Sympathy sickness/whining?? What's his deal?

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I just found out that I'm pregnant. I am excited, and my husband says that he is too, but he doesn't act like it.
All he does is slink around the house, claim that he has headaches and is sleepy, and eats.
I mean, I've been getting more tired than usual, but he has been tired x 10!!
In fact, he just went to bed after whining how unfair the world is because Netflix wouldn't load the video that he wanted to watch.
He is NOT usually like this! He usually enjoys playing video games, and drinking beer at night and coffee in the morning. He quit that too.
It's starting to worry me, he's TOTALLY not himself anymore.
Does it have anything to do with my pregnancy? Or do you think that something else is going on with him?
Argh! I need to send him to a shrink!
I wonder if he's going to start throwing up too when I get morning sickness!!! :-P

And no, my attitude has not been bad. We can't afford to have both of us in tired/cranky moods at the same time, and I'm doing my best to pull him out of this, but WHAT'S his deal??

Should I send him to a shrink, or is this even remotely normal?
 
The only medical explanation I've heard for this was "Daddy-to-be wants attention too" lol
 
It can happen. There are big changes coming, so his mood, mental state (and as a result, even his physical well-being) might be affected. My hubby hasn't gotten quite that bad, but he does get a lot more emotional than he used to (we had a spat last night where he turned away from me in bed because I made him feel "rejected."). Also, he might feel a little excluded from the pregnancy, because he can't have the close connection you have with the baby and may have lost some of his closeness with you as well. It's probably not conscious, but it can make guys act a little crazy too.
 
It probably has something to do with being a new daddy. That's a lot of stress for the man too. See if you can find a book written a humorous tone that will help educate him on what to expect and make light of it at the same time. There's definately some out there. I haven't been a new daddy in a long time, so I can't recall off the top of my head.

He'll still be able to play video games and drink beer ocassionally too. Life is far from over.

He sounds like he's acting like a baby, which you're right, you don't need now. He'll snap out of it. Give him more head.
 
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