Men are so stupid...

[hannahb]

DH had a man cold. I told him he would feel better if he sweat it out a little so he went to the gym. He came back 3 hours later and stated "you were wrong, I feel worse". When I said sweat it out I didn't mean 3 hours of basketball!
Anyone else have a silly husband story?

[mrsjthompson]

DH is having IT band issues. He refuses to believe me when I tell him its not actually his knee that is hurt, but probably coming from glute/hip weakness.  He is "resting" for 2 weeks, which apparently involves icing for 10 minutes once a day, riding an exercise bike at the gym twice a week, and not doing any squats, lunges, IT strengthening exercises, or anything that resembles something that would actually help the situation.  No, no, DH, don't take MY advice.  Please keep complaining about it instead.

[gt7301b]

Man colds are the worst!!!

MR GT caught a cold (from me) the first week of summer break last year and wouldn't stop talking about how I ruined his break. YOU GET TWO FREAKING MONTHS OFF, SHUT UP.

He also sneezed once before his last marathon and still tells people that is why he didn't PR.

[emuni04]

My H is the expert on EVERYTHING fitness related even though he works out maybe like 10 times per year.

It's annoying.

And when he gets on one of his kicks, he likes to critique every meal I'm making. Oh yes, I'm sure the whole wheat pasta I served tonight is the main contributer to your weight issues, and not those three beers.

[emilyinchile]

In the 8 years we've been together, my husband has never been sick. He's sneezed or coughed but never been sick beyond maybe sleeping in a bit to feel better. I find this incredibly stupid because I'm jealous.

[jchokie79]

None fitness related but I sent DH to the store last weekend. Had avocado on the list and he brought home a baby papaya. True story.

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Feb 11, 2014 17:51:24 GMT -5 jchokie79 said:

None fitness related but I sent DH to the store last weekend. Had avocado on the list and he brought home a baby papaya. True story.

I sent my husband to the store once for corn and he brought back corn chips because they were out of ears of corn.

[runaways]

Feb 11, 2014 21:37:30 GMT -5 @jb said:

Feb 11, 2014 17:51:24 GMT -5 jchokie79 said:

None fitness related but I sent DH to the store last weekend. Had avocado on the list and he brought home a baby papaya. True story.

I sent my husband to the store once for corn and he brought back corn chips because they were out of ears of corn.

Both of these made me LOL for real.

[gt7301b]

Feb 11, 2014 21:37:30 GMT -5 @jb said:

Feb 11, 2014 17:51:24 GMT -5 jchokie79 said:

None fitness related but I sent DH to the store last weekend. Had avocado on the list and he brought home a baby papaya. True story.

I sent my husband to the store once for corn and he brought back corn chips because they were out of ears of corn.

I actually have a sweet one here, mr GT went to the store for flour and brought back flour and flowers.

[Susie]

Calvin has a man cold right now, and ugh. For someone who is such a know it all (whether he actually knows it all or not) when it comes to my nutrition and training, he is scary about taking care of himself when he has a cold.

First he'll insist on not taking anything for it, I don't know, because he's tough?

And then when I tell him to take something to treat symptoms because it'll actually ease recovery not to have produced all that gunk in your sinuses in the first place, he takes like 14 different duplicative things. Advil + Tylenol? Sure!  Advil + Theraflu?  Sure!  He also once told me he took Tums because he had diarrhea. FFS. CAN YOU NOT READ? It's like he reverts to being a child and needed someone to pick out his meds for him. Kills me.

Last night he even asked me (again) if he should go to the doctor to get abx to "knock this thing out" since we're supposed to visit my parents this weekend (my mom is on chemo).  You have a COLD.  WHAT DO YOU THINK ABX ARE GOING TO DO FOR YOU?  This was his 2nd Dr. suggestion of the week.  The first was because he had a muscle knot.



I don't usually complain too much about him because he's usually a good dude, but I cannot abide Sick Calvin.  I'm also pissed because I feel like I have a little post nasal drip this AM, which is how his cold started. THANKS FOR THAT.

[shorewife]

Doesn't matter what my advice is, he only believes it if he hears it from ANYONE other than me (i.e., news, friends, etc).