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DH grunting with dressing gown of doom

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Littlemissdaredevil · 16/02/2020 04:37

DH has a ‘bad’ shoulder. The non-stop grunting every time he moves is driving me mad. Even picking up the remote control deserves a little grunt. He’s also wearing the dressing gown of doom. In the meantime he is doing zero in the house due to his injury. I’m heavily pregnant and working FT.
For reference he hasn’t been off work, won’t see the GP, won’t got to the shop 1 minute walk away to get some ibuprofen, and was able to play football a couple of days ago. I wish he would just go and lie in bed then at least I wouldn’t have to put up with the grunting and shuffling.

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chocolicious · 16/02/2020 11:38

Oh the dressing gown of doom haha.
DH a cold just now and is driving me up the wall.
According to him, nobody gets a cold as bad as he does and this is emphasised by moans and groans after every little sniff or blowing of the nose.
And yet if I’m ever ill( I honestly never complain and just get on with it)he plays it down. I had a rip roaring chest infection needing megadoses of antibiotics and he told my MIL I had a slight cough but was fine. Turned out I actually had pneumonia.

LouHotel · 16/02/2020 11:58

Slipper shuffle of suffering is my new favourite thing.

OP get ready for him to be in the corner of the delivery room doing windmills with his arm with a constipated look on his face.

PineappleCocktail · 16/02/2020 12:02

Why does the dressing gown of doom always look like this? Mines been in his for 2 days and hasn't lifted a finger round the house either. He shed it briefly last night to go to the pub Hmm but has donned it again today Envy

DH grunting with dressing gown of doom
Lozz22 · 16/02/2020 12:03

Pulling the arm diagonally as though pointing at something helped ease mine loads

PineappleCocktail · 16/02/2020 12:07

'Has he been sitting with his eyes closed?

DH does this when not well and feeling he needs more sympathy. Responds to questions with them closed or opens them looking sad. I ignore it.'

Oh YES this is supremely irritating.

My DH refuses paracetamol because his pain is always 'too severe' and paracetamol won't touch the sides. Only Naproxen will do. Damn the doctor who prescribed him Naproxen once, damn them to hell.

Dowser · 16/02/2020 12:11

My dh also was also wearing the dressing gown of doom yesterday. He announced while I was in the bath that he was going for a walk ( yep in the wind and rain) as he hadn’t left the house for three days.
Breaking news. Mumsnet exclusive. This is because hold him captive Everyone 😂
On his return I asked him of he’d enjoyed it. Had he had his crusties and grumpies blown away?

He could’ve done that 4 days ago lol
He’s sat on the sofa , wearing his DGOD listening to some mournful woman trilling away...is he going for a walk in the wind and rain...nooo
He knows he’s going out for Sunday lunch.
He’s lovely, but I must admit he completely baffles me at times

Dowser · 16/02/2020 12:22

Loving this thread..I get off quite lightly actually.
Mine is actually quite stoic.
The type who would go down with ship
Ah, safe to come out of the bath the mournful singing luring him to the rocks has stopped
Think I’ll play offsprings bad habit..that usually cheers me up

Toria70 · 16/02/2020 12:22

DH is due to have a very very small (1 -2 cms) hernia repair the week after next. He's got 2 (yes 2) dressing gowns of doom at the ready, along with the slippers. He will be sad voiced, shuffling along and refusing all medication as per usual, and expecting sympathy.

I'm stopping at work and have roped in eldest DD to come and keep an eye on him. He will end up under the patio if I'm here. After 30 years together I'm too aware of my limits.

Grin
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Littlemissdaredevil · 16/02/2020 12:24

@PineappleCocktail bingo that’s DH’s dressing gown of doom! I given him some paracetamol and codeine now. There is also diclofenic gel him to use when he gets out the bath. He’s been in there over two hours but at least the door is shut so I can’t hear the grunt or see the Daily Mail sad face with the quivering bottom lip!

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woooooo · 16/02/2020 12:31

I believe the correct terminology is The Slipper Schlepp. Don't think it's made its way into the OED just yet but it should do!

ememem84 · 16/02/2020 12:48

@Quartz2208 no not scared of his reaction at all.

I’ve called him on it. Have pointed out that no one helped me when I felt like I was on deaths door in early jan. Have told him I have work to do (and some housey type admin which needs doing) so I’ve popped off to work for a couple of house. Office is nice and quiet. I’ve got most things done.

