MASK SHAMING? Only idiots would do that. Are you one?

You know Shuhak every day more weird odd queer peculiar people stand up for the right to cause harm and perhaps death to themselves and to others. Do you have any clue why that is? I can understand being stubborn or even obstinate about something. But this? The right to get ill and die and cause others to become ill and die? Fighting for the right to die seems odd to me which is what they do. I keep being shocked at how some people are. By now I should be unshockable. Thank you for your thoughtful reply and Happy Tuesday! :)

(Hi my2cents - - sorry for interrupting on an unrelated question but I kept forgetting to let you know that I appreciated your sharing a list of Golden Corral restaurants with me a while back. I looked at it and, at the time, there was not one open close to me. [ha! I just noticed I used two opposite words there, ha! open- close] When I saw you here, I thought of it. And as far as mask shaming, I consider myself fortunate that I didn't even know what it meant -- whether one is shamed for wearing one or not wearing one. I'm grateful I've not personally experienced or witnessed either one.)

I hope the Golden Corral opens up by you soon. 

I have only experienced someone trying to shame for not wearing one. The person was a family member who had come over to spend tge night because of bad weather, storms make her nervious.  After she just kept on...we told her well you know under the rules you are not supposed to be here (shelter at home...means your home) and that hug you got...also should not have happened. After she realized all that she did not say anymore. 

If I got that right, you and yours were being shamed for not wearing masks? After you had invited her to your home for the night to help ease her nervousness about the weather?
My mind is racing more than I'd like in recent weeks - - and I don't mean this in a bad way toward anyone -- but I'd think if it were that important to her for her comfort level about masks, that she'd have checked with you all about masks before coming over for the night.
I guess to her credit she quieted down about it, given the circumstances of your all helping her out about the weather.
Again, I don't mean any of that in a bad way about anyone.
:)

Yep. You got it exactly right.  She knew were not wearing masks but thought she could convince us that we should be when we went  out. Lol. 

It is not very prevalent in our county. We have had 12 cases total. (2 deathes, 9 recoveries and 1 active case) If we lived in NYC we would wear the masks. You have to evaluate by your data for your area.  

We have to go to pick up our truck from family soon in IL. I was nervous about it until I looked up their area....they have had 51 cases. The thousands of cases are up by Chicago. I will be going to southern IL nowhere near Chicago. 

Be safe in any case (that doesn't rhyme but somehow it sounds good to my ears, ha) with your travels and everything.
:)

Your story about your family member's wishes makes me think I might be doing better in life than I give myself credit - - even if I sometimes might "wish" other people would 'behave' (for lack of better term) in ways that I wish they would, because I somehow think my sense of happiness is based upon others' behaviors  - - I still know deep down that other people are completely out of my control and my inner serenity cannot be based on outside circumstances or other people's choices and decisions. The only person I have control over is me. That Serenity Prayer is so helpful to me. It sums up so much for me in so few words. :)






This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at May 26, 2020 7:03 AM MDT