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50 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 OP 5 Oct \ parent \ on: My friends won't see their first grandchild for Christmas HealthAndFitness

I should have mentioned that of course no one wants their newborn exposed to unknown people right away. I think we limited visits for the first two weeks when my daughter was born. My friend's grandchild will be almost two months old at Christmas, and that's if the mom carries to full term. And, we are only talking about a handful of people being present.

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46 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 5 Oct

That’s a bit excessive then. Most people are smart enough to use good judgement and if they are sick not go visit a baby. Or at very least not handle the baby.

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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @winteryeti 5 Oct

It can be amazing how selfish and dismissive relatives can be, especially older ones who think they know better because they survived whatever of 1940-whatever. While we assume common sense, a lot of family members can be downright arses when inconvenienced.

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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 5 Oct

let's just say both sides can be excessive

overly selfish and uncaring about the safety of others on one side

overly paranoid and demanding of others on the other side

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70 sats \ 0 replies \ @winteryeti 5 Oct

All true. Humans are amazingly versatile at being knuckleheads in 1000s of ways.

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