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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: . https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:09:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php carter on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength/page/2#post-1238083 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 20:59:53 +0000 carter 1238083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Tex, you are so right! Funny how the wife/mom is always expected to be a functioning member of the family no matter what. Thank heavens we have the fortitude to handle the job. Thanks, Chouette! It is comforting to know that I'm not the only one who has to deal with this. We'll be here for you next time your husband gets a cold! Thanks, Marmee. I think we're coming out of it. Yesterday the doctor told him it shouldn't last more than 7 days. He started his count last Thursday when the offending virus invaded. Mid morning today, he said, "today's the 7th day, so I should be well enough to go to the office for a few hours." Yippee! The Man Flu! Love that, Glory! Thanks, Aquamarine. Sometimes it's either laugh or curl up in a little ball. I'll take laughter! Aquamarine on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength/page/2#post-1238041 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 20:13:33 +0000 Aquamarine 1238041@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ HAHAHAHA laughing out loud here! Carter, you are hysterical. Glory on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength/page/2#post-1237791 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:58:53 +0000 Glory 1237791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ We call that the Man Flu! Marmee on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength/page/2#post-1237790 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:58:11 +0000 Marmee 1237790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I could have written this exact same post about my husband.  Good grief!  You have my sympathy. chouette22 on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength/page/2#post-1237784 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:54:08 +0000 chouette22 1237784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What a hilarious thread - thanks for the chuckles everyone. Carter, I love your writing and I definitely recognize my husband in your depictions! texstyle on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength/page/2#post-1237703 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:07:32 +0000 texstyle 1237703@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ And when you get sick I'm imagining you drag yourself out of bed to fix him breakfast and he wonders why you aren't in a better mood? carter on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237679 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:51:32 +0000 carter 1237679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh IK, that's hysterical. Thanks for the laugh this morning! ironkurtin on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237666 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:43:31 +0000 ironkurtin 1237666@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Carter, my boy was raised by wolves. I know this because when he is sick he will crawl into a hole and knaw on his own leg rather than admit he is sick. When he had a wisdom tooth pulled and shards were left in his jaw, he refused painkillers until I called the dentist and told them to FIX IT. He cut off part of his finger at work and grunted. He took live typhoid vaccine, which, if you thank goodness have never had typhoid, is actually a heinous stomach ailment, and was basically annoyed he had to stop working every so often to visit the bathroom. On the other hand, the minute a dog barks in the night he sits bolt upright, throwing the covers off BOTH of us (me sleeping soundly, thank you very much) and screams WILL THAT EFFING DOG SHUT UP SO I CAN SLEEP?! And I won't even discuss what happens when he can't open a jar. So I guess we all have our Waterloos... carter on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237633 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:18:06 +0000 carter 1237633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Lyn*, it sounds to me like Boy is a definite keeper! Astrid, how funny that your dad is on the opposite end of the spectrum. It would probably make me just as nuts if something were seriously wrong, yet he hid it. Lyn D, he did get a flu shot this year, which led him to the conclusion that he has some very rare and exotic strain of the flu never before seen in this country! Gigi, I did leave yesterday for an extended period of "errand running". Somehow Whole Foods and Office Max took me 4 hours. If he doesn't shape up, I hear Nordstrom's calling my name. Deborah, so sorry you have a similar situation. I hope your husband is back on his feet quickly. April, that's hysterical! Shedev, you are a lucky woman! LACeleste on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237623 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:08:48 +0000 LACeleste 1237623@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Sorry your hus is sick Carter.  Sounds like you have done an outstanding job of doting on him.  Hope he feels better and your Florence N. days (and nights) are over soon! shedev on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237614 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:51:38 +0000 shedev 1237614@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'm lucky. Hedev is just a little grumpier than usual when he's sick. And he's only sick once or twice a year. April on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237530 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:53:45 +0000 April 1237530@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Carter, my first husband once asked me -- without a trace of irony -- why it was that when he got an illness that I or my son had also had, he always got it so much more severely. My response:  "Um...could it be... PERSPECTIVE?" ;) Deborah on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237439 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 07:17:43 +0000 Deborah 1237439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Carter, you are so funny and I totally hear you! My DH is this very minute bundled up on bed with the flu!! I made sure he had all he needed this morning and the. I went out!! Gigi on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237421 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 06:21:13 +0000 Gigi 1237421@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh my. I'm so sorry, Carter...what an ordeal. It's times like this that I'm glad I'm single! Maybe you could go on an extended shopping trip tomorrow so that you don't have to hear him whine... Lyn D. on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237416 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 06:16:35 +0000 Lyn D. 1237416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Commiserations, how about he gets a Flu Jab next year, then you can say 'You only have a Cold' ? Whenever I pass-on a virus to my DH, he ALWAYS is twice as sick as I was-(in his own mind) ... Astrid