He is ill.....

[unsurebut]

AND I CAN'T STAND IT MUCH LONGER.
He is walking around the house sighing every ten seconds, looking like he can barely drag his limbs along, not to mention the pathetic coughing whenever the poor dear can manage it.

He has not shut up about how breathless he is, mournfully reporting that he had to rest at the top of the stairs after walking up them.

I think it's the sighing and muttered "Oh God," that's getting to me. Fine, you're ill, off you pop to bed - STOP DRAPING YOUR ILLNESS AROUND THE HOUSE.

It's been three days now. Three days of asking me to check whether he feels hot, making pointed remarks about "how hot it is" in the house " knowing meanwhile that it's perfectly fine. This is designed to make sure that I know he must have a fever.

Any tips on how not to kill him?

Assuming this is your significant other, you could try just being sympathetic?

Oh I've got one of those, it's exhausting isn't it? I bet you have to just crack on when you're ill? Maybe dose him with Night Nurse and lock him in the bedroom? Joking (mostly 😉)

Tell him he shouldn’t speak at all as that uses up soooooo much energy and also he might lose his voice , how dreadful would that be.
is he wearing the dressing gown of doom ? If so , I fear all is lost.

“Off you pop to bed my love - I’ll bring you up some tea - here is your tea now go to sleep ..”
then shut door and leave . Tell everyone loudly they are not to go in as dh is unwell . Then take over the front room/ if he tries to come out say “you are so ill! Back to bed with you!” I bet he recovers quickly .

This!!

But raise it when he demands food...what was the old adage starve a fever feed a cold...

He'll perk up in double time

I've been sympathetic for the last three days! Far more so than when I'm ill.

@unsurebut nothing but sympathy from me, mine has taken to his bed........

I'm genuinely concerned that you have stolen my husband. You can keep him for the time being,

Must be awful for him to live with someone so uncaring.

Are you in our house? I feel seen....

I'm sure it's tongue in cheek

'Draping his illness around the house'

Does he have a poorly voice too?

Is he wearing The Dressing Gown of Doom?

Well enough to watch TV, but not do anything useful? That's the perfect amount of ill.

I always overshoot it and if I'm ill I'm in bed but if I'm OK to be up and about then I get on with it.

Cracking up - thanks for the thread, OP 🤣

No dressing gown of doom, no. But that's because he 'had' to go to the shop to get a fizzy drink 🤔 Now he's 'trying to get some sleep'. Which means he's away from me so I'm totally on board with this.

Just to clarify - I am not a cold, uncaring soul. This has been going on for days and he's clearly getting better but still tightly clutching the mantel of illness.

And the best bit? He's a bloody DOCTOR.

Another thing - he declared he thought he had Covid the other day but has steadfastly refused to take a test. I think he's scared that he does NOT have it.

In my experience. Dr's are the worst patients. I worked for the NHS for a while and the drs (mainly Consultants) were always ringing in with sniffles that wouldn't bother anyone else. I also have an DH who is entirely like this, he complains I'm not sympathetic enough and says he doesn't moan when he's ill as it doesn't get him anywhere.....Reader he has a dressing gown of doom and takes to his bed moaning at the slightest sign of any kind of illness..... he gets the eye roll of doom, but for some reason it doesn't stop him 🤣

Is it lucozade by any chance? Lucozade is the 'behold! I am gravely ill' drink of choice in this house

You beat me to it!!! 😂

Does he actually seem breathless? Just wondering as I've had colds twice that have turned into pneumonia - I thought I was feeling better for a few days, then became quite poorly and breathlessness was a symptom.

If you have a sats monitor check him. I would take him seriously about being breathless, whether or not you think he's milking it. It's not something to dismiss.
The bonus is, if its fine then it might shut him up for a bit.

If he has been to the shop he cannot be that ill🙄

You think he is an attention seeker (which maybe he is) and don’t sound like you like him very much.

I couldn’t deal with an attention seeker either, but wouldn’t it be easier to tell him to act like an adult than to post here. These threads always end up with loads of other women saying their partner is a twatty man child too and some women seem to love being in that same club, the ‘my partner is a man child’ club. It doesn’t really help though as your attention seeking man baby doesn’t change. Just tell him to act like an adult, then you’ll have genuine sympathy.