Not covering your mouth to cough!

[buffalowing]

So just as the title says. My husband walks about the house coughing constantly and not covering his mouth. Pretty disgusting yes but even more so when he tested positive for coronavirus just 2 weeks ago and is still self isolating with symptoms.

I'm being a drama Queen for reminding him (cracking up) every time I see it. This morning he walked past my vanity unit where my make up brushes sit out and coughed all over it. Last night it was while he was washing the dishes and then over the toddlers toy box.

He also doesn't cover his mouth when he sneezes and he is a very loud dramatic sneezer.

Now I am fully aware Iv been in lockdown with a sick husband and a crazy toddler and may have lost my own marbles a bit but I am on the fucking edge every time I see this. What planet is he on?!

AIBU?! Should i just overlook this??

No, don't overlook it. It's horrible and unhygienic even without coronavirus in the equation. If he can't control his emissions, suggest he wears a mask all the time.

I thought about telling him to wear a mask all day! Don't think I'd have much luck since he thinks I'm being dramatic for getting uptight about him coughing!

I am going to tell you how I dealt with this one years back.

Anybody reading it, I am sorry in advance because it's gross.

He kept coughing and sneezing all over everything including my food and right in my face, even when he had D&V/colds/flu/coughs. Never covered his mouth.

I had caught the second cough/cold from him in a month, so I walked up to him one day after yet another "discussion" about the issue and spat a massive mouthful of spit and Phlegm into his face.

He puked.

I said, "how do you fucking like it because the only difference between what you do and what I just did is quantity".

I am not proud, I just lost it.

He has covered ever since.

Cut the man some slack
I have Cv19, the last bloody thing i have time to do when coughing is to try and cover it up
It isn't like a typical cough

You should be wearing masks if you are bothered- he will be in pain

Chocolatecherrybomb omg that is equally disgusting and impressive - i think lol

CovidClara - he's now allowed out and is well but still has a cough so there is no excuse. If he's well enough to sit in other peoples company he is well enough to cover when he coughs.

@buffalowing

Chocolatecherrybomb omg that is equally disgusting and impressive - i think lol

CovidClara - he's now allowed out and is well but still has a cough so there is no excuse. If he's well enough to sit in other peoples company he is well enough to cover when he coughs.

So am I but not always able to cover.

It is at teh 2 weeks age that the coughing is at its worst for some people

You really dont understand CV19. The cough is random and deep. Asking him to wear a mask woudl further reduce his already limited breathing.

Sorry but you really sound awful- I am glad that I live with nice people who care about me!

CovidClara I am glad you live with patient people who think it's acceptable for you to fail to get your arm or hand to your mouth in time to cover a cough that take you by surprise. Quite often I cough rather randomly but I usually manage to get my hand to my mouth at some point.

But then again I'm nor selfish or disgusting enough to think it acceptable not to cover my mouth.

As stated my husband was well looked after even though the selfish pig went to the pub, golfing, out with his mates and didn't socially distance or stick to the recommended household numbers when he was out so he's lucky I did look after him when he walked right in to the virus as far as I'm concerned.

He has covid- not a cough- your past experience of a different type of cough isn't relevant

I dont think that you actually like him.

Blaming people for getting cv19 is pretty low.

I started this thread to discuss covering your moth when you cough. Not for anything else. Don't come on here with a sanctimonious rant at me just because you also have covid.

He is now free from covid as far as the guidance advises. The cough he has is a normal cough. Not a coughing fit. He's a grown man who should be covering his mouth and the reason he is not is because he is forgetting - that's what he told me.

Thanks also for your concern about my marriage. To be honest no I don't particularly like him at times. Like when he coughs right over my dinner or in my face as I go to sleep but that's besides the point isn't it.

If you can walk you can cover your mouth when you cough. If he's half dead in bed then he cant be expected to tbh but if he's pottering about, washing pots and stuff then he's fully capable of covering his mouth.
PILs dont cover their mouths when they cough. Drives me insane. It's so rude and arrogant.

@CovidClara bore off. In what world is it ok to knowingly cough in the faces of your family when you have a common cold, let alone Covid during a pandemic? It’s nothing but a sense of entitlement and fucking bad manners.

I've had covid too, and he'd get a left hook followed by a straight right from me!

Can't help but think that @CovidClara has a sense of entitlement at being part of the special covid club. The post was started because I was annoyed and the parts about my husband were tongue in cheek. He's a plonker for going out and flouting the rules. Fact. He also has asthma so should have known better. Fact. Did I tell him I told you so - yes when he was better. Did I look after him and cater to his every whim and not sleep a wink for the best part of a week to make sure he didn't stop breathing. Also fact.

He still needs to cover his mouth to cough. When he was confined to his bed I left him to his own devices. When he was up and about I told him to cover his mouth. There really is no issue and I'm glad to hear other people are on my side that it's just common sense and good manners to cover your bloody mouth when you cough!

It's also government guidance but sure.

Oh it's completely disgusting and I have seen so many people who are the same, failing to cover their mouths when they cough. Plain laziness. It happened in the park the other day, some man repeatedly doing it and I was fuming. In this current climate it goes beyond just being disgusting and spreading lurgies, it can be life threatening for others.

And @covidclara nice people because they don't remind or tell you to cover your mouth? I actually think it's selfish as no doubt you'd be one of the ones out there in public coughing and spluttering away without covering your mouth because you haven't developed the habit indoors.