on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237405 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 05:53:44 +0000 Astrid 1237405@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh, I'm sorry Carter! I hope he's better soon... My dad is more the type that suffers silently, similar to Rabbit's DH. When I was a teen he played soccer and when he came home one day after playing a game he said during dinner conversation that he was tackled by one of the others. But nothing more. He went about everything in the usual way and my mum left for a conference. Very late in the evening he suddenly tells me to listen in on my sister and brothers, he would drive to emergency to get checked out. I was like - huh? Turns out he had fractured his right clavicle multiple times, he had to have surgery twice to get the metal in and out of the body. Years later he told me he couldn't even lift his right arm up high enough to change the gear, he had to do it with the left arm... So irresponsible! lyn* on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237317 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:17:44 +0000 lyn* 1237317@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Haha, it's totally a man thing. My dad will go and gather ALL the blankets from his bed and set up a nest in the living room because if he was in his BEDROOM we might FORGET about how miserable he was. Boy is good at being sick though, he usually doesn't need much. Soup and video games and he's set. carter on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237315 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:12:14 +0000 carter 1237315@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Sara, what is it with men? Sveta, if he contaminates me, he is so doing carpool, cooking, shopping, fetching me food and water and listening to me whine for days on end! Thistle, yes, the noises! What's up with that? If they're quiet for 10 minutes, do they really think we'll forget how miserable they are? Thistle on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237298 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:00:52 +0000 Thistle 1237298@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I totally sympathize!  I have a DH exactly like this when he is sick. And all the noises they make so you know just how sick they are! I usually just give him the bedroom and take the guest room. At least then I can sleep. Sveta on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237292 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 02:55:23 +0000 Sveta 1237292@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Like Suz I send you my sympathies and laughing at this thread. Now you know what you should be doing when you get flu... carter on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237280 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 02:43:41 +0000 carter 1237280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh, CC! My husband's hair hurt too! For the record, his temp was 100.5 today. My son's school says he has to stay home if his temp is 101 or higher. And yes, I had a great time at the graduation, and I thought her boyfriend was wonderful. Sara L. on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237276 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 02:38:04 +0000 Sara L. 1237276@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ So funny!  Yes, my husband is kind of a baby too when he's sick.  I don't think he's as bad as yours though. Classically Casual on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237265 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 02:29:06 +0000 Classically Casual 1237265@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh, Carter, I hope you still got to enjoy your daughter's graduation. My friend's hubby recently complained, amongst a long list of complaints, that he was so sick his hair hurt. It was a cold. carter on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237199 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:47:48 +0000 carter 1237199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Rabbit, on the "grass is always greener" spectrum, I suppose we're both living in pastures but don't know it! Thanks, Columbine. Rachylou cracks me up nearly everyday! Suz, I'll be laughing with you in hindsight, I'm sure! Yes, it certainly can JAileen! JAileen on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237183 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:33:47 +0000 JAileen 1237183@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I'm so sorry you've had to go through this ordeal. It can be very annoying. Suz on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237182 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:33:19 +0000 Suz 1237182@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh, Carter -- I am so sorry for your frustrations, but this thread has given me a terrific laugh! YLF is full of witty comediennes - -including you!  columbine(erin) on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237157 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:15:50 +0000 columbine(erin) 1237157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Carter, I hope he feels better soon and you get a break! Rachylou, you crack me up!  rabbit on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237148 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:06:04 +0000 rabbit 1237148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Aw sending you much sympathy with your large infant.   Hope it passes soon.  You are being a great mom! On the flip side, you could have a British husband, who will decline to mention that he's severely dehydrated and has stomach flu before setting out on a hike (necessitating you frantically begging for more water from passerby's when he collapses and turns white and then having to basically carry him down a mountain).  When left to his own devices while sick, he will simply not eat or drink or purchase or take medicine as he 'waits for it to pass' or until I have to hunt down antibiotics and contemplate getting him to an IV drip by rickshaw in Nepal.  He refers to a compound fracture of the elbow from mountain biking  (that got infected because he went hiking in the rain with a new cast which then had to be reopened) as 'a bit of a bump'.   Stiff upper lips can majorly suck.   At least you know he's alive in there as he calls for more pillows. ;) ETA:  Also at first I misread what you wrote as 'I hand washed his sweaty toes' and I was thinking, wow, that is devotion. :D carter on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237136 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:54:14 +0000 carter 1237136@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Pil, you are one lucky woman! Oh no, DonnaF! Five and a half years I have to keep my fingers crossed he doesn't get shingles! On the bright side, now I know what I'm getting him for his 60th! carter on "." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/give-me-strength#post-1237133 Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:50:20 +0000 carter 1237133@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Rachylou, romantic it ain't! AK, so faking sleep kicking next time! Crutcher, keep those good vibes coming!