My trip to Seattle is cancelled...

[brooklynite]

...my MIL and SILs are uncomfortable with our visiting and we can't see a way to do it without wearing masks in their presences 25/7. Bottom line is my wife will likely not see her mother in person for more than a year.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. That is sad news.

But to keep everyone safe, this is what must be done.

[RandySF]

2. We opted out of visiting my dad this summer

He is 85 and has COPD, so we would kill him if we brought COVID into his house.

[Ms. Toad]

3. Zoom helps.

Any chance of staying in a hotel & getting together in open air spaces for a few hours at a time? Why not wear masks? (No one gets in our house, aside from the three of us & my daughter's infusion specialist. Too risky.)

I haven't seen my parents since February/March - and they only live an hour and a half away. Their extended care community is quarantined. No one gets in. If they go out, they can't go back in.

They have just started allowing 2-hour outdoor visits with no food & no hugs.

The up side is that they have only had one COVID case there - an employee. No resident cases.

[Talitha]

8. That's an excellent idea, Ms. Toad!!

[applegrove]

4. That is tough. Best to led the vulnerable ones call it. Safety first. You

could do things like send a book a month as a surprize. I got my dad "far side" cartoins that i hope he can enjoy. Think out of the box (literally) of new ways to connect. Vibes to you. I know it is not easy.

[iemitsu]

5. Same situation in my family and my mom lives just 30 miles away.

I call her every day and do facetime. It is really worth doing. We can see each other and have shared more conversation than we have for years. It is always hard to have a conversation when the whole family is gathered (there are lots of us).
I told her I was calling for my sake not to check up on her. Turned out it has been very good for both of us.
Share lots of pictures of the kids or pets (and yourselves).
We are lucky that technology allows us to see and talk so easily.
It had to have been worse in 1918.

[Initech]

6. I lost two trips already this year.

And I don't know when / if I will get to take them any time soon. I feel you, though. This really sucks.

[RockRaven]

7. That sucks, hopefully they can have a safe and happy reunion in the fullness of time...

My sibling lives <5 miles (a 10 min surface street drive) from our parents, but they haven't seen each other in person in 4+ months. Both parties are agreed upon refraining because our parents are in the dangerous age range... It's not worth the miniscule risk, assuming -- as we hope -- that we will have more time together in the future.

[LizBeth]

9. Lots of families are experiencing the same. I have not seen my dad for three years. He was suppose

to visit me this summer. I was suppose to visit family in fall. Both my sons really want to visit with me and enjoy the area I live in, I haven't seen them for a year. It was suppose to happen this summer. They won't do it.

Lots of people are experiencing this.

Now, I am hearing from all, and almost daily thru text, calls and that works.

[greytdemocrat]

10. Similar situation in my home

My wife and I usually go visit my mother
and sisters down in FL around now. We drive
because of our dogs.

No visit this year.

[MFM008]

11. Seattle will be here

I live 45 minutes from Seattle and I wouldnt go there.