tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post3455845423082912534..comments2024-01-05T06:16:49.932+00:00Comments on Expat Mum: The Man's ColdExpat mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-19498356745349882932008-10-30T22:08:00.000+00:002008-10-30T22:08:00.000+00:00It's true, you are a saint to put up with such unr...It's true, you are a saint to put up with such unreasonable behaviour. How do they manage to make quite so much noise? Hope he's better soon, for your sake! M :-)A Mother's Place is in the Wronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12383766405951386903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-28404357619075188762008-10-24T06:12:00.000+01:002008-10-24T06:12:00.000+01:00Cured the duvet wrapping problem by getting separa...Cured the duvet wrapping problem by getting separate single duvets for our king-size bed ( a la Scandinavia). Now just have to cure the man cold!!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085577423870971279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-957936337298051932008-10-22T22:11:00.000+01:002008-10-22T22:11:00.000+01:00I love that video. And yes, you should get a meda...I love that video. And yes, you should get a medal; man-cold's are almost the worst thing a woman has to endure from her husband. Short of asking him to tidy up before guests arrive and then going in to the sitting room an hour later only to find the room still looking like a bomb has hit, but all the cd's carefully put into alphabetical order...Potty Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751869800592294891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-61579191134041755332008-10-22T21:20:00.000+01:002008-10-22T21:20:00.000+01:00Oh..... I don't know how you put up with it! i...Oh..... I don't know how you put up with it! ive him an aspirin & tell him to get a grip! LOLMaggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-31053114170377886232008-10-22T08:58:00.000+01:002008-10-22T08:58:00.000+01:00Add me to the list of laugh-out-louders! Great po...Add me to the list of laugh-out-louders! Great post. So true...Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494516976868488211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-86953288055509351612008-10-21T22:58:00.000+01:002008-10-21T22:58:00.000+01:00Oh now hold on a minute - I'm a bit of a dragon bu...Oh now hold on a minute - I'm a bit of a dragon but I didn't make him sleep on the couch. I didn't exactly stop him but still. Actually last night, I lovingly made up the guest bed in anticipation. Sure enough he wasn't around when I woke up this morning, but had he slept in the guest room? No - he didn't want to dirty the sheets (?) so slept on the sofa again. I really hate sofas smelling like people have slept on them. (Poor guy can't do right for doing wrong!)Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-13401427215594766792008-10-21T22:48:00.000+01:002008-10-21T22:48:00.000+01:00I have no sympathy. Tell him to get a grip!!I have no sympathy. Tell him to get a grip!!the mother of this lothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04173598381711792094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-34345843048762329152008-10-21T22:04:00.000+01:002008-10-21T22:04:00.000+01:00You made me laugh out loud, because it is my life,...You made me laugh out loud, because it is my life, every night with or without cold! My husband never goes to bed early and if I do, he wakes me in exactly the same way, toilet light on, electric toothbursh louder than a drill. I love how you made him sleep on the couch and told him to get rid of his cold before he comes home from work. Brilliant!!A Confused Take That Fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459622010972987709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-33539898216412686352008-10-21T21:14:00.000+01:002008-10-21T21:14:00.000+01:00You do make me laugh! You've pipped me to the post...You do make me laugh! You've pipped me to the post...I was going to blog about how my other half keeps me awake (even without the cold). Guess where he is sleeping?Hadriana's Treasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740533954842010870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-58948527153468511362008-10-21T16:13:00.000+01:002008-10-21T16:13:00.000+01:00So full of wisdomosity - himself is Mr Clumpy Clum...So full of wisdomosity - himself is Mr Clumpy Clumpison when I am trying to sleep.Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-90084109437065498482008-10-21T15:28:00.000+01:002008-10-21T15:28:00.000+01:00Thank you for the tea recommendation. I will defin...Thank you for the tea recommendation. I will definitely check into it. Your blog is superb and I look forward to spending some *serious* time here (when I'm not at work)(like I am now) LOL. My English hubby's US Citizenship interview is in 2 weeks. It's been a long and *expensive* 4-year journey. By the way, your book looks quite impressive - and a recommendation from Susan Toth! Wow. Between reading your book and your blog, I am going to need to fix myself a BIG pot of tea!! Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-90687727659384487132008-10-21T14:32:00.000+01:002008-10-21T14:32:00.000+01:00Ooh, I've always wanted to be dark but don't have ...Ooh, I've always wanted to be dark but don't have the palour (sp?) to take it. I have a story whereby I ended up dark and I looked like a vampire.