Friends lack sympathy after COVID exposure

Dear Abby: My husband came down with COVID and has been having a hard time getting over it. When he first started showing the symptoms, I took him to a drivethrough medical clinic and got him tested. The results were negative, so a couple of days later, I carpooled with a friend to another friend’s house where seven other friends had gathered. Several days later, when my husband still wasn’t improving, I took him to an ER where they did another test. This time it came out positive.

I thought I owed it to whomever I was around at the get-together to tell them about my husband. At this get-together, we all wore masks. We took them off only to eat and then put them back on. It has been more than 14 days since my husband got sick, and although he is not yet over the virus, I haven’t come down with it.

I learned from one of these “friends” of more than 20 years that they formed a private Facebook group to discuss how each one has been doing on a daily basis, and I was not invited to participate. I feel betrayed by these paranoid friends. I have been contemplating ending my friendship with all of them. What do you think?— Kicked When Down in Oklahoma

Dear Kicked: I think you should ask the friend who told you about the private Facebook group whether any of the women got sick after that get-together.

As to whether you should end your relationship with these “distanced” friends, from the way they are behaving, it appears they may have ended their relationship with YOU, and for that you have my sympathy.

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