Well k, this time he cannot be blamed for not feeling too romantic: no man (and very few women that I know) feel romantic and SICK at the same time. My H has also been sick this week and the most romantic he has gotten is not to kiss me in the mouth 'so that you don't get the bug.' Not exactly the stuff screenplays are made of...

And BTW, if our D gets the bug in question it will be MY FAULT because I did not throw away the bottle of lemonade he brought and our D drank the left overs (fact being the trash can is located less than a foot away from the spot he left the bottle on). So you cannot ask for logic either. And you cannot be mothering, but neither distant... Can't win.

So do not bother your pretty head over what you cannot control and feed him his antibiotics. Better look for an excuse to celebrate once he is better.

"You don't throw a whole life away just 'cause it's banged up a little" Tom Smith in "Seabiscuit"