We are expecting our 1st grandchild in October. I was just informed by my husband that our daughter called him in tears 6 weeks ago because her doctor is insisting that all members of the family that will be around the child must get a flu shot. Our daughter unfortunately is a liberal and will follow that rule but she also knows how I feel about vaccines. My husband has known about this for 6 weeks but has been afraid to mention it to me because he knew I was not going to like it. This has put me in a horrible position. My husband even said that if I wanted to lie to her and tell her I got the shot, he would go along with it. I told him absolutely not! I am not going to lie. I promised my husband that I would do it but not without doing some investigation first. I don’t even know how to start investigation on this. Do any of you know if there is a way to figure out if there are different flu shots out there and how to know which pharma company is behind them? Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Geez, just lie about it. You're willing to put poison in your body but lying is beneath you. Print out a fake receipt or whatever they give you when you get a flu shot and don't stress over it. It's not complicated. My grandkids are my world and I would take a bullet for them, but I would never let one of my kids dictate what I do with my body. I would, however, lie to them and say I did because it's the simplest solution. I would just act like it was no problem and I was happy to do it, and probably even take a pic in front of the pharmacy sign. And yes, I know lying is wrong, but hey, I'd do it to be able to see my grandbabies. Praying for you all. :)
Lying to our loved ones is the simplest solution?? Since when is that what we do around here??
What would that teach the daughter? As her parent, this woman has a duty to be a good example.
A lying parent shows the child that they do not actually care for the child's wellbeing. Peace at all costs is absolutely never beneficial.