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I'm one of those wives who have ceased being reasonable about her better half's reluctance to seek preventative maintenance health care. The issue came to a head last week...and I was in tears. (And I'm far more prone to yell and swear after reasoning has become pointless.)
And the tears worked. Fact remains, were it not for my "insistance," my husband would not be attending to common-sense health matters.
Articles like this are particularly helpful, but in trying to puzzle out this dilemma...I stumbled onto a real hurdle:
There is no chance in hell that the BH will get together with other men to discuss men's health issues. His relationships with other men are close and solid, but activity-based...(longbow tourneys, black diamond skiing trips, golf and fishing. And I do wonder if his rejection of "men's health activism" has to do with the surprisingly common "manly" perception of such efforts as the masculine equivalent of the "chick group hug."
Been married to the man for 25 years, and really don't see him changing his attitudes much. So, in the pursuit of insuring that I don't have to grow old alone, much, much more focus on understanding this reluctance of men to do the annual physical gig would be good.
FTR, I'm not the only wife in this boat...and frankly, we all need a good navigator. Advice from Redbook and Family Circle ain't cuttin' it.
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