Is there anything more annoying than a poorly DH - lighthearted

[JoJothegerbil]

DH had a tooth out this morning and since then he's donned the dressing gown of doom and has been wallowing in his armchair, cradling his face and talking in the poorly sick voice.

Now I have no doubt it's painful, I once had 4 teeth out in one go, but he sure is milking it. I've been out and got him some tomato soup because 'there's no way he'll be able to eat' the lentil dahl I've cooked for dinner. He's just said that the painkillers he's taken aren't working so I suggested he walk into the kitchen, literally half a dozen steps away from where he's wallowing, to see if there are any others. This was met with a such sigh and a harrumph that you'd think I'd suggested he hike to the moon to get them.

Give me strength to get through the evening without killing him!

Ffs, do you love him or not!? He’s feeling crap and in need of a bit of tlc, and is communicating that by being a bit pathetic.

Do you never want a bit of attention because something horrible happened, or because you just feel like it?

My DH doesn't want it being mentioned if he is poorly. He says it attracts negativity so I just keep going as normal and leave him to it.
I would get him painkillers though if he said he is in pain. Just like he takes care of me if I ask him when I am poorly (I don't believe in this negativity/attracting thing).

Of course I love him. Did you not notice I put 'lighthearted' in the title?

He's just being uber-pathetic and everything I suggest to help is met with patheticness. If he's told me once it hurts, he's told me 50 times since he got home, and for most of that I was upstairs working.

Yes, he's entitled to moan and grumble, but he's taking the piss now. Maybe I'm being grumpy too. I've had a stinking cold all week and felt like crap, but I've just got on with it because it's my issue and nobody else's.

A poorly husband who is 'too ill' to finish the nursery when you're 37 weeks pregnant and being induced on Wednesday 🙃 HTH

I had an abscessed tooth out recently. I was your DH. In fact I went to bed the minute I got home.

DH ministered to me, I hope he wasn't as resentful as you are.

Some men can be quite pathetic when they're sick, it's really unattractive.

Agree. I can't bear it. If you're sick, go to bed. If you're not that sick, stop moaning and groaning about it.
I would not make a good nurse.

I used to be a nurse.
Nurses lack sympathy with family members, dh says I'm hard. 😅
Probably because I've seen real, life threatening illness.

I actually feel exactly the same about this one
I have been on many lighthearted threads, often talking about my own dp who can need me more than a baby when he has a cold
But I'd never make fun of him or anyone after getting a tooth out at the dentist, I think that's cruel! Personally for me, it's one of those things I need to rest the day from and if possible would be lovely to be looked after or checked on

Oh, give over.
I was child minding years ago and had to take them with me to an emergency dental appointment.
My abcessed tooth was removed, I still had to look after the dc until their parents arrived.