This week my husband came down with a horrible sinus cold, which he then managed to pass on to me and my daughter.\u00a0 Fabulous!\u00a0 So this week all three of us are suffering from\u00a0sinus colds, however, it is absolutely incredible to see the difference in how each of us manages to cope with it.\u00a0 Ashley and I, while feeling horrible with a stuffy head, achy body, and cough, still manage to be functional human beings.\u00a0 Rollin, however, was a whole other story.\u00a0 He lay on the couch whining and calling out for me to take care of him, bring him his soup, and baby him as if his entire world was falling apart.\u00a0 I on the other hand, needed to prepare the meals, do the laundry and keep our household functioning.\u00a0 Is my sickness any less serious than his \u2013 NO – but in his mind he has something far more serious than I have \u2013 I may have a cold, but he has a MAN COLD.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The urban dictionary defines the Man Cold as:<\/p>\n
A true terrible, debilitating disease. Nearly all men will die from man colds unless they are administered immediately with large amounts of mindless TV or childrens’ cartoons. It is essential that they not move from bed or a comfy sofa to allow for rehabilitation, and must have tissues and man cold medicine (such as chocolate biscuits, McDonalds, or a nice cup of tea) brought to them constantly by a nearby female.<\/p>\n
The truth is I had never heard of the Man Cold before, but it just so happens that my little brother, who happens to also be a doctor, is staying with us this week and when he saw the state my husband was in he immediately diagnosed him as having a Man Cold.\u00a0 When I asked him what the Man Cold was he immediately directed me to watch the following video:<\/p>\n