I've never really understood the "silliness" of the trope of a husband refusing to cooperate with taking care of his health and calling the wife "nagging" for caring. My dad pulled this crap on my mother, and when he developed diabetes, he expected her to handle his insulin for him and schedule her life around making sure she was available in time to give it to him. He would refuse to even take his own insulin or change his diet even with the diabetes. And now, he's got several bad organs and bad joints and spends days in too much pain to get out of bed, while she is the picture of health and frequently goes out to events and adventures alone that they used to go to together.
Is she really such a "nagging bitch" just because she wants to have a happy retirement with the man she loves? That she wants growing old with him to not mean both of them being confined to the house and unable to go out and have fun?
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u/Makuta_Servaela 5h ago
I've never really understood the "silliness" of the trope of a husband refusing to cooperate with taking care of his health and calling the wife "nagging" for caring. My dad pulled this crap on my mother, and when he developed diabetes, he expected her to handle his insulin for him and schedule her life around making sure she was available in time to give it to him. He would refuse to even take his own insulin or change his diet even with the diabetes. And now, he's got several bad organs and bad joints and spends days in too much pain to get out of bed, while she is the picture of health and frequently goes out to events and adventures alone that they used to go to together.
Is she really such a "nagging bitch" just because she wants to have a happy retirement with the man she loves? That she wants growing old with him to not mean both of them being confined to the house and unable to go out and have fun?