Sick spouse

[thyme4change]

I sleep on the couch if my hubby is very sick, and he will often sleep on the couch if I am sick.

[Deleted]

Let me know when we can start bitching about how useless men are when they've got the sniffles. 

[sarcasticgirl]

Oct 29, 2013 18:37:46 GMT -5 kittensaver said:

Another spouse here who figures that by the time symptoms appear, the germs have already been spread. So same bed it is - UNLESS there is the aforementioned hacking and coughing - then the not-sick one usually moves to the guest room for no other reason than to get a decent night's sleep.

With the flu, you are most contagious the day before symptoms and first 5 days of being sick...  so most of the time you are shedding the virus is after you have symptoms. 

[sarcasticgirl]

Oct 30, 2013 9:16:15 GMT -5 @beerwench said:

Let me know when we can start bitching about how useless men are when they've got the sniffles. 

when my husband has a "cold"- he becomes a bottomless pit. He eats everything and whines about wanting chocolate. He finds the thought of eating chicken soup absurd. WTF?  Dude, you have a cold, not a screaming uterus. 

ETA: and of course he doesn't have the strength to do anything but eat and play video games. 

[Deleted]

LMAO on "screaming uterus"! Nice visual. 

[wvugurl26]

Sick men are such babies. There's a reason my stepmom's preference was 3 sick children at the same time instead of one sick husband.

If I took a sick day for the sniffles I'd have none left!

[sarcasticgirl]

I get sick/hurt more often than DH -  He is under the impression that I am not really that sick or that hurt, I just have a low tolerance for pain.

we were once fighting because I needed him to take me to the doctor because I slipped a disk in my back and he was telling me that he couldn't because he needed to go to to work, but I could drive him to work and then drive to the doctor. I asked him how he thought I could drive around all morning when I could barely move, he told me "I just didn't think it was that bad since you have such a low tolerance for pain" 


Nevermind that on sunday when his fever was 101.7 and he had body aches from the flu (no cold symptoms- just fever and aches) he was bellowing "OMG I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I HAVE FELT THIS HORRIBLE!!!!" 

[midjd]

DH is the opposite of a baby while sick, but IMO it's just as bad. He'll refuse to seek medical attention until his bronchitis turns into full-blown pneumonia and he has to go to the ER at midnight for IV fluids and antibiotics. Or, rather than ask me to get him a bowl of cereal after he's just had major surgery, he will hobble into the kitchen, spill some milk on the floor, slip in it, fall down, and tear his staples.  

I forced him to call in sick once (this was when he worked swing shifts at a steel foundry) because he had been up all night coughing, and I was worried about him having to commute 2 hours and spend 13 hours operating heavy machinery on zero sleep. You would've thought I asked him to cut off a limb. I have never met someone who was so (dedicated? insane?)

I really shouldn't complain because he is a sweetheart, even when deathly ill, but sometimes I just want to shake him and yell "You don't have to do everything yourself! I will get you a damn bowl of cereal! Sit the fuck down!" (I have a tremendous bedside manner. )

[whoisjohngalt]

Ever since we moved out of 1 bdr apartment we never sleep together if one of us is sick

Then again, ever since our oldest was born, we hardly slept together at all.

[bookkeeper]

I move out of our bedroom if my DH is sick with a nasty cold or flu.  Or if he has hurt his back and wants to commandeer the whole king size bed.  I figure we both get better sleep if no one is bothering the other.

I do agree with disinfecting the house when you have a sick person at home.  I get the Lysol spray going on the banisters, light switches, toilet handles, sink faucets, door knobs, etc.  After rearing two children to adulthood, I believe in the power of disinfectant.

P.S.  Don't forget to wipe off the remotes when your DH starts to handle those with his viral fingertips.