COVID, Isolation and Periods
My husband tested positive for COVID on Thursday, and I followed shortly thereafter, developed symptoms on Sat night and tested positive Sunday morning. On Thursday, after hubs tested positive, the rest of us tested and it came back negative. We decided it was prudent for him to isolate in our room. When I tested positive, I joined him, and boy oh boy, was he glad for the touch and closeness of another human being. As we isolated together, I have since had the pleasure of his company and proximity. This episode brought back to memories of needing to isolate during our periods. I was raised in a conservative Hindu brahmin family, the household of a Vadhyar, no less. I am married into an equally conservative family, so nothing jarring either way. Elaborate daily pujas were the norm, and menstruating women and girls were considered impure, and therefore not allowed to be in contact with anyone/anything that came in contact with umachi/swamy/perumal (various terms denoting the divine in t