When Men are sick we act
like babies or indestructable.
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by Joe B. Real ‘Illin Pt 1 I am not feeling my usual chipper self these days. Seems a flu bug is having its way with me giving me a head colds, aches, stuffed up nose, sore throat, and the various time dilation slow motion effects. One positive side effect is finally able to do Tai Chi really slow except for a slight pant breathing through the mouth like a dog. I didn't hurt myself when I had a slow uncontrolled fall to the floor. Falling isn’t so terrible when everything slows to a crawl. I stay on the floor take a quick nap. This flu may have been in my system for a few days but last Friday it began to be felt. Women say men are babies complaining when sick while women are always checking on themselves for the slightest twinge feeling about their bodies. This makes them healthier in the long run. Problem: men have been taught to suppress all kinds of pain from twinges, cramps, sprained, to broken bones and having the flu. Maybe some of us do whine a bit but its better than being stoic and dying in silence. I guess a balance should be made for those aches and pains. One must do what we can do being careful not to over stress the body. I don’t like feeling weak as a kitten, sleeping all day, drinking tea, soup, and sounding like a voice talking in a deep tunnel, underwater, or with marbles in my mouth. I complain only when my equilibrium gets affected vision gone wobbly, unable to see straight, going through vertigo, and shaking uncontrollably also the damn flu exacerbates my asthma which I’ve kept under control until now. Women like mothering guys fighting their illness without complaint, rest when they must and don’t ask a lot of their girlfriends or spouses to do things for them that they can do for themselves. Somewhere a balance must be achieved where a guy is sick but not using it for sympathy and being waited on hand and foot. And ladies, girlfriends, spouses too you know you do it too its not just guys. When you’re really ill with the flu, common cold, or the big "P" you know you’ll milk it for all its worth especially being pregnant most men are so wracked with worry and guilt about doing this to her. How is it the strongest men become weak and faint while average regular man turns into a tough-as-nails-take charge guy for the woman he loves? Why do most become virtual slaves to their women’s health needs in that wonderous, still mysterious way women are always giving birth? Please send donations to For Joe only my snail mail: Email: askjoe@poormagazine.org |