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Yes, I don't understand this. If you don't care enough about your family to spend time with them during the holidays, then why care what they think about your n
by PsylentKnight 6y ago
Yes, I don't understand this. If you don't care enough about your family to spend time with them during the holidays, then why care what they think about your nonattendance?
- usrusr 6y agoIf you don't care enough about them to consider the risk that you might carry the virus to them, why would you even consider going?
- PsylentKnight 6y agoMaybe I misunderstood GP. I thought by "people who already wanted to cancel plans" he meant people that didn't want to visit for reasons unrelated to the virus.
- ncallaway 6y agoYou did misunderstand me. I meant people who were already concerned about the virus, but also concerned about the social opprobrium that might come from canceling a Thanksgiving dinner. This tips the scale—by lessening the negative social consequences for deciding to cancel—so more people may cancel their plans now.
- stronglikedan 6y agoHolidays are usually more stressful family events for myriad reasons. I'm more comfortable spending considerable quality time with a few different family members throughout the year (not this year obvs), than I am spending a small amount of time with all of them at once. I love my family, but despise family gatherings. Although, admittedly, I'm a happily introverted hermit most of the time.