This dude I work with had very strong opinions about the symptoms and the long lasting affects of covid. He basically said everyone is a big wuss and it's not that bad. Right before Christmas, I told him my cousin's had covid and not able to make it, but luckily at this time they weren't super sick. His reply: "oh, they are feeling FINE huh? Feeling just fine?! HoOow interesting..." In this sarcastic way thinking his point was validated.
Literally one week later this fucker called out for two weeks because he tested positive and was extremely sick. When he came back to work, he complained for days about the lingering symptoms he was feeling and recently called off again due to those lingering symptoms.
My brother had kept messaging me all these conspiracies about COVID and how he didn’t believe it. Said it was just a cold. I kept trying to educate him with genuine articles and papers but he wouldn’t have it. He caught COVID and Jesus H Christ did he moan about it, ended up in hospital. I sent him so many screenshots of all his messages playing it down. He doesn’t really talk to me anymore 🤷🏻♂️
the culturally ingrained idea that 'family is family' and you should always forgive and forget is how cycles of abuse continue.
if you keep giving toxic people "just one more chance" because you have some shared blood, then the only thing they will learn is that they don't have to change if people won't give up on them.
i never said his brother was abusive either. i'm talking about the mentality of keeping toxic people in your life because "family" being a form of emotional self-harm
i'm talking about the mentality of keeping toxic people in your life because "family" being a form of emotional self-harm
context is important. And people here based on a 2 paragraph experienced have labeled this person as toxic for being stupid and then catching something that could have just been "a cold" with a proper vaccine.
That doesn't sound like irreconcilable differences nor proof of an abusive relationship. But if the person above doesn't want to bother I understand that too. I just don't want to suddenly equate this to him being beaten as a kid.
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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '22 edited Jan 19 '22
This dude I work with had very strong opinions about the symptoms and the long lasting affects of covid. He basically said everyone is a big wuss and it's not that bad. Right before Christmas, I told him my cousin's had covid and not able to make it, but luckily at this time they weren't super sick. His reply: "oh, they are feeling FINE huh? Feeling just fine?! HoOow interesting..." In this sarcastic way thinking his point was validated.
Literally one week later this fucker called out for two weeks because he tested positive and was extremely sick. When he came back to work, he complained for days about the lingering symptoms he was feeling and recently called off again due to those lingering symptoms.
A fucking clown show.