Listener email: My partner is unhappy we're staying apart due to coronavirus

A listener got in touch: '....I felt we had little option but to stay apart for a while, as we do not live under the same roof. I felt an instinct to protect my son (who has had a chest infection for a couple of of months despite treatment). It is also safest for my partner and her son....To her I'm now the worst person in the world, abandoning her at this time of need.' What do you think? Ciara chats to listeners   

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