Men vs women when they are sick…#shorts

[mbrsart]

Hot take: if you are sick, you *are* entitled to rest and recuperation regardless of whether you're a man or a woman.

[paulk]

That is why many men put off going to the doctor for years, because they know that of they go down there is no back up. It is all dependent upon them.

[chinhphan]

When my ex was sick I'd cook and did everything while she just laid in bed. When I tell her I'm not feeling well she told me to stay away because she gets sick easily.

[moocowofjustice]

My ex wife used to lean heavily on the “men are babies when sick” shit. It did exactly what you said, made me feel like she just didn’t care about me, or worse, thought less of me.

[papasmurf]

Narcissists get mad when others are sick

[wereguy]

Congrats on the pregnancy! You're gonna be a great mom!

[JiMMY-myds]

Men feel entitled to rest, yes how dare they. I’ll tell my grandpa with lymphoma of his ‘entitlement’

[Riddlewizard]

I remember the last time I was truly sick.
I was falling-over-tired, stupid from not eating due to sleeping for more than 12 hours at a time for days, half-delirious, sweating like crazy, and my other half told me to get into bed- and then tucked me in.

Two days later, she's sick with the same thing, and I'm just about as bad as before, but at least I've been awake long enough to eat something. My first reaction to finding out she was sick? Get up, tuck *her* in and make her some damn soup from scratch. Did it matter that I felt like death? No. She needed care. She had cared for me. It's that simple. I made soup, served her some, and then I went back to bed.

But if all I had got was complaining when I was sick first? I probably would have just gone back to sleep. To hell with that attitude. You need to care for your partner.

[jsb]

I'm glad that my parents demonstrate a strong example of reciprocation in marriage.
My Pops is the kind of man to head to five different stores to find the most obscure ingredient for a recipe my mother wants to try. He's the quiet, gruff type, but he's very attentive and gentle with her. My mother, on the other hand, will run a bath or give my father a back rub when he's had a hard day at work, takes care of him when he's sick and has gotten him into better habits when it comes to giving himself a break. Their marriage works because they take equal pride in taking care of each other.

[hphd]

Yeah, I feel this!!! When I was getting over pneumonia, my ex-wife was mad because I wasn’t helping her carry boxes up and down stairs as she was trying to prep for her sons visit for Thanksgiving holidays in a couple of weeks. Nevermind that I was trying to recoup. She was just as mad that I did assist (I was sick of hearing the whining and complaining), when I had to rest climbing those stairs often.

Glad she’s out of my life now!!! Woof.

[demonkinglamb]

If the man cannot afford to take time off for family. He doesn't have a family that loves him. He has dependants that see him as a piggy bank.

[ericblue]

Seeing how we have to put it all on our shoulders, whether we're sick or well, YES! WE ARE ENTITLED TO REST!

[Ice-moon-brjj]

Wow didn't realize resting, trying not to infect everyone else and attempting to get better as fast as possible so I can continue providing for my family was considered entitlement! So great to hear the perspective and wisdom of a narcissist!

[blpez]

When I'm sick or have flare ups of my chronic illness, my husband insists that I rest in bed while he takes care of the household duties. When he's sick, I do the same and take care of him. I don't know why this has to be so complicated. Work together, love eachother, care for one another. Be a team!

[GoCoyote]

When I first got together with my now ex wife, when she got sick I would treat her like I was treated by my mother as a child. I would bring her tea and water, make her soup and yummy healthy food, and take off work early to do her chores and take care of her. When I got sick she got angry at me for slacking, did nothing for me unless I asked, and never cooked for me. Over time I stopped doing so much for her when she was ill since she never reciprocated. One day I realized that I was not truly important to her, and that I deserved to respect myself. I now consider respect to be one of the cornerstones of true love.

[Will]

My wife once accused me of faking being sick. I, a 42 year old man……. Faking being sick.

[oerlikonmm]

That girl is just insecure lol, I know for myself I’ll go to work until I physically can’t leave my bed or if I’ve been told to stay home and I know plenty of men who do that as well

[ArythemB]

When people are sick, they need rest.

[zacharycaso]

The more I read comments and see videos like this, the more I appreciate my marriage. I don't get sick very often, but when I do my wife does her best to help, and I appreciate everything she does. She gets sick more often, and I take care of her the best way I know how. We help each other out, it's a partnership. Serious relationships aren't for the faint of heart. They take serious work, and you can't give up(within reason), and you can't set unreasonable expectations.

[guyincognito]

I had a bacterial infection in 2020. I was sick for a week, steadily declining but trying to power through with theraflu (which probably masked the symptoms), and it wasn't until the last day when I literally couldn't get up off the couch that I had my wife take me to the ER. I had a nine inch long bacterial clot in my jugular vein, it had spread to my lungs, my kidneys were failing, and I was probably hours if not minutes from going into complete septic shock. The first thing they asked me once I finally got a bed in the ER was "Would you like to see a priest?"
A few days prior to that, my wife was screaming at me because I had turned on the heater after getting out of the shower, because despite it being 100° outside I was freezing cold.
Whenever I hear someone talk about the "man flu" I write them off completely, because I have no time left in my life for dealing with condescending bitches.