Sick Men.

Peaseblossom55 · January 2014

FI always leave dishes in the sink or on the counter, It's super annoying I had that discussion with him the other day why is putting something in the dishwasher so hard. He says I put things in the dishwasher wierd and can't figure out it. My theory is if it fits then put it in there.

FI will also leave recyclables on the counter in the kitchen instead of putting them in the recycling bin in the garage. I don't get why it's so difficult...... ugh men.

FI isn't a baby when he is sick luckily....

GoldenPenguin · January 2014

I just can't with these guys!!

I AM, however, glad that I'm not the only one. It's nice to be able to commiserate!

loves2shop4shoes · January 2014

OMG. DH is the world's BIGGEST baby when it comes to illnesses. He's a total hypochondriac.

Although he actually IS sick right now. Stomach virus. He came home and vomited all over the entrance way, and the cat, who came rushing over to greet him.

I had to bathe her last night. She was PISSED.

GoldenPenguin · January 2014

loves2shop4shoes said:

OMG. DH is the world's BIGGEST baby when it comes to illnesses. He's a total hypochondriac.

Although he actually IS sick right now. Stomach virus. He came home and vomited all over the entrance way, and the cat, who came rushing over to greet him.

I had to bathe her last night. She was PISSED.

POOR ANNIE!!!! Hahaha. I remember bathing Brady that one time. It wasn't fun. I hope you don't have many battle wounds.

suzie211 · January 2014

Yep, H is a sickness weenie. Poor guy knows too many people that have died from cancer, so now when he gets sick he immediately thinks he is dying.

He does the cleaning thing, too. For the most part we are pretty tidy. I try really hard to never have dishes out, to always have the counters wiped down, and to have swept the wood floors. With all that H will magically get upset with how dirty the rug is and need to clean and vacuum right this second. I usually watch while he vacuums.

HisGirlFriday13 · January 2014

DH rarely gets sick, and he's pretty good when he does, but he not infrequently opens his mouth and inserts his foot.

Because he works Sundays and I don't, I'm the one who food shops. I will go to the store, buy food, bring it home, and put it away. Long about Tuesday, he will decide we need X, go to the store, buy X, along with a bazillion other things, come home, put them away, and then tell me we need to get better at food shopping because we over-buy and waste food.

Uhm.....

Thanks for the laughs, though -- these cracked me up!

polkadot111 · January 2014

Same here! Last night at about 6pm H said, "I don't know if I'm going to work tomorrow. I'm really sick." I thought that was interesting since he was acting normal all night. I asked him what was wrong, and he said his throat was starting to tickle. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. He went to work today and came home early and has been having a (minuscule in my opinion) man cold ever since.

smalfrie19 · January 2014

oh D does it ALL the time!!!! Mostly with headaches. He came home early from work with a headache a few weeks ago. And the other week he wasn't feeling so hot so I made him take NyQuil before bed and patted his head and said "poor bunnie" and promptly went to sleep.

ETA on the topic of parental horders FFIL is DEFINITLEY a horder..there is a one foot wide path through his home....its awful..im frightened for the day he passes and the four of us (me FI FSIL and FBIL) have to sort through it all...

Pepperally · January 2014

Like others here, my BF isn't a wimp about getting sick, he just doesn't bother to do anything about it if he is sick. Have a headache? Did you bother to take some drugs? Embarrassed about the possible psoriasis patches you get? Did you bother to actually go see a doctor for it? And @phira, I feel like a loser that I can't tough out my illnesses the way he does. Sorry, but I will get sick and I will call off work if need be. I will get extra sleep and relax more. I will not force myself to do unnecessary crap when I'm not feeling well.

Pepperally · January 2014

@melmac86 - BF is also the tidier of the two of us. He's a little on the OCD side of life, while I tend to have some sort of blinders to a lot of untidiness. But, I end up doing the dishes most days, and occasionally he will give his speech about how he hates when dishes are left overnight in the sink...but he is fully capable of ensuring that doesn't happen so why should I be the one to care? I do tend to feel like the slob in the relationship, but I'm really not a slob, I just don't have OCD!

Teddy917 · January 2014

My husband definitely gets man-colds. I think they do it because they have a deeply ingrained psychological need to be taken care of. I like taking care of him so I enjoy when he gets the occasional man-cold.

Shiroyasha · January 2014

BF actually toughs it out for a few days. Then he turns into a human shaped blob on the couch and whines about how he doesn't feel good. But he manages to deal with it for a while before succumbing to it. I'm usually the one who starts whining because when I get sick, I get sick and I get sick fast. Like today I woke up with a sore throat that progressed from that to vomiting, chills, and shivering. I've been pretty good with the whining today though.

He also likes to leave his dirty steak dishes in the sink with chunks of steak on them. Then it gets buried and starts smelling because we don't do dishes that often. He then gets mad at me and says we need to start rinsing our dishes off and I get ready to throttle him. I'm not perfect, but at least mine isn't rotting steak chunks.

doubleSS07 · January 2014

Belly-aching MAN-BOY when he's sick! I should have been a nurse considering all he wants me to do for him when he's sick. I force medicine down his throat because he won't take it otherwise. he'll just roll around on the bed moaning and groaning.

He is also notorious for leaving the recycle bottles on the kitchen counter. Seriously?!?! The container is RIGHT THERE! Don't even get me started on his "clothes nest" on his side of the bed. I finally (after 6 years of asking) just put the dirty clothes hamper on his side of the bed.

@swazzel - it must be in the air. i came home from work, did the dishes, did all the towels he left wet in the bathtub (after he broke the toilet and flooded the bathroom), started dinner and got lunches ready for today. He says hey can you get me some ice cream? Definitely gonna cut him!

melmac86 · January 2014

Pepperally said:

@melmac86 - BF is also the tidier of the two of us. He's a little on the OCD side of life, while I tend to have some sort of blinders to a lot of untidiness. But, I end up doing the dishes most days, and occasionally he will give his speech about how he hates when dishes are left overnight in the sink...but he is fully capable of ensuring that doesn't happen so why should I be the one to care? I do tend to feel like the slob in the relationship, but I'm really not a slob, I just don't have OCD!

haha! I guess I wouldn't say BF has OCD tendencies, he's just cleaner and the poor guy doesn't even know the extent of my abilities to leave wrappers laying around, because we don't live together yet. I should just have a garbage can every 2 feet

audrewuh · January 2014

@polkadot11 heeeeeeey stranger!

@swazzle I am 100% guilty of doing what your H just did. I was gone with Elle for a week and came home. H had cleaned up the house really well and was in the middle of doing laundry. All I said was, "why haven't you taken the trash out? It's overflowing."

I'm a terrible wife sometimes.

phira · January 2014

So ... my partner actually has moderately severe OCD and it doesn't really manifest with obsessive house cleanliness at all. It's more like, sometimes he can't use kitchenware if it doesn't seem clean enough, he can't clean the bathroom easily, and he washes his hands in very cold water multiple times after taking out the trash or recycling.

Pepperally · January 2014

@phira- I'm sorry to hear that. I hope he has found ways to cope with it without having too much anxiety (or effect on your relationship). I may joke about my BF's OCD tendencies, but I'm also a social worker so I know that it can be really intrusive to have the diagnosis. My bF would never be diagnosed because he never wants to go to the doctor about aNYTHING ( refer to my other post in this thread about illness).

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