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Originally posted by warrrreagl
She is also a VERY private person, and keeps all her medical maladies to herself, and I follow her wishes. Therefore, she's not going to tell everybody, "I'm sorry, I can't shake your hand because I might die from it depending on where your hand has been." And it's a little pointless to hear from others how we should just pick ourselves up by our bootstraps, get over it, and smother our bodies with dirt and grime. Not gonna happen.
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I do apolgize if I came on to strong before. I was unaware of your wifes condition for obvious reasons. But really at this point I think there are two things you can do, depending on how well you know the handshakee (or whatever). If its someone you've never seen before/will see again or only see once a year or something then your best bet would be to follow fhqwhgads advice. Which is to say... just refuse it and don't worry about offending them. If they take the mear act of your refusal personal thats their problem not yours. Now on the other hand. If its someone who you see on a fairly regular basis then I would say actully tell them you don't for medical reasons. I mean you don't have to go indepth or anything. you can tell them exactly that verbatim if you want.