Ask Amy: Distance and disease rattle relationship
You cannot keep him safe. You can only try your hardest to keep yourself safe. The coronavirus is not the only virus you risk contracting if you physically reunite with your boyfriend. (Always practice safe sex and get tested for STDs.)
I hope you will find someone geographically and ethically closer to you. Your West Coast guy does not sound like a good bet for a long-term, serious, loving and monogamous relationship, which sounds like what you ultimately want.
Dear Amy: My in-laws want to see my 2-year-old daughter.
Due to COVID-19, my husband and I said we would bring her to their house if the visit was outside.
My mother-in-law is in poor health, has dialysis and was recently in the hospital and rehab. We want to keep her — and us — safe.
She declined this option and said maybe another time.
My husband has never really said no to her during the 16 years we’ve been together. This is weighing on him.
She is not a mother/mother-in-law who interferes much in our lives. She just wants to see her youngest grandchild — but online visits seem to be fine for the other grandchildren.
My parents (who are in their mid-70s and in good health) now watch our child sometimes. Daycare in our state has been closed for more than two months, and my husband and I have both been working from home.
Asking my parents for help was my husband’s idea, but I worry that allowing one set of grandparents to see her while the other set doesn’t will have repercussions for some time to come. What do you think we should do?
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