I've bit my tongue and mostly just tried to treat this thread with the humor it deserves, but a few things have hit me over the past 12 hours.
For one thing, I've mentioned elsewhere my dearly beloved fiancé, who is a nurse and currently lives 2 states away from me(things are looking optimistic for that to change in the next few months, but nothing certain and COVID-19 is also throwing a bit of a wrench in the works).
In any case, I haven't seen her since the beginning of the month. Thanks to her state being under a stay-at-home order that just today was further extended to the end of April, that is the soonest I will be able to see her. Aside from that, she can't come to see me due to work restrictions, which won't allow her to travel anywhere now.
Furthermore, even though I'm upset about that, I'm even more concerned for her. She's a nurse. Just last night she said "I'm going to get it"(in reference to COVID-19). She's most likely right. So, even if there weren't legal restrictions against me going to see her, it would be a bad idea for me to do so. If she hasn't been exposed to it, she most likely will be and chances are high that if I were with her, I would be also(and able to spread it to others).
Even though she is in a low risk age group, low risk doesn't mean no-risk, and there's no way to know if she'd be in the "asymptomatic to mild" category or in the "on a ventilator" or even "dead" category. That scares me absolutely to death. I can probably reasonably avoid coming into contact with the virus if I'm careful, while her job puts her at high risk of it.
So, I'll say to the OP-get over it and don't whine on here. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's had to resort to having an important relationship in my life reduced to purely long distance because of it, and some for other reasons have had to deal with that for a whole lot longer.
Don't expect a lot of sympathy here from most anyone...and to quote a modern classic movie "keep your snake in its cage."
For one thing, I've mentioned elsewhere my dearly beloved fiancé, who is a nurse and currently lives 2 states away from me(things are looking optimistic for that to change in the next few months, but nothing certain and COVID-19 is also throwing a bit of a wrench in the works).
In any case, I haven't seen her since the beginning of the month. Thanks to her state being under a stay-at-home order that just today was further extended to the end of April, that is the soonest I will be able to see her. Aside from that, she can't come to see me due to work restrictions, which won't allow her to travel anywhere now.
Furthermore, even though I'm upset about that, I'm even more concerned for her. She's a nurse. Just last night she said "I'm going to get it"(in reference to COVID-19). She's most likely right. So, even if there weren't legal restrictions against me going to see her, it would be a bad idea for me to do so. If she hasn't been exposed to it, she most likely will be and chances are high that if I were with her, I would be also(and able to spread it to others).
Even though she is in a low risk age group, low risk doesn't mean no-risk, and there's no way to know if she'd be in the "asymptomatic to mild" category or in the "on a ventilator" or even "dead" category. That scares me absolutely to death. I can probably reasonably avoid coming into contact with the virus if I'm careful, while her job puts her at high risk of it.
So, I'll say to the OP-get over it and don't whine on here. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's had to resort to having an important relationship in my life reduced to purely long distance because of it, and some for other reasons have had to deal with that for a whole lot longer.
Don't expect a lot of sympathy here from most anyone...and to quote a modern classic movie "keep your snake in its cage."
