My oldest and closest friend (we've been friends for 35 years) was married to a guy who is a nice person and tries to be a good dad, but he's also a mess in terms of being a functional person - can't keep a job, some mental health issues (which are not his fault and don't make him a jerk), doesn't pay bills, constantly getting parking and speeding tickets, etc. Anyways, they separated probably 18 months ago and have been in the process of divorcing.
He is living with a roommate and has still been coming over to their house multiple times a week during the pandemic to see their children and watch them while she works and picks up groceries. My friend knew his roommate was an uber driver, so she knew that he was potentially exposed when he would come over.
HOWEVER... it turns out that this whole time the ex husband knew that his roommate is a crazy person who believes covid-19 is a hoax and doesn't ever wear a mask or wash his hands extra, even when driving for uber. And now the roommate is very sick and tested positive. And ex-husband never shared this info with my friend. I'm super livid that he didn't tell her that he was actually at very high risk for getting sick so that she could know the real risk of him coming over. He didn't lie to her, but he definitely omitted something important. I really want to send him a nasty message, but I'm trying not to. Plus, he's now posting "woe is me, I'm the victim" stuff on FB. I'm like, you live in close quarters with someone who was doing very risky stuff. Of course he got sick and you were exposed. That was your choice not to make any attempt to figure out an alternative temporary living situation. Also, we are in an area with very high rates of infection.
Sorry this is so long. I just needed to get this off my chest to avoid giving him a piece of my mind (which I still might do).
I sent him a private message just saying that I thought he should have told his ex the full story of what was happening so that she had a better understanding of the risk she was taking when he came over. That he omitted important info. He said he didn't have to justify his decision to me. Fine, so I was going to let it lie. But then he called my friend at night, waking her up, ranting about how I was hassling him and accusing him of keeping things from her. She called me wondering what was going on. Luckily she knows he's a mess and appreciated me sort of sticking up for her. I told her I was sorry and trying to keep her out of it. I don't know what I was trying to accomplish with sending him a message except that I really wanted him to know that he messed up and isn't just a victim which I realize is a little futile but oh well.
I hope your friend and the kids are ok!
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