When your husband complains of an earache and stuffiness for weeks on end, you may want to offer up a bit of sympathy rather than rolling your eyes at him. He may just have a double ear infection, sinus infection and popped eardrum.
Just something to keep in mind.
{Sorry, honey.}
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That’s a pretty big oopsie! :(
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oops! I think most of us have been there though. :(
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Yikes. Though rarely do I get a sympathetic ear from my wife. Did she help you write this?
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Scary Mommy Reply:
November 11th, 2009 at 9:23 am
It must be universal. If you men weren’t such babies, we’d be more sympathetic!
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I’m sure he deserved the lack of attention if he’s anything like my husband who acts like he is dying when he has a cold! You’ll make it up to him with extra love today I’m sure!
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hi there! First time on your blog came over from Suburban Scrawl . Love your blog name & layout! Can’t wait to read more!
Hope your hubby is ok. I think I would have made the same “oops”! :)
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I just went through that but with my husband it was the flu and strep throat. I thought he was just being a big wuss. I mean, c’mon, it’s not like it’s childbirth or anything.
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That’s awful. Did he have the ear flush?
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Haha– men cry wolf too much so what’s a girl to do? Hope he gets to feeling better though!
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OOPS!! Been there done that!
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Thank god it’s not the Man Flu !
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Oops! You sure screwed up. But, it’s damn funny from this end.
Justine :o )
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Oh good. It’s not just me.
Men are wimps regardless of how many ears are infected or just plugged. I jumped out of the hospital (moments after a c-section) with twins and infant in tow to run from Hurricane IKE! Later camping out with relatives; sans electricity, hot water, and the IV drugs I was promised by my physician.
So 9 months later, after hubs got the big cut, and whined incessantly for a whole weekend via the couch and refusing to help with his 3 offspring, I had little patience. I read the take home info. He was suppose to feel just a little sore (like someone knee-ed hinm in the groin) with full recovery in two days. You’d think they had cut them off.
I knew then, and after checking his one stitch every few hours, this man knows no real pain…………
Don’t beat yourself up, Scary Mommy!
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Well…. if he had just went to the dr sooner then you would have known and you wouldn’t have had to roll your eyes like that. I’m pretty sure we can always find a way to turn it around on to them, at least most of the time anyway.
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I have ear problems all the time when I get a cold–my heart goes out to him because that shit hurts!!!!!!
I don’t get sinus infections anymore because I finally broke down last winter and bought a neti pot. Have him buy one, it’s amazing.
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At least it wasn’t one of the kids… : )
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Hope he gets to feeling better. But how were you supposed to know? Not your fault. It never is. HaHa!
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It’s his fault he didn’t know how to express his feelings properly and whine..I mean communicate appropriately (-:
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My hubby tries not to admit that he’s sick.. He gets no rest at home. It’s easier to catch a nap at the office if it’s necessary. When he DOES admit it tho, he’s down for the count. Tiptoe thru the house and keep the kids quiet or outside is better!
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but…usually he doesn’t. Usually he’s just being a big, fat baby.
I’ve had one of these, too. DH complained that his cold was so much worse than mine (I had it the week before) and it turned out to be ear and sinus infections topped with bronchitis. Oops.
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How are you supposed to tell the difference between that and a man cold? They are usually such babies about stuff like that. There’s no way you could have known.
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Well, if they wouldn’t whine EVERY time they got the sniffles, you wouldn’t tune them out…
Poor dude! He deserves a Thoddy!
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Yeah — Last fall Fix kept complaining about what I thought was a little bite on his leg. Turns out it was a staph infection. Oops!
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My husband didn’t believe me when I told him I was in labor, so I’m totally allowed to overlook his ailments.
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So you pushed a Buick out of your vagina- MAN UP dude!
sorry- Hubby (mine) is notorious for playing ‘my ache is worse than yours’….I have no sympathy.
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I was a total bitch to Dennis when he had the Swine Flu last week.
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Uh-oh.
Don’t feel bad. If men didn’t cry wolf so often, maybe they would be taken more seriously.
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Oh no! That’s exactly the way I behave when my hub complains. I mean, come on, he whines abut EVERYTHING. How am I supposed to know when he’s really sick?
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Oh dear… I’m not the best nurse either. Hope he’s better soon!
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When my husband tells me he’s sick, I can’t help but think of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.”
Hugs and Mocha,
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Aw…hope he feels better soon!
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Whoops. I’m the same way, though. 95 percent of the time he’s being a baby, so it’s hard not t0 roll my eyes 100 percent of the time. Surprisingly, telling one’s husband to “stop acting like a dumbass” when he’s having a diabetic low leaves one feeling a little guilty.
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Ah man, that is not good. It sucks when their whining really is b/c of something.
Hope he feels better soon.
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That is HILARIOUS! My husband is such a baby! Last year he got a cold and stayed in bed for 3 days and was complaining and complaining then we found out he was allergic to his eye meds and his fever shot up to 103. I really felt bad for him then.
He gets a sniffle and he is in bed.
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Eeek – poor guy. I hope he feels better soon!
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Ick! It’s so hard to know with men. I thought you were going to say that you should be sympathetic because you might have it next! That’s me right now.
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I could really use that pointer (I’m trying hard not to roll my eyes.)
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WOOPSEE!!!!
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Ouch, I hope he’s feeling better soon!
Still the eye roll cracks me up because us wives have literally no bedside manner because (most) men are such babies when they even have the smallest runny nose!
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You are just trying to keep him TOUGH! Too much sympathy makes a man soft!
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Sound advice mama!
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This one time, my husband was sick. I had already planned a trip to my parents’ two hours away, so I left him on the couch. Figured he’d be just fine. Couple hours later he calls, says some wacky stuff, and informs me that his temperature is 105. DEGREES. FARENHEIT.
And all I could say was, “Sorry, hon. Take some ibuprofen?” You know, because I was two hours away already.
He still brings that up to this day.
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Oh no!!! It’s hard to find sympathy for my husband though because the last 3 times he thought he was ‘dying,’ he went to the ER and they told him they had gas. Yup, 3 times in a row.
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So been there and then I feel like such a bitch. But in my defense–he can be such a baby when he isn’t feeling so hot. And he gets to leave early from work to come home.
So not fair. I would do anything for a day off!
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Thanks for the tip! I’ll try to keep it in mind next time I’m complaining about my hubby being sick.
P.S. I just subscribed to your feed – I hope I made your day:)
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you’re indeed a good wife.. keep up the good work!..have a nice day
hope to hear from you soon..
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are ya sure he wasn’t faking!!!
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In your defense, most of the time husbands complain, they’re just being babies. Odds were against him actually being sick.
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If husbands didn’t have the propensity to mimic the Boy Who Cried Wolf, they might get our sympathies sooner. ;) Hope your hubby feels better soon! :)
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Oooops. My 13 year old had this same problem in the Spring. I was convinced he was fine until he said it sounded like I was talking to him under water. Yikes. Even though the doctor tried to make me feel better by saying that it’s okay to wait these things out because they mostly take care of themselves, my son would NOT let me live it down.
How’s hubby now?
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Is it bad that I was laughing! That sounds like what I would have done!
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