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AIBU?

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Original poster

To have expected a little bit of help?

58 replies

IvysEdgelessSafetycube · 16/11/2011 18:17

I am ill. really. Laryngitis, conjunctivitis, strep throat, and a persistent cough that hurts and is making me vomit.
I got back from the GP with a bunch of prescriptions, the most important for me at the moment being the cough suppressant, which has one of those child proof tops. I couldn't open it, no matter how hard I tried. I politely asked DH for help, and he told me no. That I should stop forcing myself to cough, trying to get sympathy from him and that my body will sort itself out.
I am just a bit fucking furious angry.
I swigged some Covonia from the bottle instead, but I really need that bottle open.
I feel like crap and I can't understand why he is being so arsey about this. It's not like I am making it up, and I don't want any fucking sympathy, I just want that bottle opened so I can feel better.

well, I CBA to cook dinner, DCs are in bed already and I am not hungry.
I am going to run myself a bath, cough my tonsils out and cry at the injustice of it all.

AIBU?

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boaty · 16/11/2011 18:23

YANBU, insensitive oaf! Just remember it the next time he has man-flu! Wink

32notout · 16/11/2011 18:24

Wow, that's unhelpful of him. It's not like you're asking much! Could you describe what the top looks like and someone on here might be able to help? (Not that that's the point)

Hope you feel better soon.

inmysparetime · 16/11/2011 18:24

Could you text or email a friend to come round and open the bottle for you? That would get the job done and show your DH up for the meanie he is beingAngry. At least you would have someone being nice to you as well.

thepollydoll · 16/11/2011 18:26

YANBU ... he's being an arse.

Hope you feel better soon, sounds like you're having a miserable time of it :(

OhCobblers · 16/11/2011 18:27

sorry????

let me get this straight - you've been to the GP because you're that ill, got a number of prescriptive meds and your husband won't open the more important bottle of meds to help you get better???

is that right?

lisaro · 16/11/2011 18:27

Twat!! Breathe on him!

MissTapestry · 16/11/2011 18:29

YANBU at all Sad hope you feel better soon. Do you have a neighbour you could ask? Or even one of the DCs, my 2yo DNeice can inexplicably open bottles when Dsis struggles! [hugs]

FabbyChic · 16/11/2011 18:30

What a prick. Go ask a male neighbour.

MissTapestry · 16/11/2011 18:31

*child proof medicine bottles that is not the Malibu bottle cos that would be wrong

Grumpla · 16/11/2011 18:32

Is he always such a fucking twat? Or is it just when you're poorly and need his assistance? Angry

Original poster
IvysEdgelessSafetycube · 16/11/2011 18:33

it's just one of those press-down-and-twist bottles. I don't have the strength to twist it once pressed down, my hands hurt from trying.

I don't think he is being devious or anything, just really insensitive and stubborn in his belief that the human body can fight most illnesses by itself. I am sure I would start to feel better by myself soon, but personally choose to medicate myself up to my eyeballs if it makes it easier, because I just don't want to cough anymore. and my pelvic floor is also starting to complain

I just don't get it.

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thisisyesterday · 16/11/2011 18:33

wow! that's really just plain nasty isn't it?

if i lived near you i'd come and help you open it

purplepidjin · 16/11/2011 18:35

Teatowel between your hand and the lid.

If that doesn't work, use a rubber glove.

Your DH is being a cunt.

DP says smash the bottle over his head. Messy but gets the job done Wink

tethersend · 16/11/2011 18:35

I think the cough is the least of your problems, TBH.

tethersend · 16/11/2011 18:36

You could try running him over in the car and watch as his body heals itself?

inmysparetime · 16/11/2011 18:36

You could try turning the bottle upside down, then pushing down on the bottle against a bedside table etc. the bottle will be easier to grip and twist than the lid, but be prepared for pills to go everywhere!

cjbartlett · 16/11/2011 18:36

Christ he's an arse
Ring his mum and tell her what's he's done
Shame him into action
Post it on his Facebook status

Auntiestablishment · 16/11/2011 18:38

If it's a childproof top, can you get one of the DCs to open it (if they're old enough)? Childproof is a bit of a misnomer.

AngelofTheLordiscomingDown · 16/11/2011 18:39

Be ready to pounce on the postman or even just ask a passer by or a neighbour or the man who comes to service your boiler.

thisisyesterday · 16/11/2011 18:41

if it's a plastic bottle youi might be able to cut the top off??

travellingwilbury · 16/11/2011 18:43

Is he normally like this ?

Original poster
IvysEdgelessSafetycube · 16/11/2011 18:44

I'll get it opened tomorrow if he doesn't relent, but I wanted it tonight so I could get some sleep..

have just had at the 120 clindamycin tablets I am supposed to take over the next ten days and the side effects sound worse than my actual symptoms, so I am quite tempted to wait and see on that one, but the cough is slowly killing my will to live..

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Original poster
IvysEdgelessSafetycube · 16/11/2011 18:50

and no, he is not normally like this. that is why I am having a tough time understanding it.

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Auntiestablishment · 16/11/2011 18:52

Maybe he is going down with what you have.

travellingwilbury · 16/11/2011 18:52

If he is not normally like this , then that is even weirder .

What is he doing while you are struggling ?

Does he think you are making it all up ?

I would just want to cry by now