An accurate reenactment of what it’s like in our house during winter

Unfortunately, this starts as Little Man Cold. My five year old son has suffered from it since birth. Yet, my three year old daughter sucks it up and moves on when she’s sick.

Fortunately, I learned early to threaten all male members of the family with a trip to the Emergency Room (with the promise of lots of shots) if they whine excessively about a lousy cold.

We women are the superior species after all. you could always slip a little something to help him sleep into the soup then get some lovely quiet time : ) (or is that just for the kids?)

MAN COLD. Ha!

Try dating the only son of a nurse. Even more pathetic, if that’s possible.

Why is it that they can tell you how they broke their leg on the football field and tried to drag themselves back up to play, but a little cold puts them in bed for a week, whining for hot tea…(can you heat this up…it doesn’t taste right, can you make some more?)and breathing like they’re in a Lamaze class, with a huge sigh thrown in every five minutes.

Every wall-rattling sneeze is followed by “shit,” every coughing fit is followed by “Oh, God!” If it’s the flu, you can hear him puking from every room on both floors of the house. I took video of the dog stopping dead in her tracks on front of the bathroom door and not moving…just cocking her head back and forth. Who pukes like that???? I gave birth to 3 kids and never made a peep…’cause I was raised like that.

Puh-lease.

And now he feels a kidney stone coming on….circle the wagons. I’m outta here.

As my grandmother always said…When men get sick, they get that “Come get me, Jesus” look on their faces.

Jeff… duuuude.

Me and my girl at the office watched this 3 times. We laughed and laughed til our boss said, “Get back to work”. Men are such babies. I LOVE THIS ONE!

This was hilarious.

Although I think it doesn’t just stop at Man Cold, but extends to Man Headache, Man Backache, and Man Tummy-ache as well.

And don’t ever try to fight a mancold with anything stronger than Sudafed. I gave my husband codeine when we were traveling because I thought it would make him pass out long enough for me to get a good night’s sleep at the hotel…WRONG! I wake up at 3 a.m. and he’s watching the O’Reilly Factor (wtf?) at full volume on the t.v. and chatting up my brother and sister-in-law about their latest trip to Burning Man.

Apparently, he felt the high was just too good to waste on sleeping.

Following on from what Z. said on comment #68, this time of the year in England is also known as “Man Flu season”, and funny enough people immediately understand the expression. Ask for the whereabouts of a male friend to their partner and they’ll go “Ah, he’s not here tonight, he’s got man flu”, and no one will need further explanation.
My other half is luckily built “like a brick sh*t house” (another enjoyable British expression), but he loves to complain about his running top rubbing on his nipples, which I suppose makes him a sufferer of, uhm, Man NippleRash?
(My oh my, how I hate that word!)

Hiiiilarious. I’m forwarding to my mother and all of my girlfriends right now. So true. Although I can’t complain too much – my fiance gets sick like once every three years, but he still acts completely pathetic.

erm.. I’m a little ashamed to admit that it’s the other way around in our house. I throw myself into a pile of duvets in the lounge and bitch and moan for a week, while the boy goes to work and shakes his head at me whenever I beg for more painkillers.

Nice to know that the men across the “pond” suffer from the same man colds that our homegrown guys do.

I laughed so hard I almost had to call 911 for oxygen.

Thanks!

Around last year when I had a cold, my bf came by and made me soup and sat and watched bad TV with me while I was in my Nyquil-induced coma, even though he had a big test the next day. I thought is was just the nicest thing ever…until he started bringing it up every time I wanted him to do something:
Me: I’ve asked you a million times to put your socks in the hamper.
Him: But I made you soup when you were sick!

Now he’s not allowed to do anything for me when I’m sick.

Honestly, it was Campbell’s soup. He microwaved that shit.

A man will go to war, fight and die for his country. But he won’t get a bikini wax. – Rita Rudner

You think this is the worst part? Oh no! The worst part is when you get the cold and he treats you the way he wants to be treated when he has the cold. And the only thing you want from this shall-I-get-you-soup-pillow-book man, with your red, red eyes; scratchy, scratchy throat; and sore, sore nose is just to bloody well be left alone.

But he means well.

Cheers!

Oh, this made me hurt myself. I was drinking coffee when they got to the “He’s got a MAN cold” line and I think I blew it into my eardrums.

I would’ve hit him in the head with that bell. just sayin’.

A Man Cold! Hee hee hee.

I feel like I’ve just watched my own life flash before my eyes.
I need a drink…

SO true!!

holy. mother. of. jesus. that is completely accurate. well, besides the fun accent. we don’t have that.

Man Cold! HA!

I think the best part is the guy mocking the girl for her cold at the end. Too funny. Cause, well, that’s how it is.

Why don’t you just let Chuck eat the Cheerios? You’re just going to throw them away anyway when you get home?

He must be hungry. Just let him eat them. What’s it going to hurt? … Well? What’s it going to hurt? Why be so uptight and high strung? Settle down. The poor dog is not doing anything wrong. Just relax. Seriously.

That’s awesome!

Now, this isn’t related to winter or being sick, but it’s gotta be the funniest video on youtube at the moment.