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Postby dealtn » September 30th, 2021, 12:03 pm
Well I guess it will be interesting to hear his side of the conversation and why he is p!ssed off. That won't happen, of course, but might add the context.
Nobody should be persuaded to do anything they aren't comfortable with. So by that definition you aren't "plain wrong". But by equal measure, other people, on their assessment of their personal risks, balanced against the things they want to do, and have been missing out on, will arrive at different conclusions (for them). They aren't "plain wrong" either. Being consciously, or sub-consciously, told they are at fault because their thinking isn't aligned with others isn't likely to be helpful in maintaining friendships.
Life is full of risks, and characters that have different attitudes to risk. It is also full of people that don't understand risk, how it applies to them, and the (potential) consequence of being on the wrong side of that risk (both to them and others). That is how life has worked for all of your life, and before it, and will continue long after it. Long may it be so!
I suspect very few on the planet want a life of absolutely sterility and literally the lowest risk possible. What kind of life would that be? Certainly one my parents in their 80s would abhor, and they are very vocal about it (though 100% compliant with all restrictions throughout this episode). You sound like you just sit on a different place on the risk spectrum to him, and others, and quite possibly the majority given the evidence we see on a daily basis. If you are happy with where you sit, are comfortable with the life you now lead, and the things you perhaps miss, but don't yet feel able to recommence, then you aren't wrong. Similarly others that come to different conclusions, and have other behaviours, aren't wrong either.