I've been struck by Man Flu!!

She Devil

I am sure you can empathise/sympathise with me, few days ago my OH started getting a wee bit of a sniffle,BUT yesterday, he has decided he has the flu because now he has to use a handkerchief and he realised he was getting a bit of attention. He has himself lying in bed and even uttered the words
"i think i may die"
I feel a flu coming on myself, but i daren't mention it, he will think it's the plague.
Now i am a nice person so i will entertain him for a bit, i brought him soup in bed, bought him lemsips, and have been giving him tons of hugs. But how long is acceptable for this OTT care for a non existent illness to go on???
Please say i've done my bit ......

johnnyskeleton

She Devil wrote: »

I am sure you can empathise/sympathise with me, few days ago my OH started getting a wee bit of a sniffle,BUT yesterday, he has decided he has the flu because now he has to use a handkerchief and he realised he was getting a bit of attention. He has himself lying in bed and even uttered the words
"i think i may die"
I feel a flu coming on myself, but i daren't mention it, he will think it's the plague.
Now i am a nice person so i will entertain him for a bit, i brought him soup in bed, bought him lemsips, and have been giving him tons of hugs. But how long is acceptable for this OTT care for a non existent illness to go on???
Please say i've done my bit ......

If your OH should die of this this post will haunt you forever. Man-flu is no laughing matter. You women will never know the pain, but you push a baby out of your vaginas and you go on and on...

tribulus

Tell him to stop whinging and dare I say...be a man :eek:

Stheno

She Devil wrote: »

I am sure you can empathise/sympathise with me, few days ago my OH started getting a wee bit of a sniffle,BUT yesterday, he has decided he has the flu because now he has to use a handkerchief and he realised he was getting a bit of attention. He has himself lying in bed and even uttered the words
"i think i may die"
I feel a flu coming on myself, but i daren't mention it, he will think it's the plague.
Now i am a nice person so i will entertain him for a bit, i brought him soup in bed, bought him lemsips, and have been giving him tons of hugs. But how long is acceptable for this OTT care for a non existent illness to go on???
Please say i've done my bit ......

If he's taken to his bed, and is uttering the "I think I may die" then sadly by bringing him lemsip and soup, and giving him hugs, you have set a precedent.

You will now have to pander to his every inane little whim, empathise with his whinging, bring him endless drinks, tissues, magazines, books, etc etc.

Far better to have just ignored the initial sniffle.

Threaten to ring the doctor for him and see how quick he recovers at the thoughts of blood tests.

Twee.

Raze_them_all

Hey don't knock man flu....A friend of mine had it...3 years later he killed himself. No laughing matter. You should be ashamed and should be nice to him since you have replaced his mommy

game4it70

Here's a thought...
He may actually be getting "the real flu" if the op feels so ill herself.

As a man and knowing what its like when we get sick i feel for you as its going to be tough to deal with him in such a sorry state:p

Anyway sorry to butt in but i saw the topic and had to have a look.Thanks for making me laugh as the posts where funny.

Seeya,
Game.

Zaph

game4it70 wrote: »

Here's a thought...
He may actually be getting "the real flu" if the op feels so ill herself.

Surely you're not suggesting that man flu isn't real, are you? :cool:

Pherekydes

OP, you're sewing the seeds of your own destruction as a couple.

The last time I had flu the OH took the kids and went to Wexford for the day, leaving me in charge of our youngest, aged 2. I had to bring them to the station and then drop the baby to the creche before retiring to my bed. Later I had to collect the baby and look after her before collecting the others off the train from Wexford. Needless to remark, I haven't been sick since, and that was 7 years ago.

Check his pulse: if he has one, he's alive; kick him out of bed. If he wants to be mammied he knows where to go.

Zaph

Pherekydes wrote: »

OP, you're sewing the seeds of your own destruction as a couple.

The last time I had flu the OH took the kids and went to Wexford for the day, leaving me in charge of our youngest, aged 2. I had to bring them to the station and then drop the baby to the creche before retiring to my bed. Later I had to collect the baby and look after her before collecting the others off the train from Wexford. Needless to remark, I haven't been sick since, and that was 7 years ago.

