I understand a lot of what he's saying. I'm a realist, but the part about the 'tingling in the arm" pisses me off.
I firmly believe DH would be alive today if he talked to me about the tingling in his arm. This is the only area where men as a whole piss me off: not wanting to go to a doctor and/or not admitting that there may be a medical issue that needs to be looked at.
"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
Post by PeonyParty on Apr 30, 2014 12:58:36 GMT -5
Some of these are a given- like, if my husband goes to a bar to write for three hours at night, I assume I know what he's eating (bar food). Who cares? But hiding your potential medical issues? Nope. That's terrible. He even admits if he goes to a doctor about it, that makes it real. Just go to the doctor already dude.
I also think there is probably some correlation between the secrecy in #1 to the frequency in #4.
I like how this chucklefuck decided to turn "things I personally don't want to tell my wife" into "things all guys shouldn't tell their wives" and posted it on the internet. If I turn it into an advice article on the internet that means I am right...right!?
Go to the doctor, dude. And tell Karel to start spelling her name right. Omg.
I understand a lot of what he's saying. I'm a realist, but the part about the 'tingling in the arm" pisses me off.
I firmly believe DH would be alive today if he talked to me about the tingling in his arm. This is the only area where men as a whole piss me off: not wanting to go to a doctor and/or not admitting that there may be a medical issue that needs to be looked at.
I think H and I both know that when we have a night to ourselves and a meal is involved, we will most likely be eating something on the crappie side. Lol
The rest, other than the health stuff, is just silly.
Right?! Just because you don't print off your web history every week or show her your receipts when she gets home, doesn't mean she's completely clueless. Or maybe she is; her name is Karel.
I'm with flex. My DH was doing jack shit about the tingling mole on his arm until I asked about it. (Surprise! Melanoma.) Thankfully I browbeat him into calling a derm the next day. He was slightly more proactive with the lump on his testicle (also cancer) but I had to push to get him to ask for an appointment sooner than 4 weeks out.
My parents have the same thing. Including my mom's insistence that my step dad get a mole checked out and it turned out to be basal cell.
Now my mom has a trick. When she goes in for her annual physical, she asks the doc to call her H and make an appointment. My step dad is under the belief that his doctor keeps tabs on his visits and makes sure he comes in once a year. It's a little dishonest, but he wouldn't go at my mom's insistence alone. :shrug:
Post by Dumbledork on Apr 30, 2014 13:51:00 GMT -5
I could be wrong, but I think this guy writes for one of the magazines I used to get. Parents or Parenting, maybe? I don't remember, but the wife had a similarly stupid name. Karel sounds familiar and his articles were always crap.
The medical thing pisses me off. DH kept putting off having his ankle checked out and really only eventually went so I would stop nagging him. Yea, it was good I was pestering him so much. The surgeon told him that if he'd waited any longer, it would have been too bad to fix with this procedure and it'd be unlikely he could continue in his current career.
I understand a lot of what he's saying. I'm a realist, but the part about the 'tingling in the arm" pisses me off.
I firmly believe DH would be alive today if he talked to me about the tingling in his arm. This is the only area where men as a whole piss me off: not wanting to go to a doctor and/or not admitting that there may be a medical issue that needs to be looked at.
I'm sorry, flex. Ddh is the other end of the spectrum: he went in for a physical scheduled months ahead and within 24 hours he was on an onc floor. I swear to God, I thought "Gee, the hospital must be very busy today to just put people willynilly on an onc floor." Denial, this is MBJ.