Why Are Women So Unsympathetic?

[Virgil]

:D It's true!!! I ask based on this article:




Men's cold comfort: A woman's sympathy lasts just five minutes when her partner gets the sniffles
By Daily Mail Reporter

Most men know better than to expect much sympathy from their partner when they catch a cold.
In fact, a woman's patience with a sniffling chap tends to run out in a mere five minutes, a survey claims.
Wives and girlfriends freely admit that they have little time for their partner's suffering after the cold bug strikes.

But when it is the woman who is feeling below par, a man will not only mop her brow but will even take a day off to look after her, cook and clean.
The study, from the makers of the cold treatment Lemsip All In One, casts doubt on the traditional image of a female nursemaiding her husband or boyfriend through the coughs and sneezes of what has become known as man flu.
It found 52 per cent of women say they lose sympathy for their under-the-weather partner within five minutes of his starting to complain.
And 18 per cent of women don't even last that long, admitting they start off unsympathetic and continue from there.

By contrast 70 per cent of men claim to be sympathetic to a partner with a cold. [SNIP]
Read the remainder here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1089729/Mens-cold-comfort-A-womans-sympathy-lasts-just-minutes-partner-gets-sniffles.html

Read that last sentence before I snipped the article. Ha!!! I knew it. This is a one way street. :p Why is this so? ;)

[TheFifthElement]

By contrast 70 per cent of men claim to be sympathetic to a partner with a cold. Read that last sentence before I snipped the article. Ha!!! I knew it. This is a one way street. :p Why is this so? ;)

Oh, that's easy Virgil. Women are more honest than men ;)

[Virgil]

Oh, that's easy Virgil. Women are more honest than men ;)

My wife disputes the whole article. :D But I do know I hardly get any sympathy from her when I'm sick and I try to ease her discomfort when the roles are reversed. ;)

[JBI]

Quite simple - men need women more than women need men. Seriously though, it has to do with the whole macho mentality. Men are supposed to be tough, and are supposed to go out and shovel the snow in the driveway, cold or not. Women are stereotypically portrayed as frail, and delicate.

The old-world stereotypes still apply. But I guess we have managed to kick the whole 1950s homemaker mentality to some extent.

[1n50mn14]

We have to go through childbirth and bleed for a week every month without dying, of COURSE we don't sympathize with you and your silly colds! :P

[Virgil]

We have to go through childbirth and bleed for a week every month without dying, of COURSE we don't sympathize with you and your silly colds! :P

:lol::lol::lol: You are absolutely right. That is definitely the reason. :D Very good Becca, and frankly I would not trade places with you women. ;)

[pussnboots]

We have to go through childbirth and bleed for a week every month without dying, of COURSE we don't sympathize with you and your silly colds! :P

you forgot to mention gynecologist visits and the dreadful mammogram!!!!

[1n50mn14]

=O Ahaha, so we have to put up with all that, AND all of the colds and regular stuff.

[Tournesol]

So, we don't look after the men when they catch the sniffles...big deal!

What about ALL the OTHER THINGS we do for them?! Don't those things count?!

[Cailin]

:lol:Cynical woman here wondering why the "Daily Mail Reporter" didn't identify their gender by using their name? Could it be that this is a ploy by a man currently experiencing the "man flu" to get some sympathy?:lol::lol:

[motherhubbard]

When I’m sick I still have to get up and run the house and farm and make sure everyone’s needs are met… and I have to be so stinking nice about it. When my husband has ANYTHING wrong with him he starts complaining and heads for the bed. He’s not so nice about it either. I just don’t have sympathy. I say buck up. If he stubs his toe he makes a huge production about it. My breast was impaled with a drill chuck key and my kids were standing less than arms length from me so I didn’t make a sound. I just smiled and said “It’s Okay kids, this is no big deal” It felt like a darn big deal! I just don’t care for all of the drama. When something is whine worthy I take care of him, but I don’t want to kiss every booboo and he’s actually worse than the kids. Everyone has something to complain about and it doesn’t get better as you get older, but that doesn’t mean that every little ache or pain merits sympathy.

