If you told your dh you had a fever of 103 would he show even a little concern

Getting the kids ready is hardly nursing the sick individual. It is simply taking over duties that a sick person might not be able to do.

My DH doesn't necessariy coddle me when I am ill--but he sure as heck steps up to the plate and takes over my parenting duties if I deem that I am physically unfit to do them (as happened over a weekend 2 weeks ago-though he balked a smidge b/c I didn't appear sick at all--just had a rock solid ick in my tummy).

And when I am completely invalid due to illness, then that whole in sickness and in health vow kicks in and he will have to care for me.

I don't care what a spouse's history is or why they are the way they are--you need to woman up or man up and help where and how needed when it comes to illness or injury.

Amen. I'm not expecting coddling, backrubs and breakfasts in bed (although any of that would be nice ;)). I'm just expecting some help with taking care of the household because I physically can't or shouldn't be doing that stuff.

Oh and posts like this just end up being a huge "man hate" fest. Gets old in a hurry for some of of us that actually enjoy our DH's :)

Oh please :rolleyes: Would you enjoy your dh acting like some of the ones in these posts?
 
Amen. I'm not expecting coddling, backrubs and breakfasts in bed (although any of that would be nice ;)). I'm just expecting some help with taking care of the household because I physically can't or shouldn't be doing that stuff.



Oh please :rolleyes: Would you enjoy your dh acting like some of the ones in these posts?

Nope...but then again, if my husband ever acted like the men described in some of these posts, he wouldn't BE my husband for long. It was behavior like that that made me divorce my ex.
 
Oh and posts like this just end up being a huge "man hate" fest. Gets old in a hurry for some of of us that actually enjoy our DH's :)

I didn't see anyone saying that they hated their husbands. Mine is wonderful. He's a baby though when it comes to illness.
Nobody forces anyone to open a thread.
 

Well, my husband wouldn't be too concerned about it, but he's a physician so very few illnesses phase him. He would help out while he's home, but problem is that would be of little use to me cause he's usually home about 2 hours max before the kids go to bed and leaves before they wake up in the morning. He doesn't get sick days so staying home would not be an option.

Luckily for me I have only been really sick like that once, and I left my husband a message but it didn't do any good as he couldn't get home any sooner anyway.

Oh, and whoever mentioned morning sickness, I had it bad with all 3 pregnancies, this summer probably being the worst of the 3, and he lost most sympathy well before the sickness actually ended so in that case he was useless. He did help out at bedtime more than normal, but I could see he was never thrilled about it so it almost wasn't worth the help.

When he gets a migraine though, whoa, all bets are off! What I said about most illnesses not phasing him clearly does not apply to himself and headaches. The world must cease when he has a migraine. Luckily for us all it's been 1.5 years (and that one happened at work, where he still couldn't take a sick day, they just made him lay in the ER a couple of hours, hooked up to an IV) cause I truly can't handle the drama he creates over them.
 

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