I’ve reached my limit tonight. Probably lack of sleep is also a contributing factor to my annoyance and lack of sympathy!!
My husband has had a cough for the last 3 weeks now. He also has a high temperature on and off and has a mild chest infection so I get that he isn’t 100% at the moment but I’m running out of sympathy and I’ll tell you why…
he saw a GP last week who said his chest was clear and that he’s gotten over the worst part of the chest infection so just to let his body fight it on its own. He also said the cough would persist for a few weeks still.
he managed a night out with friends last weekend with no issues! Out from 3pm until 11pm. Obviously worse for wear the next day and lost his voice and had a tight chest, but he could well have been smoking as he does on nights out.
he was back in work this week and was away for 2 nights for a course and he hasn’t been feeling too good while he’s been away so I did sympathise with him, but I don’t think he’s been taking regular paracetamol and cough medicine to help.
my sympathy has worn out tonight because I get that he’s not well at the moment but I can’t seem to ignore the fact that our 4 year old daughter also had the same symptoms as him recently and I just kept her off school and made sure she’d drink a lot of fluids and I’d give her regular calpol. She still has a mild sinus infection but she just carries on as always. His Dad who is in his mid 70’s has also not been well and has been sounding really rough and awful and he still goes about his day, walking the dog, helping round the house etc. but my husband is like he’s the sickest person in the world and he simply cannot do anything other than lying down and moaning and groaning! He perks up when he wants to of course, he was even planning a game of golf tomorrow morning! But chores and making sure our daughter doesn’t destroy the house isn’t possible in his state.
I also was working last night, I got home at 8am, I work ‘awake nights’ so obviously tired today (as well as being 23 weeks pregnant), and I was only able to get 3 and a half hours of sleep in so obviously I’m not in the best of moods tonight! I’ve taken our daughter away for the afternoon so he could rest, and now I’m just fed up that I’m having to tidy up the house after everyone. The house has been so clean while he’s been away and 1 day back and everywhere is a mess!
I also had covid 3 weeks ago and was on my own with our daughter as he was away on another course, he stayed behind for 1 extra night to help
me but then was away for 3 days. I had a little bit of help off my Mum but otherwise I was cooking, I was looking after a child when I felt like crap, and I was making sure the house was tidy.
Aibu to be so annoyed or should I be a bit more sympathetic and patient?!