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October 10, 2005
Men's Oddity
It has occurred to me why so many more women then men are bulimic. As it is a disease one hides from those around them, men would be too easily found out. I am curious to know why they do it, but they do it for sure.
Every man I have ever known- from my father up to my husband and my friends- EVERY SINGLE ONE- finds it necessary (perhaps uncontrollable), to scream into the toilet bowl when they puke. Not just a little hurl noise, as you might hear from behind the closed door of a woman's sickness, followed by a splash, but a full on wall rattling holler, that eclipses the noise of any splash.
I remember nights of my father having the flu when I was a kid- I used to think he was being slowly killed in some torturous painful way... perhaps gutted by a savage with a bowie knife. As I lay in my bed pretending to sleep- using my pillow over my face to muffle the giggles, I would listen, knowing I would wake up with a terrible gut ache from laughter.
My husband? Sounded like he was being stepped on by an elephant while trying to scream for help... as if some giant beast was mashing him to death under some great weight in the bathroom. This noise, of course, is only amplified by the acoustics of a toilet bowl and a small tiled room. Me? I sat on the floor in the bedroom immobilized by laughter at the sound. Sure, I felt bad that he was ill- but was overcome by the horrifically hilarious noise across the way. The only thing funnier than that, is the after thought that the bathroom window was wide open, and I sure he scared the piss out of at least a few cats... I can imagine them running for fear of death from the great growling screaming monster echoing through the woods.
I am a terrible person... but holy shit, it was funny.
Posted by TheFreud at October 10, 2005 7:54 PM
Comments
I couldn't agree more!!
Posted by: lisa at October 13, 2005 12:18 AM
I stumbled on your blog through blog explosion.
I so agree. My brother was the first guy I noticed that did this... it sounds like a herd of hyenas or something when he throws up (and unfortunately it does not take him too much liquor to get into that position)... and now my husband.. ick.. he had the stomach flu earlier this year and I had to take the next day off of work because I was up all night listening to this!!
I (as a woman) am such a quiet "retcher"... after my hubby gave me the abovementioned flu, he did not even here me the night I was up "hugging the toilet".
Posted by: Empress4 at October 13, 2005 6:03 PM
