My DH is great at practical tasks, he’ll iron, food shop, put washing on, taxi kids about etc. But whenever I’m ill he’ll do everything else but take care of me. He’ll also make stupid comments like, “what’s wrong, you look like you’ve lost £10 and found 1p?”
Yesterday he told me I looked really pissed off and like I didn’t want to be there after persuading me to come out for a bit.
Ill with a chest infection atm and on an inhaler, antibiotics and steroids, which suggests my GP thought I was ill enough to warrant medication. I feel rubbish, but I’ve been soldiering on as best as possible.
I dread being ill and hate it as he always seems to make me feel worse. I guess you could argue he takes care by doing practical stuff around the house, but there’s nothing in the way of sympathy or any kind of emotional support and he expects me to look cheerful. Is this just a man thing?