To be concerned with how my boyfriend acted when I was ill?

Imagine the OP in childbirth! i pity her future midwives

@Italianita Do one .

It has me doubting whether my thought processes are the same as others as I actually do not understand this point about the handbag. My Mum says that this world is leaving her behind (in terms of the thinking on things) I’m not that old, mid 40s (just) and am starting to feel the same!

You don’t sound very compassionate tbh.

I have one like this at home, all about him and I could literally be dying and he would still expect me to look after the kids. Trust me, run now before it’s too late OP!

@Goldenbear If you have paracetamol in your handbag it's got fuck all to do with your husband .

Talk about over complicating an issue, it’s some paracetamol. I don’t have a husband that would think about this too deeply as I wouldn’t for him. Absolutely bizarre what people get worked up about.

Hunter-gathering for your preferred brand of paracetamol, like real men 😂

“Let them be men” 😂

What a backward little pwincess, needing her big strong man to dash out when her ickle nosey-wose has the sniffles.

I wouldn't judge anyone for forgetting paracetamol but I would expect DH in this scenario to have asked me during the day to pick some up or to have popped out during the day himself, not ask me at 11pm when I am trying to get to sleep.

Since you have no idea what you are talking about ! You have no idea what to say so start with the insults . You must be immature .

Yup. Exactly this.

If I’d be in the OP’s shoes and DP had volunteered to go out, I’d have said not to. It’s late at night, he has an early start on a work trip and I only have the sniffles (and had all day to sort myself out with medication).

Anyone who would actually expect their DP to go out lemsip-hunting in these circumstances is extremely selfish (and yes, princessy).

Well plenty of people are married , she joined him on a work trip . what you should never try to do is make your husband/wife life harder .If she was really ill I could understand , but she wasn.t . Her boyfriend was there to work and all she tried to do was make life harder for him . It won't have gone well .
I've been married many years and last thing we ever want to do is make things harder for each other being demanding when there is no need .That's just ludicrous . Anyone who has been married a good amount of time knows there are enough real problems without making them up .

I’m a compassionate person and tend to nurture people but your Princessy behaviour over a cold is completely OTT. I think he did very well to respond in the way he did. Please consider very carefully how you respond to minor illness and if you happen to get pregnant at any stage. It’s not a good look to expect others to wait on you hand and foot when you’re more than capable of doing these things yourself.

Well in the scheme of things, objectively not having some paracetamol on you is not a big deal!

I am genuinely struggling to understand this mindset- ‘Maybe OP likes other people to take her needs into account. Sorry that’s just crazy.’ Is this a wind up as it seems such a obscure thing to say. For starters plenty of people like to have their needs taken into account by their boyfriend or girlfriend, we are not talking about Joe public from the street. Mutual care for each other in a relationship is hardly ‘crazy’. I’m married so maybe my expectations are different but it wouldn’t even cross our minds to think badly of one of us not bringing paracetamol, at least my DH hasn’t claimed grounds for a divorce yet on the unreasonable behaviour of no paracetamol on holiday! I wonder what world people occupy when they live like this!

What is ridiculous and pathetic is MN 'ttrs old enough to look after themselves taking no responsibilities for themselves when the are adults .She had two days in the hotel where she faffed about . Didn't give a second thought to going out getting the Lemsip she might need .No that's what the boyfriend is for , a good go-for .

Yes it is a big deal really she takes no responsibilities for herself and you brought up stereo types .You seem to think it has something to do with stereotypes . Maybe OP likes other people to take her needs into account .Sorry that's just crazy . She needs to look after herself first . She is a grown adult and her boyfriend will get rid , no one likes an adult who acts like a child . 30 yr old and doesn't carry her own painkillers !
By the way ,it's not sexist she just thinks she rather likes being treated like a child .

it's sexist to associate certain characteristics with males/females and they aren’t lacking in some way just because they don’t meet with some stereotype society has about men and women I.e that the OP is lacking in some way as doesn’t have paracetamol on her, jeez it isn’t a big deal really!

So a woman buying and carrying her own medication is a gender stereotypes 🙄.

What ?

not tasters