He wasn’t too happy (mumbled something about family time...) but I’ve pointed out that I had to cope.

crazydiamond222 · 16/02/2020 12:53

How do your OHs respond to minor injuries? When mine gets a small scratch he will immediately stop what he is doing, run inside, put copious amounts of tcp on it and a massive plaster and then put his feet up for the next hour or so. It reminds me of a very funny scene in frasier where niles injures himself and then causes a fire

SapphireSeptember · 16/02/2020 13:03

Urgh. I was dealing with a colleague with a cold at the same time as I got one. I suggested all the things he could take to feel better, of course he doesn't take medicine. No, he just whinged about feeling crap instead. It made me want to murder him and I don't have the displeasure of living with him (that falls to his partner, lucky lucky woman. Hmm )

Had an ex who was always talking about being ill but would never go to the doctor, until he had to have his (badly infected) gall bladder removed and have a procedure on his brain. If he'd have listened to me things would have been sorted sooner. Also his mental illness was so much worse than mine, so I should totally ignore myself and worry about him. Yeah right. (That's when I decided to leave.)

I swear it's a man thing, and it's fucking pathetic.

recklessruby · 16/02/2020 13:18

GrinI dont have a DH but DS 32 has moved back in with me and somewhere along the way of living away from home he has acquired a black long dressing gown of doom. Wears it when he gets a cold and lies down in the dark pathetically bleating for coffee and food.
Is there a special men s shop that sells DGOD because when me and dd are ill our dressing gowns dont have magic powers that conjure up drinks and hot water bottles and sympathy?
I also had the same cold but wasn't in a dressing gown. Sadly I had work clothes on and had to make do with a chemist shop on my desk.
Yanbu not to symphathise especially if he wont take anything or help himself.

thesuninsagittarius · 16/02/2020 13:20

Reminds me of the ex so much!
Dressing gown of doom? Check
Slipper shuffling? Check
Facial expression of intense but patient suffering? Check
Odd grunts, moans, whimpers? Check
Refusing painkillers? ('I don't like taking tablets') Check
Becoming an attention-seeking missile? Check
Actually I think the last one was the most irritating. If he felt he'd been ignored for too long he'd randomly say 'Eh?' so your attention was drawn back to him.
Hurray for divorce!

Lunafortheloveogod · 16/02/2020 13:21

Our DGOD is quite fancy... neon orange Grin. Buy them a fun one for Christmas ladies... throw out the grey one we all know is lurking. Atleast then they look like a massive warning sign when they sneak up on you Grin

Iamthewombat · 16/02/2020 13:22

@PineappleCocktail that is an exact depiction of the dressing gown of doom.

TwoHeadedYellowBelliedHoleDig · 16/02/2020 13:25

It's a pity slippers of doom don't come with laces as the shuffling would be much more efficient with the laces tied together. Possibly a tad dangerous on the stairs but that's what life insurance is for.

Goldwispa · 16/02/2020 13:32

I have a theory why a lot of blokes are like this when they're ill, it's because they've never had to cope with the time of the month and all that goes with it, cramps etc. Women carry on when they have bad period pains because they've got no choice so have learned how to get on with it whenever they're ill.

ClaraLane · 16/02/2020 13:43

Mine is now upstairs with a cold flannel on his forehead because apparently his head is pounding. Poor diddums. That’ll be because the painkillers he last took at 8.30am have worn off.

He also needs to go shopping for more throat sweets because his throat hurts so much. I did point out that if he stopped talking/shouting then he wouldn’t be coughing.

Patroclus · 16/02/2020 13:58

What is the painkiller avoidance thing about though really? I load up on the strongest gear i can get no shame.

EmeraldShamrock · 16/02/2020 14:03

The dressing gown of doom infuriates me. Grunt moan squeal every time you need to move OP.

PixieRabbit · 16/02/2020 14:05

SamsMumsCateracts

Is there a compelling reason that you didn’t take the guitar from his hands and club him to death with it?

Princessfaffalot · 16/02/2020 14:06

I had dd2 just under 10 months after ds1 and I still remember exh moaning that he was tired while I was in labour with ds1 attached to my boob. Men are useless.

FoamingAtTheUterus · 16/02/2020 14:07

Oh mine pulls ' the face ' and will dramatically soldier on. Going to work, doing his washing, changing the fecking TV channel. All whilst pulling 'the face'.

No dressing grown but he does wear a blue onesie that makes him look like a pissed off smurf.

Swear to fecking God, if I ended up smothering him to protect my eyes from ' the face ' no Jury would convict. None. Angry