People being sick...

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ok, this is a question about men being sick vs women being sick. these are personal observations, so don't go chopping my head off...why is it when a woman is sick she still does the grocery shopping, the cooking, the cleaning, the running of kids to various appointments, the child minding and when a man is sick all he can do is complain, and lay there like a bump on a log? currently my darling normally wonderful husband is sick. i have been much sicker than him in recent months and i still accomplished quite a bit. i also did not complain but for breaking down crying once because i was frustrated that the baby had spent most of the day in the pack and play (other than receiving his bottles and clean diapers) because i was afraid to lift him too often because of physically weak i was. right now, the baby is sick, he has an ear infection. he has an appointment on monday (the soonest they had) to go to the doc. my husband called in sick today to work because he was just too sick to work. two nights ago he missed taking our son to occupational therapy because he "just didn't feel up to it". when i was sick with the afore mentioned sickness, i drove my son to an appointment, spent 6 hours at one job, and then another 5 at the other. i also still managed to do the laundry and cook for all of the people in the house who were not sick, which was every one. my husband is currently complaining that he can't even eat his ramen noodles. when i tell him that if it hurts that much he needs to go the e.r, his response is "oh, i'm not that bad". what???? what is that? why is it like this? why can't i call in sick and do NOTHING when i'm sick? why can't i stop doing the dishes and taking out the trash and caring for the kids? and guys, if you aren't like this when you are sick, please let me know, after all, i'd love to know if my husband is the exception to the rule, or just the proving point to it. and ladies, what are your men like when they are sick? are they as bad? are they worse?