To want to throw something at my dp when he blows his nose?

[pyjamagirl]

Does he really have to make such a song & dance over it ? A big blardy long trumpety blowing noise.

He has a cold and is making me feel sick now

dh does this

sounds like the QE2 coming into Southampton

No, not unreasonable at all.

I wanted to stab DH during the night when he woke me up for the third time with his coughing and sneezing and nose blowing, followed by long sighs.

and he thinks just because he has a cold he can slurp his drinks [barf]

I never ever give sympathy when he is ill anymore after he would constantly lie about what the doctor had said the final straw was when he had a virus but conned me that he had glandular fever and had me running round like a blue arsed fly for two days .

I only found out he was lying because someone told me that if he had actual glandular fever he would find it hard enough to sip water never mind scoff a chicken curry (as he had done the night before )

OMg I just had an irational rant sorry

Don't be so uncaring and unreasonable you lot - you should be offering 3 meals a day plus tea and snacks whilst they recover on the sofa.

At least your blows. Mine sniffs. Constantly. Till I end up yelling "blow your bloody nose!"

pyjamagirl- my sympathies - my dh does exactly the same thing and the noise he makes is louder then a train - I wish I could measure it in decibels.

I was also quite concerened he would damage his nose, so made him get an ear nose throat referrel. It turns out he has chronic allergies to several things - including cats so we can never get a pet cat and dust meaning I should do more housework, but I don't.

I'm with Buda, dear god it drives me mad. I just say tersely, "do you need a tissue?"

Why can't my DH sneeze at less than a billion decibels? It is actually possible to sneeze without shouting, isn't it?

Buda - I'm with you! Sniff Sniff sigh sniff. His reason - "if I blow my nose, it'll only make it worse". HA

My dh makes me mad becuase he tends to wait until he's behind the steering-whell before he decides to blow hisnose, steering with his knees. With the dc and me in the car.

Oh and he always slurps his tea. Mine is just as hot but I don't slurp.

My DH always totally explodes when he sneezes - never grabs a hanky, or tries to reduce impact - result is usually him looking at his hand asking if I have a tissue. I gag and then have sudden surge of immense irritation...

This is a bit of a hijack, but can I just tell you about DS2's dangerous sneeze yesterday?

We were in A&E, getting an injury just below his eye checked out. Very swollen but all was calm, DS2 was happy, and I thought we were in the clear.

Then a dainty little sneeze from DS2 and the swelling beow the eye instantly doubled, closing his eye altogether. DS2 frightened, me very frightened. I went back to triage nurse who breezily said:

'Oh a sneeze lets air in from the sinus [or something] when there is a fracture. It's a classic sign of fracture.'

Cue misery and panic in me. After an hour's terrified wait we were told by a doc that it's only sometimes a sign of a fracture. It can be caused just by the sneeze breaking already-damaged vessels.

There wasn't a fracture thank god, but it was still the worst ever sneeze.

a fracture - did she mean a skull fracture yjen? Goodness but she needs to work on her bedside manner - that would scare me witless!

Oh and am so pleased I;n not the only one with a dh whose sneezes can demolish buildings! Why do they do it to us??

I supposed it must have meant a skull fracture, and yes, I was a bit with her for saying something that was scary and misleading. I spent the hour worried about the fracture and worried that more sneezes would pump him up like a ballloon until his face burst.

My dh holds his breath when he takes a mouthful of food, then proceeds to breathe out slowly through his nose while he chews it, complete with nose flute.

Gawd bless him.

threadworm - yes, that is the scariest sneeze ever! I hope he gets better soon.

This thread has made me laugh - pyjamagirl, your dh takes the prize for shameless attention seeking hypochondriac behaviour.

My dp has got a cough at the moment, now I love him dearly but I wish he would shut the hell up. I have got no sympathy with anyone who makes that racket. It's when he look pathetically at me after each bout of coughing that I have the murderous urges.