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Originally Posted by patfla06
I totally agree with you.
Since the start of this pandemic my response to people going back to normal life has been “what’s changed?”
I am high risk and cannot resume my previous way of life.
I understand many are NOT high risk and their response may be quite different.
One thing we can all agree with is everyone would like life back to normal.
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You are one of the few rational posters I've read. You understand you are high risk and you take responsibility for your health and safety. You also understand that there are many people who certainly do not deny the seriousness of this, but they are not in high risk categories and while they don't want to become ill, for each and every one, is some aching, head aches, some fever and maybe not, something they believe they have faced many times in their lives, yes it is. Few on here have your logical thinking, they think only with their own emotions. The Villages is an "Active Life Style" community and they DEFINITELY let it be known they are NOT a "retirement" community. When we first looked, they even corrected me immediately when I said, "we have life long family in Florida so we've been looking at a lot of retirement communities". I was corrected "WELL, if that is what you are looking for, this may not meet your needs, we don't have a rec center with a weekly bingo game and pool."
He went on to explain the scuba diving, the number of bicycle and motor cycle clubs, beach clubs, etc. etc. He let us know this was a golfing, pickle ball, dancing night life place. Even named a couple "retirement communities" in the area we might want to take a look at if that was what we were seeking.
I personally was leery of living completely separate from children and young families, I always felt my own life was enriched (when our boys were off to college) when a family moved in and we'd see some bicycles and a swing set ! And, also was so enriched by the retired folks who lived in our neighborhood who would have me over for coffee in the kitchen and chatting. Yes, they would leave for Florida or Arizona for January, and usually be back by March 1. We were so impressed by the grand parents and grand child program the villages puts on, amazed at the array of offerings.
The judgmental attitudes that seem to literally fly over this web site, is sad to see but it is human. It was so uplifting to read your post, you need to take special precautions and yet, you understand while others could become ill, they understand there degree of risk and they weight that against the possibility of NEVER seeing that new grand child or NEVER dancing with their loved one again... WHY ? Not because the caught the virus, but because they were in an auto accident, much higher risk of being killed every single time we get in an automobile, yet, because we think we are a very safe driver we get in our cars 2, 3, 4 times a day and KNOWING it is not us but some fool running a red light can hit us and we'll never even know how we were killed ! Life is to live. Diseases should be RESPECTED, and people should do what is right for them and leave other's to manage their own lives and assess their own risk level. Your way of analyzing your life and situation instead of judging all your friends is to be admired !
