Covid-19

[Muskie in dayton]

I’m curious about what people here think.....

Our son has a wedding scheduled for 8/28 at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville. The hotel is to reopen 6/1 and they have until 5/28 to cancel with a full refund. They have the option to back out and pick a future date, probably next spring. (How do you know it’s fine in the spring?) The actual church wedding will be just parents only mid August, so they’ll already be married and this is the public service and reception with 100-150 people. The hotel will be checking everyone’s temp at the door.

One of the bride’s sisters is stirring the pot, saying it’s unsafe to take their 77 year old father to a large gathering like that. Her parents have previously said they were cool with everything, but now signs the mom is wavering as the sister gets to her. She’s saying you might kill dad by getting married in August.

You want everyone to be safe, and you don’t want to create a rift in the family. My son is asking me what I think they should do. I tell him you’re the people getting married so it’s your decision. My 92 year old mother is fine with it. I can see both sides.

What would YOU do?

Uninvite the bride’s sister. She’s clearly a jealous drama queen, and you don’t have time for that. The rest of the family will thank you.

[paulxu]

Did you learn today about the nature of that “study“, Paul?

Nope. Haven't seen anything other than that Forbes article.
What happened?

[Masterofreality]

Being the President of the United States of America used to mean thinking carefully before you spoke, not giving false hope or making misleading statements, etc. It doesn't mean that anymore. At least not right now. I don't really care that much about this personally - This probably isn't even in the top 50 of ridiculous shit Trump has said / done this year, but I can see why people do.

So, by saying this you are actually spouting the typical liberal line that the general public is stupid and cannot make rational decisions for themselves. They will only do what they are told to do by Big Brother Government- whoever that Big Brother Government might represent. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? You know- making decisions for yourself after reviewing all of the pertinent data?

I kind of lean to the side that folks are more responsible and don't monkey copy everything they've heard. As usual, they are smarter than the lemmings that the Left..and their lapdog media...think they are.

And that's why Trump got elected.

BOOM!!!!

[D-West & PO-Z]

I’m curious about what people here think.....

Our son has a wedding scheduled for 8/28 at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville. The hotel is to reopen 6/1 and they have until 5/28 to cancel with a full refund. They have the option to back out and pick a future date, probably next spring. (How do you know it’s fine in the spring?) The actual church wedding will be just parents only mid August, so they’ll already be married and this is the public service and reception with 100-150 people. The hotel will be checking everyone’s temp at the door.

One of the bride’s sisters is stirring the pot, saying it’s unsafe to take their 77 year old father to a large gathering like that. Her parents have previously said they were cool with everything, but now signs the mom is wavering as the sister gets to her. She’s saying you might kill dad by getting married in August.

You want everyone to be safe, and you don’t want to create a rift in the family. My son is asking me what I think they should do. I tell him you’re the people getting married so it’s your decision. My 92 year old mother is fine with it. I can see both sides.

What would YOU do?

That is a tough situation. Why does your son's fiance think? You can't go forward though imo if multiple people in the family think the dad wont be safe to go. It is a lose lose situation. If it just the sister feeling that way probably can get away with it but if multiple people including the mom feel that way you either force the issue and there is tension at the wedding, or he doesnt come (not good), or if he does end up sick they'd have family blaming them for the rest of their lives. If you can get everyone on board and feeling comfortable it is a moot point though and you are good to go. Is the mom that old too or is she a lot younger than the dad? He must have had kids later in life?

Just curious, why is there a separate church wedding with just parents mid August? Is that related to coronavirus? Or some other reason?

[94GRAD]

I’m curious about what people here think.....

Our son has a wedding scheduled for 8/28 at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville. The hotel is to reopen 6/1 and they have until 5/28 to cancel with a full refund. They have the option to back out and pick a future date, probably next spring. (How do you know it’s fine in the spring?) The actual church wedding will be just parents only mid August, so they’ll already be married and this is the public service and reception with 100-150 people. The hotel will be checking everyone’s temp at the door.

One of the bride’s sisters is stirring the pot, saying it’s unsafe to take their 77 year old father to a large gathering like that. Her parents have previously said they were cool with everything, but now signs the mom is wavering as the sister gets to her. She’s saying you might kill dad by getting married in August.

You want everyone to be safe, and you don’t want to create a rift in the family. My son is asking me what I think they should do. I tell him you’re the people getting married so it’s your decision. My 92 year old mother is fine with it. I can see both sides.

