec 2020 #14

Very good advice from everyone above. I'll add here bluestarone Dec 2020 #15

Tell her you'll see her next year. mnhtnbb Dec 2020 #16

Please, please, please... DON'T GO. dixiechiken1 Dec 2020 #17

I'm so sorry for your loss. area51 Dec 2020 #18

I am so sorry for your loss. irisblue Dec 2020 #22

I'm so sorry for your loss tulipsandroses Dec 2020 #24

Nope. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2020 #19

Been nice knowing ya. lindysalsagal Dec 2020 #20

I honestly don't know what is so difficult to understand MissMillie Dec 2020 #21

I will not be going and I am hoping my parents will listen to me and not go tulipsandroses Dec 2020 #23

Husband's family in Georgia gathered for Thanksgiving. 20 people. 14 have COVID, 3 in hospital n/t babydollhead Dec 2020 #25

Make it easy for her and just tell her thanks, next year. I mean come early, two separate gatherings LizBeth Dec 2020 #26