Men and illness!!

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Sort of lighthearted.

So I have a bad cold and have since Sunday night. Partner and I also have a 4.5 month old baby .
As women do I have been getting on with it, looking after baby who is also suffering, and doing night wakings. For context I am on mat leave. Partner does a lot of home working but obviously stays out the way during the day. He's been sympathetic of me being unwell but not really picked up any additional slack.

Yesterday he comes home from work for lunch. "I've got that poorly stretching thing" "I did a couple of coughs" oh dear....he goes upstairs to work.

5pm comes. He arrives downstairs in my dressing gown (which has ears) hood up, pajamas on, face like a slapped arse. Goes to make a hot drink. "I'm at the aching stage". No sign of coughing, sneezing, blocked sinuses etc.

The evening is spent telling me in detail how he feels and asking "so do you not have symptom x?" Me: yes I do. Him: oh..

I am currently sat up in bed holding our baby who was snuffling and coughing lying down, so he can sleep a bit more upright I'm not feeling much better and haven't slept. Partner sleeps soundly next to me (but not before waking up to tell me how his stomach feels "not quite right". He will not be going to work today...

Any similar stories to keep me awake?!

Just smother him in his sleeo

*sleep

Hanha the dressing gown of doom.

Yes taking to bed is a luxury men have that women don't isn't it.

My ex used to moan at me that I made myself worse and stayed ill for longer because I didn't just go to bed .

Except he never took time off or did the school run etc so....

Have you both done PCRs?

Sounds like you both have Covid

Ah yes this I've had this.

DD was 4 days old and hadn't slept more than a 20 minute stretch since she was born. I was recovering from a cesarean where I had lost lots of blood and was on iron tablets, also had an infected scar.

DH had a cold.

Who do you think was sitting in their dressing gown on the couch watching TV and moaning about how ill they felt? Not me!

I was dealing with our toddler and the baby while feeling like utter shit.

We had a big 'discussion' about it and he hasn't pulled any shit like it since. Still moans when he isn't well but knows that unless he is at deaths door he has to get up and pitch in. Parents don't get to be ill.

Not even his own DGOD.
Amateur.
Everyone knows DGOD have to be checked blanket material with pockets stuffed with snotty tissues and more snot and sticky medicine decoration down the front.
Deffo not wife's comedy ears lady DG.
When he recovers the use of his hands make him Google Mumsnet DGOD so he can learn for the next time.
and for you.
for Man Flu amateur.

@maras2

Not even his own DGOD. Amateur. Everyone knows DGOD have to be checked blanket material with pockets stuffed with snotty tissues and more snot and sticky medicine decoration down the front. Deffo not wife's comedy ears lady DG. When he recovers the use of his hands make him Google Mumsnet DGOD so he can learn for the next time. and for you. for Man Flu amateur.

Hahaha I love this, had forgotten the term DGOD!!