The right way to say this would depend a lot on your existing relationship. But if you tell someone, "I love you but I am afraid for my child's health and although I am glad you want to be near her, you need to help me protect her by staying away for now," and that person still insists on crossing that line, I would say to them "there is not enough room in my child's world for someone who would endanger her with such selfish love," and close that door. And if anyone criticizes you for protecting your child, they need to check themselves. Your mother's protective instincts are right on point. Tell them they are perfectly free to gamble with their own lives but not yours and not your kid's lives. I pray for strength for you and wisdom for your Mom and safety for all of you guys.

I need to vent.

I have a newborn and a toddler. Our baby was born during this pandemic so nobody has met her in person yet. Only through FaceTime.
My husband’s side of the family are all taking this virus seriously and are waiting to meet her until things seem safer.
My side of the family I guess don’t think it’s serious and aren’t following social distancing guidelines. They are still going over to everyone’s houses, having get-togethers, and so on.. These people are all essential workers as well so they are potentially exposed everyday!
I’ve been getting not so subtly guilt tripped for the last few weeks by my mom because she’s having a hard time not seeing my kids. The guilt tripping is getting worse.
I’ve agreed to see her on Mother’s Day for a social distant visit outside, no holding the kids though and keeping distance between everyone.
Now she seems to not be satisfied with that because she wants to hold my baby!

It sucks being the only one trying to be safe. Am I really being ridiculous for trying to protect my kids?!

Now her and Colby look like brothers.

I have no doubt Jamie’s idea of “good money” and our idea of “good money” are two different things. She says “Coby” makes enough to do what they want. I guess they have a very short list.

I have got to stop fast-forwarding through her videos! I just need to get my puke bucket and soldier on. I went specifically to hear this comment and totally forgot why I was there and missed it completely. I’m not going back in. I can’t. I won’t.

I got distracted by the decision to not sit the kids down and discuss Disappearing Daddy. I know it has been discussed here at length, but just have to say I’m especially disturbed by the contradiction of “My children are so young!” (implying they’re too young to understand) and “My oldest is very observant and intuitive, and she picks up on things”. Which is it, Dear One? Tell your observant child Daddy is living somewhere else, not buried in the backyard! (Even though for a while I think some of us here were wondering if that was Disappearing Don’s fate.)

And as for the amicable divorce, “There’s lots to negotiate and settle—lots of tensions”. Yeah, I’m sure Don feels lots of tension thinking about how his wife is about to walk away with a big chunk of the money he earned while she sat home doing nothing besides moving her hoard from one set of bins to another and playing with her dolls and sticker books.