[kasie]

[QUOTE=Virgil;643273]:D It's true!!! I ask based on this article:




Read the remainder here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1089729/Mens-cold-comfort-A-womans-sympathy-lasts-just-minutes-partner-gets-sniffles.html QUOTE]

Virgil! This is the Daily Mail - you never, but never, believe anything you read in the Daily Mail - trust me on this!! :D

[Niamh]

My wife disputes the whole article. :D But I do know I hardly get any sympathy from her when I'm sick and I try to ease her discomfort when the roles are reversed. ;)
I agree with your wife. Shes a clever woman. That article is the biggest load of you know what i have ever read. I dont know any man who does any of that for a sick woman. And i dont know any woman who has been treated that way. I'm sure the men used the sick wife as an excuse to get a day off work so they could sit around all day watching tv. :p
And while we are on it, being a man can you please explain why it is that when men get sniffles, they carry on like they are dying? How can you expect symphathy when you over exagerate how ill you are? :p


We have to go through childbirth and bleed for a week every month without dying, of COURSE we don't sympathize with you and your silly colds! :P
:lol:Couldnt have said it better myself! Cheers Becca!


:lol:Cynical woman here wondering why the "Daily Mail Reporter" didn't identify their gender by using their name? Could it be that this is a ploy by a man currently experiencing the "man flu" to get some sympathy?:lol::lol:
good question. :nod:




Virgil! This is the Daily Mail - you never, but never, believe anything you read in the Daily Mail - trust me on this!! :D

:lol: Bad tabloid. Just not as bad as others but still bad.

[Virgil]

:lol: I knew this would get a reaction. Well, what can I say. :D

[Shalot]

In my experience, men generally don't seem to know how to manage the symptoms of their colds and allergies...

I mean, go to the store and buy some Robitussin and don't take it on an empty stomach and then whine because your stomach hurts.

If your sniffles are symptoms of allergies, buy some Claritin or Sudaphed from behind the pharmacy counter (b/c they can't sell it without taking your ID number b/c it's used to make meth...) and your symptoms will stop being so bothersome...don't just stand there and sneeze all day when you could buy a pill that controls it.

If you have a cough and sore throat, take some Halls, even if you don't enjoy the taste...

And, whenever I get sick, my coughing and carrying on tends to annoy the crap out of my husband as well. He's still not convinced that my infrequent migraines aren't ploys to get out of social situations I don't want to be in, and if I wake up with the puking virus he will relunctantly get me cold sprite and popsicles.

It's not just women. In general, sick people are annoying...

[JBI]

I don't know - I haven't been sick since I was 6 years old. Not even a cough.

[cipherdecoy]

I don't know - I haven't been sick since I was 6 years old. Not even a cough.

You freak! :eek:

I come down with flus every now and then.

[applepie]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Oh my gosh, I was almost on the floor after reading this. I'm not sympathetic at all, but I also don't feel like I get too looked after. Not for a cold anyhow. Tom was great about helping out for a week or two after I gave birth to Victoria. Anyhow, how much more sympathetic can I be. I already pick up most of the household chores, and I just grab up the last couple when he's ill. I just don't get why he'll just lie on the couch and whine rather than getting him self up to bed to get some rest. That's always my idea to help him feel better. A bit of medicine and rest will work wonders, but nooooooo he has to sit there, take nothing, and complain all day. After fifteen or twenty minutes of doing nothing to help himself and just griping, I tend to get a little mean myself. It's like having a huge child who you have to force the necessary medication down their throat to help them feel better;) I think it is tied to the idea that men are too manly to medicate something to make themselves more comfortable. Often he would feel fine if he would just take a couple Tylenol:D

[Virgil]

Glad you got a good laugh out of it Meg. :D


I don't know - I haven't been sick since I was 6 years old. Not even a cough.

Wow, that is incredible JBI. I bet your wife will love that. :) I used get the flu/cold every fall growing up. For some reason they don't come as frequently lately. Must be getting immune. ;)

[JBI]

Glad you got a good laugh out of it Meg. :D



Wow, that is incredible JBI. I bet your wife will love that. :) I used get the flu/cold every fall growing up. For some reason they don't come as frequently lately. Must be getting immune. ;)

Yeah, I also have none of the shots - none. I'm on a good streak - never got the flu shot, didn't get the Meningitis shot, or the Hep B shot, or any of the others. That's probably why I don't get sick, thinking about it - and I live in Canada too, where it is freaking cold to boot.

But enough bragging, seriously who was the Doctor running the test anyway? They didn't really provide any citations in the article.

