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Ask Amy: Parents ponder COVID risk to their kids

Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on

Although serious disease requiring hospitalization is still rare among children, it seems logical that if you can avoid an obvious risk, you should.

I hope your other family members will also be cautious.

Dear Amy: My husband and I have been together for almost 25 years. We are both in our upper 60s.

He comes from a very well-known family in our area and belongs to many social organizations. He is very outgoing, whereas I'm a homebody.

Every other year or so he'll "volunteer" me at one of his group's meetings without asking me first.

I'm not a member of his groups and have told him I have no desire to join any.

 

Friends tell me that I should just refuse to do these things, but I don't want him to look bad.

I had an aortic valve operation four years ago and also have arthritis bad enough that I experience chronic pain.

Although I am fairly active, at almost 70 I think I should be allowed to slow down!

I know I'm being selfish with my time, but is it really proper for him to volunteer me without asking me first?

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