Dressing gown of doom

[peaceandpotato]

DH is wearing the dressing gown of doom. I was ill last week and all I got was "you'll be alright" so I'm just going to ignore the dressing gown of doom. But why. Why does it appear? I swear it makes it worse. It's like a coded message for "you're on your own with the kids don't ask me I'm wearing the dressing gown"

I think you've answered your own question. "You'll be alright' and then ignore.

I do love that phrase, the dressing gown of doom. Can't be bothered with its occupant tho!

I washed my dressing gown of doom , today I got make up on it ! Typical
I love them.
Your Dh is sending a message with his one though , which you should ignore
Especially if he wasn't that good when you were poorly !!

DH is French and I've translated it as the dressing gown of depression. How when he's wearing it and mine when I see it.

He's asked if I'm doing any washing today? Which I think was him asking if I'd do some of his mountain. No chance. Just a breezy yes I'm doing the kids

My DH dons the Hoodie of Sufferance.

First sign of a sniffle; hoodie on, hood up, lies on sofa turned away from the room and adopts a penguin-like waddle as he bimbles aimlessly round the house looking for sympathy.

They always look like this and have a faint honk off them too (or a strong honk if you're unlucky)

The penguin shuffle! Yes! What's wrong? Your throat hurts? Then why are you shuffling?

That's the one!

It does always look like that. Every man I have ever known to have a dressing gown of doom has that type

Oh dear lord. I bought DS one EXACTLY like that for Christmas.

The legacy continues.

I'm nicking the Hoodie on Sufferance. Fits my eldest DD perfectly.

I just woke my dog up laughing at this!

Its the penguin shuffle that gets me. Even my 5 yo DD tells her dad to get a grip when he is "ill"

We need a phrase for when the oodie comes out.

OMG the shuffle, yes. I have taken to asking DH what's wrong with his foot. If yours are like mine it's because they are too Sad and Low to put their slippers on properly.

Give mine credit though, he positively encourages me to don mine too when I'm ill. That's why I married him. Equal rites to wallow.

The Oodie of Oblivion

Oh my god they do always honk!

So good 😂

I've bought everyone in my house an Oodie except DH. He'd never be out of it. It'd be DGOD on steroids.

My response is always 'have you taken anything?'

The answer is always 'no'.

And then I decide it can't be that bad if he didn't organise himself to shuffle over to the medicine cabinet for some paracetamol.

Later that day: more shuffling and agonised looks

Me: Have you rung the GP?

Him: No

And then I stop caring. I have every sympathy for the sick who are trying to get well. But not for those who lean in to every tinge of the throat unnecessarily.

Well if he is home and sick then its a perfect time for him to catch up on his washing isnt it. Maybe he can put some of the kids on too..while he is at it. Dont worry DH, you’ll be ‘alright’

My dh has bought himself a zip up dressing gown made out of oodie stuff! It's like the worst of all possible worlds. 😬

Trust me ladies, it can be worse! Oh the drama 😳😳😂

I used to work in a hospital. They had a whole campaign about getting patients who could, to get dressed and out of their dressing gowns.
It was to do with mental wellbeing and basically not wallowing and feeling sorry for yourself.
Sometimes you do need to wallow for a littlr bit though.

My partner would live in his dressing gown of doom though so I generally don't pay much attention anymore. Otherwise I would get really angry.

As for oodles. Mine is in the wash and I'm bereft! It had to be done though. It was starting to smell like a hamster.