[Virgil]

But enough bragging, seriously who was the Doctor running the test anyway? They didn't really provide any citations in the article.

:lol: I think it was a survey. I wouldn't take it too seriously. ;)

[motherhubbard]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Oh my gosh, I was almost on the floor after reading this. I'm not sympathetic at all, but I also don't feel like I get too looked after. Not for a cold anyhow. Tom was great about helping out for a week or two after I gave birth to Victoria. Anyhow, how much more sympathetic can I be. I already pick up most of the household chores, and I just grab up the last couple when he's ill. I just don't get why he'll just lie on the couch and whine rather than getting him self up to bed to get some rest. That's always my idea to help him feel better. A bit of medicine and rest will work wonders, but nooooooo he has to sit there, take nothing, and complain all day. After fifteen or twenty minutes of doing nothing to help himself and just griping, I tend to get a little mean myself. It's like having a huge child who you have to force the necessary medication down their throat to help them feel better;) I think it is tied to the idea that men are too manly to medicate something to make themselves more comfortable. Often he would feel fine if he would just take a couple Tylenol:D

Oh Meg, that was great!:lol:

[Niamh]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Oh my gosh, I was almost on the floor after reading this. I'm not sympathetic at all, but I also don't feel like I get too looked after. Not for a cold anyhow. Tom was great about helping out for a week or two after I gave birth to Victoria. Anyhow, how much more sympathetic can I be. I already pick up most of the household chores, and I just grab up the last couple when he's ill. I just don't get why he'll just lie on the couch and whine rather than getting him self up to bed to get some rest. That's always my idea to help him feel better. A bit of medicine and rest will work wonders, but nooooooo he has to sit there, take nothing, and complain all day. After fifteen or twenty minutes of doing nothing to help himself and just griping, I tend to get a little mean myself. It's like having a huge child who you have to force the necessary medication down their throat to help them feel better;) I think it is tied to the idea that men are too manly to medicate something to make themselves more comfortable. Often he would feel fine if he would just take a couple Tylenol:D

Thats exactly my point!:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[optimisticnad]

Lol. Loved the article - but come on, its the Daily Mail!!! They still think the world is flat.

As for women being unsympathetic when their man is ill - OF COURSE. they spend six weeks in bed, doing very little, it's like a bloody holiday for them. I mean you're supposed to be the stronger sex so why does it take you longer to recover? Useless! When we're ill - well, let's just say the world would literally stop running if we went to bed and slept and ate and watched footy for six weeks!

[papayahed]

ugh!! sheesh men get a paper cut and the next thing you know they're walking around with a cast on their arm!! Seriously, the guys I have worked with are babys. This summer one guy got bug bite on the back of his head and was practically in tears asking me what to do if it hurts during the night..

[Virgil]

ugh!! sheesh men get a paper cut and the next thing you know they're walking around with a cast on their arm!! Seriously, the guys I have worked with are babys. This summer one guy got bug bite on the back of his head and was practically in tears asking me what to do if it hurts during the night..

Sounds like that guy was trying to suggest something to you papaya. :brow:

[optimisticnad]

Sounds like that guy was trying to suggest something to you papaya. :brow:

Damn. That sounds like a line I was meant to say! :lol: Welldone for beating me to it.

[Taliesin]

We have to go through childbirth and bleed for a week every month without dying, of COURSE we don't sympathize with you and your silly colds! :P


you forgot to mention gynecologist visits and the dreadful mammogram!!!!

=O Ahaha, so we have to put up with all that, AND all of the colds and regular stuff.



What about ALL the OTHER THINGS we do for them?! Don't those things count?!


ugh!! sheesh ...


Well, looking at this thread I rather do get an impression about which sex whines more.
Fortunately, for men, a solution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epUIRJiYEWo) exists.

[Niamh]

Sounds like that guy was trying to suggest something to you papaya. :brow:
:brow:
What? maybe she could kiss it better for him? :p

Damn. That sounds like a line I was meant to say! :lol: Welldone for beating me to it.

yes! it does sound like something you would say! :lol:

[Virgil]

Well, looking at this thread I rather do get an impression about which sex whines more.
Fortunately, for men, a solution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epUIRJiYEWo) exists.

:lol::lol: Oh Tal, that was hilarious. I've got tears in my eyes. :lol::lol: