DH has man flu. Do I have to organise a proper burial for him, or can I just plant him under the patio?

[FuckKnuckle]

I can just about bear the exaggerated coughing and sniffing, and the little groany noises when he has to get up out of his chair. I can even grit my teeth and put up with the little puffing noises he makes when he's breathing (oh, god, the breathing...) But I have to admit, when he went out of the room just now muttering to himself in a little voice that I was obviously supposed to hear "Tell me I'll feel better soon..." I nearly battered him to death with the remote control.

He's usually a wonderful husband, but let him get a whiff of a cold virus and he turns into Camille. Is this a common thing, or am I just unlucky?

@TheDogsMother -

@Leeds2 - well, I agree that the MFCH does need tweaking - it is still very much in its conceptual phase. I think, though, as long as we can get funding for the premises (preferably somewhere isolated...) it will pretty much run itself, as in my experience man flu improves dramatically when the sufferer wants something and there's nobody else to get it for him...

However, recent events have caused me to consider contracting part of the building out to the mafia for those particularly stubborn and irritating cases. @Newdad, as a recent victim, can you shed any light on what it is about the man flu virus that obliterates any ability to feel compassion for other sufferers?

DH has kindly shared his man flu with me (but of course, mine is a cold). Last night we were both up at about 3am. He shuffled out of the bathroom as I went in (he hadn't bothered to put on the Dressing Gown of Doom - how do they manage to even make their willies look sad?) and as I went past him, I coughed. Did I get a sympathetic glance? A concerned, "How are you doing?" A pat on the shoulder, even? No, I did not. But as he went past he said, in his Very Ill Voice, "Yeah, me too..."

@crookedwood, yes!! Oh, the weak arms - and heaven forbid I should place a cup or mug far enough away that he has to reach for it!