Yep, men. What is it about men that makes them shrivel up at the first sign of a cold? Honestly, they get a runny nose and a bit of a cough and it’s as though they’re dying – I call it ‘man-flu’.
On the whole, a woman with similar symptoms would go on with her daily routine and ignore the pounding headache, sneezing and other symptoms as a matter of course. Men, on the other hand, will often take the day, or a few days, off work and then moan about how unwell they are.
Is it a general thing? Men often scoff at the idea of pain, but confront them with it and they turn into gibbering wrecks. A woman with backache, which for a lot of women is a monthly burden which accompanies their period, will swallow a few pain killers and carry on as normal. A man with backache? Don’t ask them to do anything at all, because they’ll only moan about it.
A short rant this time, but only because, like most women I know, I’ve got plenty of other things to be getting on with.
31/03/2004 ©
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