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When Your Anti-Vaxer Spouse Catches COVID
A little schadenfreude goes a long way.
The day I went for my vaccine was tense. I’d told my wife the week prior I was heading out for my jab and she stopped what she was doing to give me the most crestfallen look I’ve ever seen from her. I might as well have told her I was leaving her for the woman who runs the bakery downstairs.
She looked betrayed.
A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down
Once she realized she wasn’t going to change my mind with talk about putting unknown poisons into my body and a brief riff on surreptitious government overreach, she relented. She relented with the cold enthusiasm of someone agreeing to hear your pitch on a multi-level marketing opportunity.
The one thing she was enthusiastic about was ordering an herbal pill I was to swallow right before my shot. She told me it would help protect my immune system from whatever vile substances lurked in the vaccine. I realized as she was describing the pill, we were negotiating. This was a deal-breaker for her, and if I were to be vaxed without agreeing to this, I would suffer some future wrath.
I agreed to her terms and delayed my shot for a week so she could order my wonder pill.