Check his pulse: if he has one, he's alive; kick him out of bed. If he wants to be mammied he knows where to go.

Pherekydes banned for talking nonsense. He's obviously still delirious from the flu 7 years ago. That's how debilitating it can be ladies.

game4it70

Zaph wrote: »

Surely you're not suggesting that man flu isn't real, are you? :cool:

Hell no it is VERY real imo:o

jaybee747

I know his pain, i myself am in the process of recovering from my flu, i was struck down about 10 days ago with the blighter, I think you need to make sure he's comfortable at all times, remote is not to far from reach and your not out of ear shot,just in case he has to call you. He needs to be pampered until he is ready to recover, should be a week atleast.

miju

jaybee747 wrote: »

... recover, should be a week atleast till the initial pain only just starts to ever so slightly stop

fixed that for you

Mimikyu

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Pherekydes

Zaph wrote: »

Pherekydes banned for talking nonsense. He's obviously still delirious from the flu 7 years ago. That's how debilitating it can be ladies.

What nonsense? What bannage? Jeez, this isn't BGRH.

Pol Pot

Pol Pot has man flu at the mo (and over weekend) and no sympathy was given. however Pol Pot junior (aged 6) developed similar symptoms on sunday and now the phone is hopping with offers.
bah!

stovelid

I'd rather give birth 10 times than suffer man-flu again. It makes me tremble just thinking about it. And my wife had the cheek to moan about carrying the plasma screen upstairs for me.

Reku

Am I the only one who got a "what are my disease risks" advert at the bottom left of the page for this thread? lol

Can't say I've ever had this manflu virus, had bad colds and then one thing that everyone said was the flu but didn't hang around long enough for it to genuinely have been the flu, does this mean I'm not a man?:(:confused:

Faith

Man flu drives me insane! It's a bloody COLD! You have a runny nose!

It really irritates me. Men need so much attention! I try to do the concerned girlfriend routine, but I don't think I'm ever that convincing.

F.A.

Looks like I have a real gem of a boyfriend - he has never really suffered from Man Flu. In fact, I think I am worse than he is. But it's a different story when it comes to injuries. One bit of a sore muscle, and I have to rub something on it every two hours or so, even if it is somewhere he can easily reach himself. :rolleyes: I don't mind much, though. He's a good guy when it comes to looking after me, so I spoil him rotten when he's needy.

Mind you, he will probably have to be at death's door before he ever goes to see a doctor! *sigh*

Parsley

Tell him to man up!

Zaph

F.A. wrote: »

One bit of a sore muscle, and I have to rub something on it every two hours or so

You do know that that "something" isn't necessarily the muscle that's sore, don't you?

GirlInterrupted

farohar wrote: »

Am I the only one who got a "what are my disease risks" advert at the bottom left of the page for this thread? lol

Can't say I've ever had this manflu virus, had bad colds and then one thing that everyone said was the flu but didn't hang around long enough for it to genuinely have been the flu, does this mean I'm not a man?:(:confused:

No, it means you're simply more of a man. One that can tell the difference between a heavy cold and a potentially fatal virus. If a man can get out of bed and get to the bathroom alone, its not 'flu.
If he can eat unaided, its not 'flu.
If he can whine endlessly, its not 'flu.
If he can request his favourite foods, its not 'flu.
If he demands head rubs, its not 'flu.

If he lies in his own urine, sweating from a fever of 102degrees, if he's delirious and hallucinating, if he can't eat, can barely drink water, can't follow a conversation, doesn't know his own name, and feels like his head is being kicked from the inside out, then theres a chance its actual 'flu.

The Bollox

see this? when a man gets sick he asks for help, y'know for a little tlc until he gets better and what does he get? scolded for not being a man.

if a woman gets sick we ask endlessly "are you alright?" and we are told "yes" and then scolded for not knowing they need some tlc.

PAH, SKIRTS!

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Blush_01

I wonder how the man with the hurty knee got on...

Zaph

Probably had the leg amputated. Poor bástard, people just don't take hurty knees seriously enough.

