'I have cried. I have begged. I have yelled': Couples clash over COVID-19

[Liberty Belle]

31. I have a friend in the same situation. Her husband has become evangelical, goes to services,no mask

so she's terrified of getting COVID.

I've suggested she try to get him to counseling, but she says he wouldn't go. Then I said she should take her daughter and leave him, at least until the pandemic is over, but for some reason she won't.

Women also fear the financial insecurity of losing their home and perhaps not having a way to support themselves. Our area has a very expensive cost of living and you can't even rent a one-bedroom apartment with a low wage job. So she feels stuck.

In my own famliy we have a family member with memory issues who forgets to put on a mask when out in the front yard, getting exposed to whoever walks by. We fear she will give COVID to everyone. We've been trying to get her the vaccine but no luck so far. i'm her part-time caregiver.

My husband wears a mask usually but occasionally forgets or isn't careful enough; I'll find him standing right next to a repairman for instance, and i worry he may do the same with clients at work. His office is still open amid a pandemic as they are an essential business but not in an occupation on the list to get a vaccine yet. He's been exposed twice at work and we all had to quarantine.

My son, the most careful about wearing a mask, did get COVID probably at a grocery store since nobody he knows has had COVID; my husband and I both tested negative.

During quarantine we had disagreements on just how sequestered my son needed to be to keep us safe. We compromised on a few details and fortunately I managed not to get COVID, but I'm so tired of stressing about this.