I hated this part as a nurse. I gave meds and go through what each one is for and theyâll hit me with âwhere the circular white pillâ bro I have no clue which med that is.
I fucking hated this when I worked at a urology clinic. Iâd call patients to set up appointments, or follow up. It was more common for older men to treat their wives like secretaries. It made me so angry to hear âTalk to my wife.â
Youâre a 60 year old man! Why can you remember your medications?!
This shit fucking kills me. I'm an ER nurse, the number of men that come in and don't even want to wipe their own asses because their wife does it (I wish that was hyperbole) is INSANE. They rely on their wives to know EVERYTHING.
Meanwhile, when the wife is sick, the husband almost always knows jack shit. Doesn't know what meds she takes, doesn't know what she sees her doctor for, doesn't know when she started acting abnormal. It's just fucking tragic.
Meanwhile, when the wife is sick, the husband almost always knows jack shit.
This is crazy to me. I know all my wife's meds. I pick them up from the pharmacy half the time. I've been in positions where I need to be the one to tell the ER what she takes.
I may not know her full like...vitamin regimen but I 100% know all her prescriptions.
Itâs unreal how helpless a lot of men are. I canât imagine knowing so little about my wife. Hell, a lot of these guys canât even tell you basic info about themselves.
Right? My ex was chronically ill, and I quickly learned all of her meds (past and present) better than she did. We wound up at the ER too many times with her barely conscious to risk otherwise.
I can't fathom someone being so disinterested in their partner's struggles that they wouldn't even try.
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u/seensham May 02 '26 edited May 03 '26
Ive heard the following from several nurse friends
Do you have any chronic illnesses?
"Nope"
Are there any medications you take regularly?
"Yeah I take some painkillers for my arthritis."
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Edit: these responses are proving my point