bev
Has No Life - Lives on TB
This is not a hubby-bashing post.
I would like to know, preferably from other middle-aged men, why a man with some health issues would choose to engage in strenuous work outside in this kind of hot weather. Work that could have been accomplished later, when it cooled down a bit, or even put off for a few days. When he told me what he was going out to do, I suggested waiting until maybe after dinner when it would be cooler. He said, “I want to do it now.” I told him I wouldn’t take him to the hospital.
DH is finished now and says he’s surprised he was able to accomplish what he did. I’m surprised he didn’t collapse out there from heat exhaustion.
He has not admitted (to me) that he was trying to prove that he “still had it,” but that’s what I’m thinking. Kind of like pushing his limits, or testing his limits. I think it’s a psychological thing, and I think it’s predominantly a male thing. Mid-life-crisis? (He’s 66.)
Thoughts? How should a loving, concerned wife respond?
I would like to know, preferably from other middle-aged men, why a man with some health issues would choose to engage in strenuous work outside in this kind of hot weather. Work that could have been accomplished later, when it cooled down a bit, or even put off for a few days. When he told me what he was going out to do, I suggested waiting until maybe after dinner when it would be cooler. He said, “I want to do it now.” I told him I wouldn’t take him to the hospital.
DH is finished now and says he’s surprised he was able to accomplish what he did. I’m surprised he didn’t collapse out there from heat exhaustion.
He has not admitted (to me) that he was trying to prove that he “still had it,” but that’s what I’m thinking. Kind of like pushing his limits, or testing his limits. I think it’s a psychological thing, and I think it’s predominantly a male thing. Mid-life-crisis? (He’s 66.)
Thoughts? How should a loving, concerned wife respond?