man flu
noun
a cold or similar minor ailment as experienced by a man who is regarded as exaggerating the severity of the symptoms.
“David was off sick with man flu, according to his wife”
“David was close to death, according to David”
Man flu. An almost fatal condition widespread across the globe.
There are websites and a Wikipedia page dedicated to the condition. It must be serious (note, sarcasm).
Of course, it’s a LOT worse than the standard common cold that us women get. WAAYYYY worse. It kills, don’t you know? Almost all cases have been almost fatal at some stage.
Last week my husband Davy (aka David, see above) was suffering the deadly condition. And boy, did he make us know ALL about it.
Foetal position on the couch. All day, everyday. Image supplied.
Common statements made:
“You don’t know what it’s like, child birth would be a breeze compared to this endless suffering”
“Stop asking me to help, my head hurts”
“No I don’t want to sleep it off in bed, we don’t have a TV there”
“Beer, Panadol and Nurofen quick”
Patient MC (Man Child) as we’ll call him went through various stages...
Stage 1: Early onset - MC thinks he’s coming down with something and decided to ‘mute’ it with alcohol consumption.
And the beer HAS to be Cooper's (which, incidentally, is where we got Harry's middle name Cooper from - the beer he was drinking when we decided to try for Harry). Image supplied.
Stage 2: Definitive diagnosis - the nose has started running, and my 100kg plus husband/MC is doubling down on the cold and flu tablets at an accelerated rate of knots. Berrocca, Lucozade and whiskey are all on standby. MC is in the foetal position. Can’t get his own sandwich. But definitely has enough energy to grab a beer, give me grief and control the TV.
Stage 3: Acute 'Man-ingitis' syndrome - The deadly man flu has taken hold. He’s on the couch whimpering. But still has the energy to scoff a bag of chips and complain. The Google symptom searches have begun. He is sure he is dying. Preferred treatment includes coddling, cuddling and blow jobs (well, only if you’ve managed to do some online shopping without him noticing, while he was curled up in a ball complaining).
Top Comments
'The team of researchers from John Hopkins University found that the antiviral properties of estrogen could protect women from the more aggressive symptoms of the virus' - So it's the same flu, men just feel it much more!
It's Johns Hopkins, not John.
It's a direct quote from a news story.