He complains it hurts but won’t take pain relief!?

[Farmwifefarmlife]

DH will complain of something, headache, backache. Tonight is a sore eye. Yet he won’t take any pain relief. AIBU to tell him to stop complaining? He’s really driving me up the wall tonight with it.

God it winds me up! As a nurse doing shifts in A&E/UTC you see it a lot.
"My xxx hurts so much, it's really sore"
"What pain relief have you taken?"
"Oh nothing"

What the fuck are you expecting me to do to remove pain without pain relief!!!? WHY wouldn't you try it!? Some people are almost proud they haven't been weak and taken some which is just...baffling!

Mine too I just ignore him, he did get some prescription painkillers for an ailment but only takes them occasionally .

Oh you must inwardly eye roll all shift !

Can't stand moaning about little ailments. Get a grip.

My FiL (born just pre WW1) was dreadful! He once kept poor MiL awake all night groaning, but still refused to take any painkillers. So bloody stubborn. Same with any meds. He once had a bad cough - evidently a nasty chest infection - just before we were due to take him on holiday - in winter.

Dh had to drag him to the GP (FiL still protesting that a ‘salt water gargle’ would sort it, FGS) and stand over him every time to make sure he took his ABs.

I hate this.

Either take something to help or stfu about it.

My stepdad won't take painkillers he might take 1 paracetamol if my mum insists he has a medical condition that causes pain but nah he will just carry on like a brave soldier.

My uncle is like this. Had pains in his leg and foot for weeks but just would lay in bed and moan, refused to do anything about it or go to Dr. His dw eventually said go or I'm calling an ambulance. He went and had to have his leg taken off at the knee from diabetes complications he had no idea about. I'll never understand it, and I've never met a woman who does this. I'm sure there are, but I don't know any.

DH is exactly the same & it is very annoying but he gets no sympathy from me if he's not even going to try & help himself!

I hear you... it never ends in my household, it's always something else - arm, foot, neck, knee etc. TBF he does have arthritis but he doesn't take meds unless he's in agony.

Of course when I thought I was having a heart attack he moaned all the way to the hospital that 'it was nothing' (thankfully it wasn't)