Stheno

Zaph wrote: »

Probably had the leg amputated. Poor bástard, people just don't take hurty knees seriously enough.

Jeez not true, one of the blokes I worked with has a permanent hurty knee and recently got married

Puddleduck

It could be worse...they could suffer weird hypocondriac illnesses year round. 'I Have a twinge in my side, am I dying?' 'My head hurts, maybe its a tumour, will you rub my head and make it better?' Its strange that men seem to get struck down by horrible illnesses a lot more than women.

F.A.

Zaph wrote: »

You do know that that "something" isn't necessarily the muscle that's sore, don't you?

Must.Never.Let.BF.See.This!

Elle Victorine

I have had a discussion on this topic a lot in the past two weeks. I can't believe they made a flu worse by calling it a man flu? But I get it...anytime my mates (male) have had a cold it's the most devastating thing in the world. Ya think ye'd just suck it up and walk it to f*ck off!


I mean some of them actually believe it's a separate strain of even worse flu with different symptoms and I have never ONCE heard a doctor mention it.It's a bloody flu!!GET OVER IT! bloody pansies. I mean imagine convincing yourself that a pejorative term is a factual and clinical one?! Amazes me.


Excuse the psudo-rant but guys need to pull themselves together. MY father is the exact same. He could have a sprained ankle and keep workin on it but the minute he gets a flu the world comes crashing down around him. It's gas like.

She Devil

So the situation worsens, so much so he thinks he should be allowed play Playstation wrapped in a blanket!!!!

If it wasn't so funny I most definately would not be entertaining it, so we are in Day 3, he decided to stop me in my tracks by proving man flu exists, he came back to me with this found on the internet,

A rare strain of flu so powerful and so deadly it can only be matched by the Bubonic Plague and Aids. A incurable virus which has adapted to only effect the "XY" gene found in men. The virus attacks the immune system 10,000 times harder than the average flu virus, causing excruciating pain for the victim. Man Flu has no cure and prayers can save the forsaken life of the infected. The often deadly virus is mostly laughed at by women who sadly cannot contract "Man Flu"

So I looked at this and found it came from the urban dictionary along with an example of how a conversation might go when the poor fella is struck down with such illness
:
You: Awww, you poor fella.
Him: I'm DYING!
You: (Soothingly) Oh, you're not dying Cy.
Him: (Indignant) I AM! I have Man Flu!
You: Do you need some sympathy?
Him: Yes! But no one understands my pain...
You: I understa-
Him: NO YOU DO NOT!!!

I read this out to him and he said, "sounds familiar like i've heard it once a month for a whole week, maybe its my HORMONES!!"
He must be ill because i doubt he could be so brave ordinarily!

Clare Bear

LOL Make sure you say "Awwwww my pooooooor baby" a lot. Also take notes and use this behaviour against him when he's better and you want something expensive!

justsomebloke

as I point of note I think boots are selling a man flu survival kit which you may think of getting him.

see it is that serious that they had to bring out a survival kit:eek:

Zzippy

Lol, some of the posts on this thread. Can't believe some guys still pull the flu card when they're a little bit sick. Just back in work today from a heavy cold, (in our office its more appreciated if you stay out and don't infect everyone else!), and wouldn't dream of saying I have flu for fear of the slagging I'd get... :pac:

dfx-

This thread is further proof of the need for a men's health forum where this disease can be discussed properly than laughed at.

F.A.

Joe the Plumber wrote: »

as I point of note I think boots are selling a man flu survival kit which you may think of getting him.

see it is that serious that they had to bring out a survival kit:eek:

Yeah, there are even different brands. My best friend swears by red wine. I'd go for Baileys, but we are women, so what do we know. Guiness for you?

Pherekydes

She Devil wrote: »

A rare strain of flu so powerful and so deadly it can only be matched by the Bubonic Plague and Aids. A incurable virus which has adapted to only effect the "XY" gene found in men. The virus attacks the immune system 10,000 times harder than the average flu virus, causing excruciating pain for the victim. Man Flu has no cure and prayers can save the forsaken life of the infected. The often deadly virus is mostly laughed at by women who sadly cannot contract "Man Flu"

Obviously, he needs to be quarantined. Take no personal risks, yannowarrImean?

dfx- wrote: »

This thread is further proof of the need for a men's health forum where this disease can be discussed properly than laughed at.

