Ow

[gabrielladusult]

OK, well, last night I slept on my right (dominant) arm and it is still killing me. All day my shoulder aches with even the slightest lateral movement. And the position I have to sit in to type is definitely not comfortable

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[crumplehornedki]

Oh I feel your pain - well not literally but I so empathise.

It must be a military man thing - whenever the Captain gets sick its like the whole world comes to a stop. Oh and how sick he is and how much work he's still got to do and how tired he is and blah blah blah blah blah.

As you can see I have very little sympathy for him, because every cold he has settles on his chest and turns into a major drama - and the only time he has ever taken work off for me when I've been sick is after I've given birth and for my appendix. (so I pretty much have to be immobile or on death's door to get help).

And it isn't like he has to do much around the house - I should know I just cleaned his truck and it still had last year's Xmas Tree pine needles in it, and was growing lichen!

I hope you feel better soon! Oh and a small tip, accidentally unplug the TV ;)

[megan29]

I hate to break it to you, but this male behavior has nothing to do with the military. My Dad is a teacher, and you could have been describing him as well. You want to know my opinion? Oh. I'll give it anyway

[crumplehornedki]

Don't worry I in no way pamper my husband. I grew up in a family where everyone did their share. The first time I ever stayed at my MiL's I was horrified when The Captain bellowed from bed "Mum what's for breakfast", and she got up and asked him what he wanted and then went and cooked it!

I constantly remind my husband that our children will be independent children who can do all jobs. I do most of the DIY stuff around the house, and he does his own ironing (with grumbles of course). After about 7 years he stopped asking me to cook his breakfast and now he cooks with our 6 year old.

He says to me "what would happen if I died the kids would never have a cooked breakfast" to which I reply "of course they will I'll have your life insurance and be able to afford to take them out to brunch".

[megan29]

Ooh, he does his own ironing! You're way ahead of my Mom, who never got to that point. The only thing I recall my Dad doing around the house with competence was cook us breakfast. :-) :-) But Mom didn't raise us kids independent - we were waited on like princes.

That worked well for me, since my natural disinclination to do housework meant I didn't hurry to take it over when I got married. If anything, my darling hubby, who knew a lot more about cooking than me, had to teach me, and we got into the habit of doing everything together - or not at all. It didn't work so well for my sister-in-law, though. After some epic battles, she has mostly given up on getting help from my brother. At least, though, he's very skilled with tools and does a lot of home improvement projects on his own. I still think she gets short-changed, but I'm keeping my mouth shut since it seems to be working for them.