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May. 6th, 2024 12:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sorcyress(I think I did the backdating correct --I posted this to Facebook last Monday, 5/6. I'm crossposting it here, quite literally so I can link it to my therapist since Facebook is a stupid walled garden.)
I think I'm leaving dance early tonight, and I'm incredibly disappointed to be doing so.
Someone arrived without a mask. The person was standing out, not dancing. After about 20 minutes, I was able to grab the box of masks and offer it to them. The person vehemently refused. I finished the dance I was currently doing, about as dissociated as I ever get (sorry Janet, you deserve a partner who can pay attention to you) and walked out.
This is a person who is on the mailing list, who knows that we dance masks required on the first Monday. They said they were just there to drop something off. I'm frustrated that they couldn't figure out another compromise if they weren't willing to mask.
I'm disappointed that I won't feel safe doing Scottish Dance for another month now. We have a hobby that involves breathing heavily while very close to each other. I don't feel safe doing that hobby in mask-optional zones, with people who have made it clear that they are not considering covid caution in other realms of their lives.
So far I haven't had covid, which I feel very lucky for. Everything I've heard about it tells me it's deeply unpleasant. It can cause damage to your immune system, to your brain, to your heart. I don't want to get it and, if I'm unlucky enough to have it without realizing, I really really don't want to pass it on to anyone.
I appreciate that some of my other hobby spaces do include people who are mindful of the risks, and keep track of various metrics to collectively judge/decide when things are lower/higher risk and what precautions should be taken. I appreciate having a boss who offers to mask when meeting with me. I appreciate having family and lovers who communicate about when they've most recently tested, what risks they're taking.
And I miss feeling like I am a welcome or included part of the Scottish Country community.
(Updates include this post I made here originally and the fact that progress has maybe kinda sorta been made on the queer scottish thing I'm trying to do.)
~Sor
MOOP!
I think I'm leaving dance early tonight, and I'm incredibly disappointed to be doing so.
Someone arrived without a mask. The person was standing out, not dancing. After about 20 minutes, I was able to grab the box of masks and offer it to them. The person vehemently refused. I finished the dance I was currently doing, about as dissociated as I ever get (sorry Janet, you deserve a partner who can pay attention to you) and walked out.
This is a person who is on the mailing list, who knows that we dance masks required on the first Monday. They said they were just there to drop something off. I'm frustrated that they couldn't figure out another compromise if they weren't willing to mask.
I'm disappointed that I won't feel safe doing Scottish Dance for another month now. We have a hobby that involves breathing heavily while very close to each other. I don't feel safe doing that hobby in mask-optional zones, with people who have made it clear that they are not considering covid caution in other realms of their lives.
So far I haven't had covid, which I feel very lucky for. Everything I've heard about it tells me it's deeply unpleasant. It can cause damage to your immune system, to your brain, to your heart. I don't want to get it and, if I'm unlucky enough to have it without realizing, I really really don't want to pass it on to anyone.
I appreciate that some of my other hobby spaces do include people who are mindful of the risks, and keep track of various metrics to collectively judge/decide when things are lower/higher risk and what precautions should be taken. I appreciate having a boss who offers to mask when meeting with me. I appreciate having family and lovers who communicate about when they've most recently tested, what risks they're taking.
And I miss feeling like I am a welcome or included part of the Scottish Country community.
(Updates include this post I made here originally and the fact that progress has maybe kinda sorta been made on the queer scottish thing I'm trying to do.)
~Sor
MOOP!