LOL. Educate yourself. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/index.php?

GirlInterrupted

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

If your OH should die of this this post will haunt you forever. Man-flu is no laughing matter. You women will never know the pain, but you push a baby out of your vaginas and you go on and on...

Hmmm, push a baby out your vagina, after nine months of carrying around what effectively must feel like a bowling ball in your abdomen, one that kicks you in the liver, spleen, bladder et al without warning or reason. One that makes, I'm reliably informed, lying on your back a nightmare, lying on your front impossible and lying on your side merely supremely uncomfortable.

At the conclusion of this physical trial, hormonal hell, and tactical nightmare, you have labour to look forward to. This by all accounts, ain't pretty. Usually it starts with a gush of liquid from the vagina, but it could just start with the kind of pain that makes being dead from the neck down seem not just like a good idea, but a fair trade too. This can continue, with increasing intensity, for about two days.

After your probably agonising labour experience, the actual delivery is the cherry on the cake of the whole experience. The child, which can be between five and eleven pounds without being considered abnormal, is pushed by the contractions through your pelvis and out your vagina with such force that said vagina can literally be torn apart.

After the infant has entered the world in their own right, said vagina gets stictched up, with a needle and thread.

So much to look forward to.

And then theres man-'flu.

Sniffles, headsy rubsies, playstation while wrapped in a blankie, dinners in bed, hot drinkies, fussing, stroking, and much sympathy.

What am I saying? Obviously its much worse.....;)

Piste

I think sick guys are absolutely adorable! They get all cute and vulnerable and don't act all brave and manly, they're like cute little puppies.

My boyfiend is the exact opposite of the guys with their Man Flu though, it takes a lot to get him to even take a painkiller, I think he views modern medicine as some sort of witchcraft and thinks he can treat himself with manliness.

johnnyskeleton

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

Hmmm, push a baby out your vagina, after nine months of carrying around what effectively must feel like a bowling ball in your abdomen, one that kicks you in the liver, spleen, bladder et al without warning or reason. One that makes, I'm reliably informed, lying on your back a nightmare, lying on your front impossible and lying on your side merely supremely uncomfortable.

At the conclusion of this physical trial, hormonal hell, and tactical nightmare, you have labour to look forward to. This by all accounts, ain't pretty. Usually it starts with a gush of liquid from the vagina, but it could just start with the kind of pain that makes being dead from the neck down seem not just like a good idea, but a fair trade too. This can continue, with increasing intensity, for about two days.

After your probably agonising labour experience, the actual delivery is the cherry on the cake of the whole experience. The child, which can be between five and eleven pounds without being considered abnormal, is pushed by the contractions through your pelvis and out your vagina with such force that said vagina can literally be torn apart.

After the infant has entered the world in their own right, said vagina gets stictched up, with a needle and thread.

Exactly, you girls get a little vaginal laceration after pushing an object through a hole 5x smaller than it, and it's all "Oh, this is the worst pain the world, men can never understand what it's like". Is it any wonder you're called the weaker sex? Try having man flu for just 1 hour, and then you'll know.

Stheno

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Try having man flu for just 1 hour, and then you'll know.

You surely mean try coping with a man with manflu for just five minutes ???

Zaph

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

Hmmm, push a baby out your vagina, after nine months of carrying around what effectively must feel like a bowling ball in your abdomen, one that kicks you in the liver, spleen, bladder et al without warning or reason. One that makes, I'm reliably informed, lying on your back a nightmare, lying on your front impossible and lying on your side merely supremely uncomfortable.

At the conclusion of this physical trial, hormonal hell, and tactical nightmare, you have labour to look forward to. This by all accounts, ain't pretty. Usually it starts with a gush of liquid from the vagina, but it could just start with the kind of pain that makes being dead from the neck down seem not just like a good idea, but a fair trade too. This can continue, with increasing intensity, for about two days.

