The dressing gown of doom....

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...is in full force in my house.

DH (normally very good, equal partner in household chores and mental load) is poorly. He has a dodgy tummy and took to his (well, our) bed all flipping day yesterday. He hasn't been sick, neither does he appear to have an upset stomach, but he keeps telling me his stomach is not happy and he's only having toast and water.

He's very woe is me, and I'm running low on sympathy. I cannot imagine taking to my bed in these circumstances! He's just eaten a bowl of cereal, and says he might be able to get dressed today...

Give me strength!

Light hearted mostly

Omg.... my stomach was not happy yesterday either. Felt "squelchy" as my kids say. Just had toast and cups of tea.

No vomiting, no runs so just got on with life... went to work, walked the dog, did housework...

Poor dear, he must have been sooooo much worse...

You say he's normally very good so not sure why you wouldn't believe him 🤷🏼‍♀️

To be fair, ive been in the dressing gown of doom since Sunday, ( female!) Other half is doing all the chores and I've rounded up friends to assist with the school run.

Feeling much better today thankfully!

Normal service shall resume!

Haha my DH does the same. So hard to take them seriously.

It's not that I don't believe him! I do think he's making a lot more fuss than I would in the same circumstances though.

Hope you're feeling better today!

Glad you're feeling better 😊

A little - thank you... had a cereal bar for breakfast (fed up of toast). Remind hubby medical advice is no dairy for a bad stomach if he was thinking of cows milk on his cereal...

I'd love to just not do anything, but unfortunately don't get paid and the dog would be very unhappy too.

Hope the dressing gown of doom doesn't hang around too long...

so he's gone to bed with a bad stomach so he's out the way and he's still bothering you?

Do you see yourself as a saint op?
Wonder what his take on you being unwell is?

I think you might be being a bit unsympathetic here. We are all allowed to rest if unwell though you haven't said what he should have been doing that has fallen to you. Is he off work sick?

So you would act differently in same situation op?
Give your halo a polish then!

I took the kids on holiday as I had paid for the cottage but I was feeling pretty unwell. I threw up at every tourist attraction we went to, but other than slow mornings we were up and out every day!
As a single mum there are no such things as 'duvet days'.

Gosh, no. I was an almighty wimp when I had my gallbladder out last year. Like I said, this is intended to be light hearted. I promise I'm being far more sympathetic in person.

you spread your vomiting bug round tourist attractions so your kids wouldn't be upset?

It's not much fun here anymore, is it? I guess the fun sponges (a few examples above) must get something out of their finger-waggling posts though. So at least there's that.

He's off work but not off sick (scheduled days off). Yesterday, I worked all day from home, and then did the stuff he would normally have done during the day, which is fine as he is unwell obviously. I'm on shift out of the house later, and for the rest of the week, so he'll have no option but to get on with things then.
I am being sympathetic in person, honestly!

I don't think it's finger wagging it's not wanting women to look like martyrs imo and men/husbands/fathers are allowed to be sick and if women want to moan online "as a bit of fun" then that's a bit sad. if the father if your children Is an abusive lazy shite who expects his "woman" to do everything then that's a different ball game . but laughing at an ordinary bloke isn't feeling great is pathetic and showing up women imo.

Nobody gets points for martyrdom, and the world doesn't end if laundry stacks up or things don't get done for a few days.

Perhaps the takeaway should be to let yourself rest more when you're sick, rather than mocking, however light-hearted, your husband for his actions.

Dearie me. Full symps, OP. My ex used to be utterly feeble when feeling under the weather. Luckily, my DP is much more stoical and cracks on unless he’s feeling really rough. As do I.

I ought to be in the dressing gown of doom but I had to get dressed to go to the doctor's. I'm in agony after having my abdomen palpated

Lighthearted folks 😁 OP did say. and you would assume so by the title

Hope the brave wee soldier is back on his feet soon OP!

To be fair DH and I went out for a lovely meal last night and I had a number of divine whiskey cocktails (Happy Belated Burns night folks) and today I'm feeling a teeeeeny bit delicate and keep finding myself stopping what I'm doing do let out a loud "keep it together " kind of sigh. I reckon that's going to wear thin with others soon.

Put him out of his misery and patio the bastard!

Light hearted (mostly) 😂

Convoluted nonsense, @Mrsjayy. OP shouldn't post a "lighthearted" thread about her DH being a bit of a drama llama, in case it makes women look bad? Bollocks.

Sorry you've encountered such a glut of earnest thread police, OP.