Okay, stop me if you’ve heard this before. Men are such BABIES when they’re sick! I swear, I don’t think in all my 30 odd years of being married I have ever been allowed to be sick by myself! If I have a headache, my husband has a tumor. If I have a stomach ache – he needs to get his pumped!
Why don’t they want us to be sick? Is it because they don’t want to take care of us? Is it the attention thing? Not wanting to do housework? HELLO! Not like they do it when we’re healthy. God knows laundry waits for no virus. I could be lying in bed, liquid pouring from eyes, ears, nose, etc, and he would still come to me and ask “when is supper ready?”
Recently I had the flu. Not a very pleasant experience, let me tell you. I was bedridden, fever, stomach ache, all the lovely things that go along with the flu, and asked my husband to take care of me. Know how well he did it? He turned the t.v on and passed me the remote. Thank you very much! Good thing I didn’t need him to pee for me. Lot of good that would have done.
I tried to teach my children to take care of themselves, but at the same time, I want them to know it’s okay to ask for help. Put a white flag at the door when you’re sick, I told my daughter. Tell your husband that you will not be feeding him, washing his clothes, or any other activity until you are back on your feet and the house is clean. My son – I told him that I would come box his ears if he didn’t take care of his wife. I often threaten to yell at my mother in law for not teaching her son better, but she is half deaf and would probably misunderstand.
That’s my steam for today…
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2 COMMENTS
Lori Leigh
18 years agoBonnie,
I agree. Whan a guy gets sick, it’s as if he has been attacked by neuclear radiation. They don’t every heave their tummies **quietly** like any woman who’s ever had a raging case of morning sickness does.
You hear comments like – There goes my spleen” while they are hooking up a speaker system, complete with whoofers and tweeters so the neighbors three blocks down can get the full affect, while they manage to spread the stuff over three acres. It’s takes a fire hose and a staff of 24/7 nurses at their beck-and-call for everything from “Help me out of bed – to – I need more ice.” Women are just much tougher than men when it comes to being sick! If a man had morning sickness, we’d hear about it in the New York Times, complete with clickable links for sound effects and detailed pictures of the crud that came up.
I’m single now, but back some time ago, while a spouse was readily available, I remember thinking I could have been dead for three days, and the only reason they would find the body was because I didn’t get up to go to work.
I hope you are feeling better!
Lori Leigh
Maura
18 years agoMy DH is a complete baby when sick. The most notable comment was “my life force is waning” GAG! I remember being flat on my back with 102 fever and strep throat. My husband was on his way out the door and said “don’t worry, the dogs will take care of you”. Now that would work if I wanted sloppy kisses or soggy dog toys, but ahem no opposable thumbs honey!!!!