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AIBU?

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I am literally fuming with DH.........AIBU?

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JodiesMummy · 23/12/2010 17:12

Two days ago I started with the flu. I am 27 and have never had flu before. I know lots of people love to say "its not lu just a bad cold" but seriously, I feel like Im dying. I have been barely able to walk. I am so very very cold but hot at the same time, the bed has been soaked with sweat and I have not eaten since Tuesday morning. I can only manage warm lemonade and ribena. Yesterday DD was booked in at nursery as planned (she finished school last week) but obviously I didnt go to work, I just slept.

This morning I had arranged for DD to go to MIL's (thinking Id be at work), DP annonced this morning that as I wasnt going to work, he wasnt going to take DD to his mums, it wasnt necessary. Bearing in mind Im still in the pj's I put on Tuesday afternoon and can hardly raise my head from the bed. Poor DD has been a good girl all day I did manage to get up and fix her some snacks and she has snuggled with me in my bed with Cbeebies on for a large portion of the afternoon. Then he calls me up all cheery like an hour ago announcing he is getting fish and chips would I like some? Why does everything stop when he is ill but for me I must get on with it? I am furious and he can cook Christmas dinner.

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Xenia · 24/12/2010 12:39

A lot of these men sound like a waste of space. I'm sure most men aren't like that.

Motel idea is a good one. When I am away on business in hotels and people think you'll want to be entertained it's hard to explain to them that in fact a night totally alone with clean sheets etc is great.

Ephiny · 24/12/2010 13:18

Not all men are like this, my DP is good when I'm ill. I don't think I could be in a close relationship or even a friendship with someone who just didn't care that I was sick or in pain or unhappy. For some men though their wife being ill seems to just be a source of inconvenience and annoyance, as though she's a malfunctioning domestic appliance not a person, no hint of human empathy or kindness. Very telling of their true attitude towards you, I guess.

clam · 24/12/2010 13:32

HOwever tempting it is, do NOT breathe on him or lick his toothbrush. Because when if he catches it, he will have it far worse than you and you might end up cracking him over the head with a heavy shovel.

Xenia · 24/12/2010 14:40

Yes, these men who think their wife is a "malfunctioning domestic appliance" do they have a lot of other good pionts which make up for it?

TyraG · 24/12/2010 18:32

Men! You buy them books, send them to school and all they do is eat the teacher. O_o

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