Well-said on submission, Bath.

I don't think any man handles being sick LOL. DH found it hilarious I made him get out of bed and see what the noise was when the peg bag fell off the table in the middle of the night, but I'd have been seething if I'd had to do it. I don't think it's unfair of you to want the hunter/warrior type - I think the main reason women are so down on men is because this is drummed out of them by people who insist girls and boys are EXACTLY the same rather than allowing differences as they grow up. Then the same people whinge that men don't protect and provide any more.

eta: Saša, I worry about my DS. He is SO gorgeous and I have people going absolutely mad over him, more than you'd expect. He's also very popular. And that's a huge worry! I don't exactly want him to be an ugly billy-no-mates but the challenges of an attractive popular child aren't challenges I've had to face for myself so I am very uncomfortable about it, with the what ifs - the wrong crowd, the drugs, the alcohol, the knives... and he's only 17m old now!