It's three years since the spread of the Covid virus began making headlines, and although lockdowns and strict rules are a thing of the past, we still have to live with it. You are no longer required by law to test when you have Covid symptoms, but for many, they still want to avoid the spread where possible.
For one woman, Covid ruined her Christmas after she was 'banned' from spending Christmas with her family because she tested positive for the virus. Explaining the situation on Mumsnet's Am I Being Unreasonable forum, the unnamed mum said she had travelled 4,000 miles to see her parents, who are in their 60s, for the holidays, as she lives in a different country to them.
Despite not presenting any symptoms, the woman tested positive for Covid at the airport, and one of her now-divorced parents had refused to pick her up, leaving her stranded.
She explained: "I see my parent once a year at most. They don't travel to see me. My parent and the rest of their family went ahead with the celebration but I was uninvited.
"Fortunately, my other parent picked me up and let me stay with them (my parents are divorced).
"They have agreed to meet me in a park tomorrow for an hour, which will be the extent of my time with them for the next year. AIBU (am I being unreasonable) to consider this relationship basically over?"
Explaining the situation further, the woman said she has "spent thousands" on the trip, and also "took a lot of time off work to travel with my young child to see them," adding: "Everyone involved is vaccinated and has had Covid. I think this demonstrates that they don't care about me."
The post received a strong reaction online, with one person branding her "selfish" and said she was "throwing a tantrum because your parents want to protect themselves".
She added: "They’ve done the right thing. You wouldn’t be welcome in my house either. It's crap it's happened but it's what you get when you don't test before flying and you are around someone that was positive. I hope you didn’t infect loads of people in the other city you visited."
Another added: "Grow up. Your parent(s) didn't want to increase their chances of catching Covid by inviting you into their house once they knew you’d had a positive test. Seems fair to me.
"I'd caution against throwing your toys out the pram over this. I've just lost my dad and can categorically tell you that life is too short to hold a grudge."
A third said: "Boo hoo. You have it now and are being incredibly selfish. I suppose you will fly positive as well and infect hundreds of people on the plane. Just accept it and move on. Your family don't want to see you and rightly so."
Another added: "Some people still panic over Covid. You can take that as a measure of the success of the campaigning that was done throughout 2020 and 2021.
"It is annoying but not worth losing the relationship over."
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