It happens to them all.  There is no escape.  This terrible disease does not discriminate, race, religion, or ethnicity.  It comes on harsh and fierce.  There’s no hiding from it.

It’s the man flu!

The man flu, or man cold, depending on the severity of the situation, has plagued many a family.  It puts a crippling grip on all those that live in the household, abruptly halting all other daily happenings that should be taking place.

As a young bride, the first time our home was struck with this terrible epidemic, I felt awful for my poor, suffering husband.  It must have been a powerful force, to knock a 220lb man to his knees for days on end; moping through the house like his next breath might be his last.

There wasn’t enough that I could do for him.  His wish was my command.  I was solely put on this earth to nurse him back to health.

Then I had kids.

You want to talk about discomfort, pain and suffering.  We won’t even go there, will we?

Well, maybe just a little…

How is it that women all over the world go through the excruciating agony of giving birth with less drama than a man when he has a cold?

My friend gave birth to her fourth child at home, without any drugs and a few hours later when her other children came home from school, she was back to the routine of making them after school snacks.

The woman just pushed a watermelon sized human out of her vagina and she barely misses a beat taking care of her 3 other young children.  But stop the presses if a man gets sick.  There is not enough drugs in the medicine cabinet for what he’s got.

Babies.  Now they need caring for, attention and affection.  Not men acting like babies because they have a cold.

So let’s be happy ladies, that we’re the ones bringing our children into the world.  Labour is really painful, but imagine if we had to see those big babies through it.  They might not make it out alive!

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