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It’s Men’s Health Month and might I say thank goodness there is a month dedicated to illuminating men’s health issues because most men I know simply don’t take their health very seriously. A favorite comedian of mine has a joke about this. He says that basically, since men won’t go in for regular checkups or look into symptoms, that’s why it seems they drop dead out of nowhere. One day you see them, the next day they’re gone. While that is funny in theory, it’s very sad in reality. I don’t know what it is—perhaps men think it isn’t masculine to admit physical weakness, and that includes visiting a doctor when something hurts. My partner is quite neglectful of his health and it drives me nuts. If you’re one of the many women out there loving and living with a man who won’t care for his health, you know about these struggles.
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I hate pestering him to see a doctor
I hate that I have to be a nag if my partner is going to take care of his health. The last thing I want to do is mother my partner, and in most things, I don’t say a thing. I don’t say anything when his fashion choices make no sense at all and I don’t say anything when he makes more flashy strange additions to his car. But this is one area in which he really forces me to be a nag. And I resent him for it.
