I used to be! But now... I have no time to be! LOL I can't give Mancold Babying to DH. I guess I should make more of an effort? ... 
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Same. I have very little patience and compassion for a mancold....I should try to be nicer!
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I do my best to be caring and nurturing, and I'll make him food, get him tea, ect, but sometimes he's just way too over dramatic when he's sick lol.
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Yes. UNLESS I am also sick.
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I don't baby him, but I also don't nag him about anything. I don't like being sick, either.
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Haha I depends on how sick I think he is! He has the tendency to fudge things...I like to be nice to him; I just don't always the time or energy...he gets over it lol
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My DH doesn't get man-flu - he battles on when he is sick, even when his arthritis flares up - so if he's moaning that he feels ill (like once week when he takes some awful medication) he is feeling really, really ill. I'm still horrible to him, though! Bad wife!
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I am, because he is soooooo overly good to me when I'm sick. We'll see what happens when kids come into play.
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I've read so many posts online over the years about how men are babies when they're sick... so now when I'm sick, I try not to say anything about it.
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Depends who you ask
I think I am, he thinks I am not. He says "men just feel worse then they are sick than women do." I say "women are used to feeling crappy and have adapted to suck it up way better than men do." That being said, I'll go with him to the doctor, I will make him food and retrieve him a blanket and make him tea. But I won't oh-poor-baby him and if he whimpers, he WILL get the eyebrow.
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DH has a cold right now and acts like he can't get off the couch. He says I'm being mean to him because I'm not babying him.... but I'm 6.5 months pregnant, working full time, and doing everything for the baby AND him while he sits on the couch.... I don't see where there's any left over time to baby him.
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@mrbee: Poor Mr.Bee! I think it's okay to whine a little bit; no one likes to be sick and it really is awful. I think men & women should be tolerated w/ a little whining and get babied a little bit
Although I am definitely the bigger baby when it comes to being sick!
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@mrbee: Aw, that's a little sad! I don't know, maybe I'm just lucky and my H is the one guy who doesn't become a big baby with a cold, but I sometimes wonder if this isn't something of an exaggerated urban legend
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I would be a lot nicer if he would finally quit smoking!!! I see his colds/bronchitis/sinus issues as largely self inflicted. For the record he never smokes in the house to protect me and LO, and he has switched largely to e-cigs, but he is still smoking about 4 or 5 regular cigs a day and just will not give them up and it annoys the crap out of me. So I tend to not be very nice when he gets sick.
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I was never sympathetic toward my ex who had frequent mancold syndrome. But I'd do anything to take care of my wife when she's sick. Drive to another town to get her comfort food, go get medicine in the middle of the night, have tea and a bath running for her when she gets home from work. It makes me sad when she's sick.
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I try to be nice to him... but I often find myself thinking he is exaggerating things. I guess because I feel like women just tough it out when we aren't feeling 100% and he should too. That being said, I always bring him meds, make him food, tuck him in, etc.
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Nope!
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Lol no. I'm an awful nurse. BUT I am sympathetic if there is a fever and/or throwing up involved. Just a mild cold, I can't handle the whining!
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It depends. If he is taking medicine, and doing the home remedies I suggest to help him feel better, then I'm nice. If he chooses not to DO anything about it, and just wants to sit on the couch and pout, he gets no sympathy.
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He's way nicer to me when I'm sick than I am to him...but that's because he thinks it's hilarious to try to kiss me when he's sick, so I am forced to stay far far away!
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No I'm horrible, lol. Well it's more he irritates me when he's sick by complaining and sniffing and actually now I have to look after a LO when I'm sick I have even less sympathy. I'm working on becoming more Florence Nightingale- like though. In total contrast, when LO is sick, there is nothing I won't do for her.
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If he has more than a mancold (flu) I'm sympathetic. When he has a throat tickle and can't seem to find the energy to unload the dishwasher? Kiss my arse. I can't stop being a mom, cleaner, worker for little crap like that!
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I am, but he babies the shit out of me when I'm sick. I'm nice in that I'll bring him whatever he needs--food, medicine, blankets, etc. But i won't let him germ all over me and I don't go "aw poor you" all day long, either.
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Haha he rarely gets sick, and even when he does, he doesn't act sick.
I'm nice. I make him chicken soup, make sure he takes meds and gets lots of fluids. -
I used to be before we had LO but now I just get annoyed that there's an additional person whining all the time (I just realized that sounds mean). DH is sick right now and he is driving me crazy! I cook soup and make him fresh squeezed OJ but I don't baby him emotionally the way I used to. Ain't no one got time for that!
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I try to be, but that's only because I need him in top form to help with LO!
But really, my husband does 50% of the baby care around here so I prefer it when he's well. Right now we're BOTH sick, as is our LO, so only LO is getting babied.
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Nope. I'm horrible. I had a c-section and was up & walking around in six hours.
My husband gets the sniffles and acts like it's the plague. He even over exaggerates coughs or sneezes and I'm all, "nope. Better luck next time!"
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I try to be, but he tries my patience when he's being a baby about little things...
I think I am, he thinks I am not. He says "men just feel worse then they are sick than women do." I say "women are used to feeling crappy and have adapted to suck it up way better than men do." 
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