he definitely will do that, yep it's sending out totally the wrong message, he never learns from his previous fuck ups
Sounds similar to the idiotic 'moral contract' proposed by the Premier of Quebec: you can visit people Dec 24-27, but you have to try to avoid people a week prior and a week after
You can't negotiate with this.
It amazes me the amount of people who won't give up their Christmas or New Year's plans for one year. My narcissistic, tradition-bound father-in-law typically ends up making Christmas into a four-day epic gala. There has been no talk of him cancelling or modifying their traditional schedule, despite the fact his 84 year old mother has diabetes and lung problems, and almost all of his children and their partners have an underlying condition, some of which would be potentially deadly if someone contracted COVID.
Problematically hardly any of my wife's family lives anywhere near their parents. The one who lives closest has a partner living in an area four hours away that is currently locked down for a month. His excuse is that he has to drive down there for work anyway because work is exempt from restrictions. My brother in law will have to take a five hour flight to come home and is then planning to take another flight a few days later to meet his partner's parents. Ironically, he lives in an area where all non-essential travel is prohibited at the moment.
Mrs RTG hoped her brother would see the sense in cancelling, but his argument is I'm not going to do anything stupid and that even he'd be resentful for a while if one of his family members didn't show up for Christmas
Mrs RTG has already been treated like a leper this year, because she skipped Easter after taking the sensible decision to not attend after being potentially exposed to COVID. I have an underlying condition that has potentially deadly consequences, so there was more reason to not attend an indoor event.
Her parents have treated her like she is on the verge of a mental breakdown ever since. Given she is a people-pleaser, she'll be at least guilt-tripped into attending Christmas. I can guarantee the 'solution' that will be presented to her is to just wear a mask indoors, even though there will be the expectation to be there for multiple days, especially since they know her workplace shuts over Christmas