After your probably agonising labour experience, the actual delivery is the cherry on the cake of the whole experience. The child, which can be between five and eleven pounds without being considered abnormal, is pushed by the contractions through your pelvis and out your vagina with such force that said vagina can literally be torn apart.

After the infant has entered the world in their own right, said vagina gets stictched up, with a needle and thread.

So much to look forward to.

And then theres man-'flu.

Sniffles, headsy rubsies, playstation while wrapped in a blankie, dinners in bed, hot drinkies, fussing, stroking, and much sympathy.

What am I saying? Obviously its much worse.....;)

If it was really that bad no woman would ever have a second child, and yet many do quite willingly. It's not as if we go out of our way to catch manflu.


/awaits imminent de-modding

Nuravictus

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

Hmmm, push a baby out your vagina, after nine months of carrying around what effectively must feel like a bowling ball in your abdomen, one that kicks you in the liver, spleen, bladder et al without warning or reason. One that makes, I'm reliably informed, lying on your back a nightmare, lying on your front impossible and lying on your side merely supremely uncomfortable.

At the conclusion of this physical trial, hormonal hell, and tactical nightmare, you have labour to look forward to. This by all accounts, ain't pretty. Usually it starts with a gush of liquid from the vagina, but it could just start with the kind of pain that makes being dead from the neck down seem not just like a good idea, but a fair trade too. This can continue, with increasing intensity, for about two days.

After your probably agonising labour experience, the actual delivery is the cherry on the cake of the whole experience. The child, which can be between five and eleven pounds without being considered abnormal, is pushed by the contractions through your pelvis and out your vagina with such force that said vagina can literally be torn apart.

After the infant has entered the world in their own right, said vagina gets stictched up, with a needle and thread.

Most men feel this pain in the toliet after a bad curry.

Pherekydes

Zaph wrote: »

If it was really that bad no woman would ever have a second child...

You're now officially trolling in your own forum. Ban yourself.

Pherekydes

Nuravictus wrote: »

Most men feel this pain in the toliet after a bad curry.

Jeez. :eek: I've never had a curry (or anything else) that split me open, or required stitches.

brianthebard

Hmm, on the subject of sympathy; I have a slipped disc. I'm not sure I'm getting as much sympathy as I should be entitled to, how can I remedy this situation?

Miss Cellaneous

jaybee747 wrote: »

I know his pain, i myself am in the process of recovering from my flu, i was struck down about 10 days ago with the blighter, I think you need to make sure he's comfortable at all times, remote is not to far from reach and your not out of ear shot,just in case he has to call you. He needs to be pampered until he is ready to recover, should be a week atleast.

should be a week at least , Hah, Two years ago my OH had the hundred day flu,now thats really pushing it.

bumbletumble

a few years back i printed out "the latest cure for the flu" (or so he thought)off the net and showed it to my then other half and because I wanted to look after him so much i followed it step by step!!! he didnt stay sick for very long!

List ws something like this.
Ice cold bed baths (for the fever)
clear soup (because any other food would upset his poor tummy anymore)
freshly squezzed lemon juice (for his throat)
and the telly out of the Bedroom (so he could get rest and the light would give him anymore sore heads)

worked a treat hehe

Zaph

Pherekydes wrote: »

You're now officially trolling in your own forum. Ban yourself.

That's mild, you've obviously never seen me in action here after I've been drinking. Let's just say my fellow mods are very understanding...

nkay1985

GirlInterrupted wrote: »

If a man can get out of bed and get to the bathroom alone, its not 'flu.
If he can eat unaided, its not 'flu.
If he can whine endlessly, its not 'flu.
If he can request his favourite foods, its not 'flu.
If he demands head rubs, its not 'flu.

If he lies in his own urine, sweating from a fever of 102degrees, if he's delirious and hallucinating, if he can't eat, can barely drink water, can't follow a conversation, doesn't know his own name, and feels like his head is being kicked from the inside out, then theres a chance its actual 'flu.

Yeah, that sounds like man flu alright.

Trinity

Ah one of my favourite ads that was around a few years ago was a man going out to work and being berought back by the grim reaper cos he had a cold.

Anyone know what it was for? It was defo an ad and not a comedy sketch!