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washu_z t1_jdp5mmx wrote

It’s got to be at least partly because their wives were the ones making them take their medications, go to the doctor, checking up on them etc.

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Fantastic_Beans t1_jdpvsjv wrote

I work at a hospital. The amount of times an old man has answered the question "What medicines do you take?" With "I don't know, but my wife has a list." Makes my head spin. Sir, you are 60 years old and you can't keep track of a medicine list on your own?

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dracuella t1_jdqc8f5 wrote

It's not that they can't; they're just so used to the wife taking care of all the bits and bobs at home that they delegate this to her, too. My granddad didn't even know how to operate the washing machine or the stove.

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