Woman Turns To Reddit After Feeling Guilty Over Urging Her Man Cold-Stricken Husband To Work

It seems that the husband wants his already-busy wife to still take care of him.

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• Published in Interesting
• July 30, 2022

They say that men handle colds worse than women. And thus, the term "man cold" was born.

Some believe it exists, others don't. When guys are stricken by this sickness, they endlessly complain about it.

They fuss about being sick and feel irritable with the fact that they have to deal with it. It's like the cold is a bigger deal to them than it really is.

This could be because they're not used to being sick. Women, on the other hand, are more in tune with their bodies and get sick more often.

But whether you believe in the man cold or not, one thing is for sure: when a guy gets sick, he makes it known to everyone. He'll whine and moan about how terrible he feels.

And a user named Vast-Conclusion-1002 proves that it is real when she shared about her experience with it. She decided to seek judgment from the "Am I The A**hole?" (AITA) subreddit after her worse encounter with "man cold."

According to the woman, she didn't have time to take care of a sick person because of her schedule for the day. Her husband was already feeling better after she helped him get through this self-inflicted man cold.

So she urged him to go to work, but it didn't end well for the couple. Let's take a look at what happened.

Her husband is a great guy, except when he has the "man cold."

It was a self-inflicted sickness.

The woman is busy as a bee.

He already felt better so it makes a lot of sense to just go to work.

Now, he blames his wife.

She had so much to do that day.

She asks the community who's wrong here.

Letting him stay at home and allowing him to see what goes about her day could be a good idea.

The line she needed to say.

When the husband has a man cold, he acts like a kid.

Society's expectation from women

It's unfair that wives need to stay on top of everything in their home despite being sick.

He's blaming his wife over the decisions he made.

In some households, if something is self-inflicted then there's no sympathy.

He asked for it!

Others would take responsibility for their own faults.

This user has seen it before

Some men realize that if the did the same thing, they'd destroy the relationship.

Another redditor has heard about the same thing too.

The husband created a weaponized illness.

And this is the exact term of what he did.

Sad but true.

If you're a woman married to a man who catches the man cold, you know the drill.

He's sneezing, coughing, and generally being a big baby about it all. And of course, he expects you to take care of him.

But here's how to handle the situation. First of all, don't baby him. He's not a child, and he can probably tough it out more than he's letting on.

Just let him be and he'll eventually snap out of it. Secondly, don't coddle him. Yes, he's sick, but that doesn't mean you have to wait on him hand and foot. He can get his own food, water, and medicine.

And lastly, don't listen to his complaints. Yes, he's probably feeling awful, but there's nothing you can do about it. So just tune out his moaning and whining and he'll eventually get better.

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