everytime - literally everytime - i get ill, DH tells me he's ill.
today i have cold / flu - nothing serious but i feel lousy and could do with a rest. i'm sneezing constantly, runny nose, sore throat, croaky voice. DH looks fine. not sneezing, nose not running, no croaky voice. but surprise surprise. he says he's ill too. it's the weekend, our two lovely boys need taking care of (aged 6 and 2 - they had their colds last week) and if i was ill and he was healthy, he'd have to take on more of the childcare. but if he's ill, that's a different story, we both have to pull our sorry sick selves out of bed at the crack of dawn and get on with it...
a few months ago, i had gastric flu and was projectile vomiting. couldn't get out of bathroom, let alone take care of kids. DH (who was not vomiting and looked pretty OK to me) said he also had gastric flu and was not well enough to look after kids (aged 2 and 6). put himself to bed. this followed a bout of tonsilitis that i had and eventually needed antibiotics to shift. guess what. DH also developed a sore throat and put himself to bed (though doc wouldn't be persuaded to give him antibiotics.)
maybe it's unfair because he could be coming down with the same cold everyone else has had.