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-32092586970344845792008-10-21T13:55:00.000+01:002008-10-21T13:55:00.000+01:00am utterly unsympathetic with man colds - either t...am utterly unsympathetic with man colds - either there aren't any symptoms so it's irritating that they claim to be ill, or they so overdo the symptoms that you want to shoot them. AND, I had you down as dark, whereas your little moppetty 8 yearold self has you, strangely!, as blonde.Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-189773075409920942008-10-21T12:24:00.000+01:002008-10-21T12:24:00.000+01:00Surely man 'colds' don't exist - only flu?Surely man 'colds' don't exist - only flu?nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-35472824477798618082008-10-21T12:14:00.000+01:002008-10-21T12:14:00.000+01:00too funny.and too true.men, the weaker sex. i say ...too funny.<BR/>and too true.<BR/>men, the weaker sex. <BR/>i say give 'em labour pains that'll show 'em.<BR/>;-)Clippy Mathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922234265229327474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-7512194337481986592008-10-21T09:08:00.000+01:002008-10-21T09:08:00.000+01:00Well I must admit to a sneaking sympathy for BC, u...Well I must admit to a sneaking sympathy for BC, until I realised that he had his last ever golfing weekend (of the season we assume, not his life!). If you have been doing childcare for that you are a better woman than I am.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-52012284548813824912008-10-20T23:57:00.000+01:002008-10-20T23:57:00.000+01:00been there, done that and got the t-shirt. I alwa...been there, done that and got the t-shirt. I always said men are worse than children when they get sick..........thank goodness they don't have to give birth, or we would be living in a very under populated world!!<BR/><BR/>Gill in CanadaGill - That British Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456247587052149765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-20517558088014277772008-10-20T22:35:00.000+01:002008-10-20T22:35:00.000+01:00oh dear oh dear. what is it with these men and the...oh dear oh dear. what is it with these men and their 'man flu' you are a trooper you really are...Mom/Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00377035506718286960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-31002586432750576632008-10-20T21:07:00.000+01:002008-10-20T21:07:00.000+01:00Billy - well I did imply that I was a bit rubbish ...Billy - well I did imply that I was a bit rubbish with attachments. The link should take you to You Tube and then you just type in a search for Man Cold. It's really funny.Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-45709549083692736042008-10-20T20:49:00.000+01:002008-10-20T20:49:00.000+01:00I think I could have understood old B-P better tha...I think I could have understood old B-P better than I can your old man. He gets a "Hurry up and come to bed" and farts around and finishes up in another room on a sofa? I see that others (above) got to see 'The Man Cold' but it was nowhere in sight when I visited via your link. xStinking Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577508577062044906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-62349110444503081722008-10-20T20:46:00.000+01:002008-10-20T20:46:00.000+01:00Did B-P ever have a cold though, and did he have a...Did B-P ever have a cold though, and did he have a wife to sleep in the hammock with? It's that time of year again, I get very short-tempered with man-flu too, I think tough love is the only way to deal with it.blogthatmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12584817207287233580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-73843010676059956782008-10-20T17:07:00.000+01:002008-10-20T17:07:00.000+01:00My question to old B-P would be "WHY?"My question to old B-P would be "WHY?"Expat mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17798190669591053390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-66768311121446091942008-10-20T16:43:00.000+01:002008-10-20T16:43:00.000+01:00Tell him Baden-Powell (founder of the scouts) slep...Tell him Baden-Powell (founder of the scouts) slept outside, in a hammock on his balcony all his life (and lived to be nearly ninety!).Tim Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858684167484655029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-89179122556411639402008-10-20T16:27:00.000+01:002008-10-20T16:27:00.000+01:00Ahh, aren't you being too hard on him?! heheAhh, aren't you being too hard on him?! hehe® ♫ The Brit ♪ ®https://www.blogger.com/profile/07774871861232164725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327382592404863779.post-15198813725422513492008-10-20T15:40:00.000+01:002008-10-20T15:40:00.000+01:00I have to admit my own behaviour is not good when ...I have to admit my own behaviour is not good when I have a cold, sorry girls. I am usually irritable, and as much use as a wet blanket. Wine helps though. You know you still have the cold but you don't care as much! My other half is somewhat more stoical than moi as a patient overall. He just takes to his bed and sleeps til it's all over.Lakeland Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13263946096580997595noreply@blogger.com