Comments on: Imitation of Husband When Sick

By: gail

gail — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:30:19 +0000

My fav was when i was in bed with the worst stomach
pains i have ever had….he asked if i wanted to go to
the hospital and i thinking it was the flu said no.
about 2 hrs later i went into the bedroom to
wake him up to take me to the hospital…his response
was i offered earlier and you said no , sorry cant do.
I drove myself to the hospital 10 miles away fell into
the er and had to have surgery two days later..gall
bladder attack…he got up the next day and went to
work…(his response was I thought you went to
work early) he starts at 630 i dont start till 9 am…
i called his shop and they said he was out on the
truck and they will try to get him..i said never mind
tell him the divorce papers will be in the mail…
yep i dumped him

By: penelope

penelope — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:31:38 +0000

WEEL I “LL BE MIRACULOUS RECOVERY FOR VINCE! AFTER ALL IT IS THE WEEKEND! SOMETHING ABOUT FRIDAY WILL MAKE HIM FEEL BETTER EVERYTIME. FRIDAY MUST BE A MAGICAL DAY OF THE WEEK! I’LL REMEMBER TAT THE NEXT TIME CATCH THE FLU OR ANY OTHER ILLNESS.

TODAY IS THURSDAY BUT ONE MORE DAY AND I WILL FEEL BETTER! THANKS TO THE FRIDAY GODS!!

By: Molly

Molly — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:18:42 +0000

My husband washes the groceries so that he doesn’t catch germs. He has a very low immune system and catches viruses by just standing next to someone.

He banns most people other than immediate family from the house and refuses to go into other buildings. So if he gets a cold, it’s my fault. I must have given it to him.

By: Tara

Tara — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:16:03 +0000

When mine gets sick now, I suggest he take some advil and get over it. I have one baby already.

By: Dale

Dale — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:50:34 +0000

A lot of this sounds like my dear husband, too, except for the beanie part, but the toilet paper and fear of dying, yes.

(He also rolls–when not sick–long, thin, flimsy ear-cleaners out of tissues and leaves them lying around. I cannot for the life of me imagine how they do any good as substitute Q-tips, but they are CHEAP! Anyone else’s husband do this?)

But I digress: If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Being prone to occasional bouts of nausea and v-ing*, which I hate more than almost any other type of ailment, I one day tried making the horrific noise DH does when vomiting. To my surprise, it helped me get the v-ing over, and thus end the suffering, much faster than I would have otherwise. I am going to use it again. Better than a finger down my throat.

The sound also brought DH to the bathroom door in consternation. He seemed to be afraid that I might die! In the middle of v-ing, I had to reassure him that I wouldn’t, and I also had to choose whether to join in the usual conversation he starts whenever I am ill (during which we hash over “what food could have brought on the trouble this time”–and I know he will never let me eat whatever it is in peace again), or else to repeatedly moan, “Oh, no, please! I just can’t bear to think about food right now.” (It takes several repetitions and he is only appeased by assurances that I am quite willing to take the subject up some other time.

It feels to good to get these things off my chest to an understanding audience! I’ve enjoyed the blog and all your comments!

*Middle letters left out in affectionate memory of my dear mother, who could not bear to hear even this medical term, much less “barf” or “upchuck”!