Should men take care of u when u r sick?

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Registered: 02-22-2005
Should men take care of u when u r sick?
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Fri, 07-08-2005 - 4:38pm
okay i have a question and thought i would ask you girls to see if i am overreacting. i have been dating a guy now for 6 months. i have been sick the last couple of days with a stomach virus. i have an 11 yr old son. i haven't been able to go to the store because i've been sick in bed. i was on my way to my boyfriend's house after work wed night not feeling well (1st day starting my illness) (he was expecting me) and he wasn't home yet. he didn't have his cell phone on him so i couldn't contact him. so i went home. he calls me and says where are you? i had told him that day i wasn't feeling well - then i told him i was feeling worse and after promising to see me that night, doesn't come over to my house. is it normal for guys to stay away when you're not feeling well or should they come take care of you? that night i was up with a fever and felt really awful - i'm never sick so i am a big baby. but we ended up getting in an argument because he said i was acting like a baby. so we had words and he's ignored me ever since. isn't that the biggest show of love - to take care of your significant other when they are down and out?

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Mon, 07-11-2005 - 3:37pm

I definitely agree that a long-term

Avatar for myprecioustwo
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Registered: 04-08-2003
Tue, 07-12-2005 - 6:45am
Another great point!
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Tue, 07-12-2005 - 6:52am

I've been in Germany for the last 10 yrs and an old timer on this board. So if you thought I was new, I'm not, but thank you. :-) I've just been extremely busy these last few months, because I am moving back to the States in 6 weeks.

Health wise: I have been cancer free for 18 months now. I look forward to moving back to my own country and being a lot more active and healthy then I have been able to be in Germany. They make it very difficult for moms; ESPECIALLY single moms. This is one of the unfriendliest countries for children I have ever seen and they treat single parents as if they wore a scarlet letter on their forehead and might give them a disease. It's sad, because it truely is a wonderful and beautiful country otherwise. However, North Carolina is looking fabulous and I think my girls and I will be VERY happy. :-)

What's up with the boyfriend now? Have you made a decision?

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Registered: 02-22-2005
Fri, 07-15-2005 - 12:55pm
well, he called me and emailed me after 10 days saying how much he misses me. i'm thinking it's takes you 10 days to miss me? hmmmmmm. i didn't respond. it is a cycle. he continues to do the same thing. well i did respond in email telling him i'm not his booty call. move on. ha geeez. some men are so disrespectful. i'm beginning to wonder if there are any decent men out there.

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