What would YOU do?

ELOPE!!!! Have the party at a later date.

[Juice]

Phil Kerpen @kerpen

Pennsylvania has more COVID deaths over age 100 than under age 45.

More deaths over age 95 than under age 60.

More deaths over 85 than under 80.

https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1262783822925647872

[boozehound]

So, by saying this you are actually spouting the typical liberal line that the general public is stupid and cannot make rational decisions for themselves. They will only do what they are told to do by Big Brother Government- whoever that Big Brother Government might represent. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? You know- making decisions for yourself after reviewing all of the pertinent data?

I kind of lean to the side that folks are more responsible and don't monkey copy everything they've heard. As usual, they are smarter than the lemmings that the Left..and their lapdog media...think they are.

And that's why Trump got elected.

BOOM!!!!

This makes very little sense and nowhere did I state any of the things that you inferred below. It seems you are pretty proud of yourself for this reach, since you ended it with a giant 'Boom'. Good for you. Sounds like you've had a full day today already and it's not even 9:30!

[xu82]

That is a tough situation. Why does your son's fiance think? You can't go forward though imo if multiple people in the family think the dad wont be safe to go. It is a lose lose situation. If it just the sister feeling that way probably can get away with it but if multiple people including the mom feel that way you either force the issue and there is tension at the wedding, or he doesnt come (not good), or if he does end up sick they'd have family blaming them for the rest of their lives. If you can get everyone on board and feeling comfortable it is a moot point though and you are good to go. Is the mom that old too or is she a lot younger than the dad? He must have had kids later in life?

Just curious, why is there a separate church wedding with just parents mid August? Is that related to coronavirus? Or some other reason?

The separate church wedding is because the Catholic Church apparently doesn’t recognize outdoor weddings, they want it indoors, preferably in a church. (I did not know this and it seems silly to me.) The Grove Park has a great room for the reception, but the actual ceremony will be outdoors. To change the room over from ceremony setup to reception creates a delay and difficulties. It can be overcome in the event of inclement weather, but it’s not ideal. We have arranged for our favorite priest to be in Asheville for the service there.

Both kids are very into their family and their faith, so they want to do it right. A big part of this is the sister who is so sure she is right about everything driving the problem. There are SIX daughters, and she tells everyone else how to live, from being vegetarian (that salmon you ate was someone’s mother!”) to the only kind of dog to own (which is in her mind a labradoodle). If she told me not to touch the hot stove, I just might do it.

The “kids” want to go ahead and do it as planned. Their friends have flights booked, rooms reserved, etc. The under 30 crowd is not afraid of this stuff, but she IS concerned for her father and would never forgive herself if something happened to him. Having said that, they could put it off a year and have no guarantees. Life does not work they way.

I personally think the mortality rate is grossly overstated because you can count deaths, but the math does not include likely millions of people who have been exposed/infected but are not included. But that’s just me, and I understand it is still very real. I’m keeping out of it and telling them it’s their lives and their decision. Be sure it’s something you can live with, and I’ll be there whenever you decide to do it. I’d lean more towards a delay, but when is it really “safe”?

[Masterofreality]

This makes very little sense and nowhere did I state any of the things that you inferred below. It seems you are pretty proud of yourself for this reach, since you ended it with a giant 'Boom'. Good for you. Sounds like you've had a full day today already and it's not even 9:30!

No it makes perfect sense since you were looking for a way to slam the President by saying that mindless lemmings would just follow his lead.

Newsflash. They don't.....

That is unless they parrot unsubstantiated "Russia" conspiracy theories.

[boozehound]

No it makes perfect sense since you were looking for a way to slam the President by saying that mindless lemmings would just follow his lead.

Newsflash. They don't.....

That is unless they parrot unsubstantiated "Russia" conspiracy theories.

I don't see where I ever made that statement. Also, didn't a couple of people in Arizona ingest fish tank cleaner because they thought it had Hydroxycholorquine in (admittedly) after hearing Trump promote it? Those guys are probably more candidates for the Darwin award than anything else.

You did make an unintentional point that I am fascinated by, though. Namely, how thoroughly Trump has cuckolded the Republican party. The Republican party that I used to belong to was the party of Reagan, not the party of Trump. How did things get so broken that so many of you literally will support ANYTHING that Trump says or does? You know that you don't have to do that right? You can think he is a good President without supporting every action he takes or statement he makes.