I was supposed to babysit my two grandsons, two and five, last night.
Let me preface this by saying I am having knee replacement surgery tomorrow morning. I worked very hard to be able to have the knee replacement surgery. They would not operate until I lost weight. I have lost 118 pounds so that I could do this. My daughter texted me the other day that my five year-old grandson was exposed to Covid in his classroom at school. No, he does not show any signs or symptoms of Covid. No one in their house is vaccinated. I am 60 and my husband is 76. My husband and I talked about it and we decided it wasn’t worth taking the risk of possibly catching Covid before surgery. Also because of his age. I told my daughter I couldn’t watch them because of this reason. I stressed that I would be so upset if something happened and I couldn’t have surgery. At first she told me nobody was sick, nobody was showing signs of being sick, and that I was overreacting. I stuck to my guns and told her that I couldn’t risk it since I am having surgery in the morning. We went back-and-forth for quite a while and that’s when she called me a selfish B word. She said she and her husband had made plans and I ruined them. I apologize profusely, but told her I still couldn’t risk it. She said I was overdramatic, selfish, and liked to create drama. I don’t feel that my decision is any of those things. So AITA here?
