Man flu?

[Two_Sheds]

he moans like feck when I give him roughly the the same amount of sympathy that I received.

they ARE all the same then?

I was coughing my heart out this morning, like a bad asthma attack, and Mr Sheds just turns the volume up on the TV.
When he has a mere sniffle, he has to take a week off work and lay on the couch all day.
Actually, he lays on the couch all day when he isn't ill.

[jackie j]

Just nearly wet meself watching that. So funny ----- but so true.

[zazen999]

LOL @ 2-Sheds. I was coughing my lungs up a week or so ago and saw the living room door slowly closing of it's own accord - it ended with a sharp little slam. I was in the kitchen at the time.

My OH's 'man-flu bouts' are directly in proportion to the football on the TV - it's amazing how that happens. Even on holiday when he was ill, the night he felt worse just happened to be the night of the footie - phenomenal.

[Two_Sheds]

the night of the footie -

I don't understand?
Isn't football on every night in every household? Or don't you all have Sky Sports and Setanta Sports as well.

* no, my mistake. Sometimes it's boxing. Or darts.

[jackie j]

I'm glad the only sport my OH watches is grand prix

[Johnny Appleseed]

Just nearly wet meself watching that. So funny ----- but so true.

I only have to sneeze now and my wife says "Poor little bunny" and leaves the room in shrieks of laughter.......

[SueA]

My man has 'man flu' at the moment & can't understand why he's not getting much sympathy! When I was vacating every last drop of fluid from my body in one direction or another last week & lost about 6lbs in weight over the week he trotted off to Holland for 'work' (quick trip round a factory with clients then dining out) for a couple of days & left me to it!

[Mikey]

I do enjoy a good healthy debate, about things that are merely figments of imagination. Joy and happiness to you all.

[Two_Sheds]

he trotted off to Holland for 'work' (quick trip round a factory with clients then dining out) for a couple of days & left me to it!

Mine left me with Little Daughter while he went off to watch footy 200 miles away.
Last Xmas Eve I had it, and he swanned off to the pub all day, without getting me so much as a Lemsip.
He's not selfish, he just "doesn't think".

[HeyWayne]

Never had man-flu meself. Had the odd cold but - nothing more than a sniffle/cough/sore throat.

[Capsid]

I may have had it; to be sure a test has to be done for the influenza virus. I was in bed for a week. Terrible aches, chills and fevers. I lived from one painkiller tablet to the next. There's nothing like it.

Even then I think it was another virus, not flu as my respiratory tract was not affected.

[Mikey]

How come no man on here has fessed up to having had man flu, yet all the women on here have husbands who have, its very perplexing. How can a man have a most heinous condition yet be completely oblivious to it, clearly we are indeed made of sterner stuff than I first thought.

[BrideXIII]

or too scared of ridicule to 'fess up

[jackie j]

Men wont admit they have it they just make us poor women suffer then dont help when we are Ill but tell their mates what a rough night they have had. Blooming cheek.

[bluemoon]

Genuine 'flu is actually very rare. I've had it once (and I'm 50 next year) and the difference between it and the 'bad colds' that people frequently claim are the 'flu is astronomical. Anyone who has genuinely had the 'flu will know about it and will never confuse it with a cold again. The easiest way to know the difference is the speed of onset, with a cold you might think; well I felt OK yesterday, but now I feel ill. With 'flu you felt OK a minute ago, and now you're dying. Genuine 'flu can cause many quite serious side-effects too including neurological damage and severe depression. I did my undergraduate dissertation with a professor whose speciality was in this area and he scared me so much I've had the 'flu jab every year since.