Dear Queenie,
My husband doesn’t believe in giving in to the way you feel when you are sick. He thinks you should just “tough it out” and pretty soon it will all go away. He thinks all this fuss about COVID-19 is just a bunch of “sissies” who don’t know any better. He gets mad at having to wear a mask and sanitise his hands when we go to the market and he won’t bother to get vaccinated. He lost his job when the pandemic started so he doesn’t have to go to work where they would make him wear a mask and keep a social distance.
Queenie, how can I make him understand how serious all this is?—Worried wife
Dear Wife,
If your husband does not believe COVID-19 is a serious matter, he should read the obituaries in this newspaper and the articles about how many persons have died from COVID-19 each week. And if he still doesn’t believe, you might want to consider a trial separation from him until you have had your vaccinations and/or until the pandemic is over – or at least has started to get under control.
You do not say whether you and your husband have children. If you do, you should think seriously about how you can protect them from their father’s disbelief.
