we got a call on friday from the school that they are giving the h1n1 vaccine at school, for free. i mentioned to the husband that day that i wasn’t interested in him getting the vaccine.
husband waits until early evening on sunday to tell me that he wants the boy to get the shot. i looked over just to be sure it was the same guy i married b/c the guy i married isn’t big on medication and believes we should let our bodies do their magic and build up resistance (for most things, like colds and viruses).
we began debating the topic of the vaccine, and something inside me got a little pissed. ok, so pissed that i go to the garage to smoke and think, “I’VE MARRIED THE COMPLETELY WRONG PERSON FOR ME”. he can’t be against medications and then all of the sudden CHANGE ON ME!
he tells me that our son can’t afford to lose five pounds if he gets the flu. i look at him and wonder if he’s delusional. if our son loses five pounds, he’s not going to die. this scenario wasn’t an acceptable argument to me.
there should be things like this on a marrying test before you get married. i mean, we study books for driver’s education but you can go and marry anybody with no written test first. that’s CRAZY.
i start trying to do some online research about it and mostly i find opposing views on the subject and i cannot determine fact from crazy. i asked the internet and got a few responses on twitter and facebook.
my main reason is that the boy is rarely sick (now that i say that, he’ll probably get sick in a few days).
i just don’t see it as a threat to us and i am not big doing something just b/c everyone else is doing it.
nor am i undermining the folks that have gotten the h1n1 virus, i got no beef with that.
when it was decided that the boy would not be circumcised, i left that completely up to the husband on account of me not having a penis.
we didn’t resolve this situation, i’m not sure what’ll happen and i’m still thinking it over. i just believe that for some things if it’s not broken then i should just leave it be.
what do you think? feel free to respond even if you disagree with me. i’m looking for compelling reasons on the topic.
Posted by leah 
