Whining And Dying

(After nursing my partner through a cold featuring very sore throats I catch the cold and my partner nurses me. We are lying in bed, on our tablets, when a medical show comes on TV. I don’t pay much attention, but enough to notice that one of the patients comes in with a sore throat and then gets sicker. After the show my partner looks at me, concerned.)

Partner: “You have that. You’re gonna die.”

Me: “Oh yeah? What were the symptoms?”

Partner: “Sore throat.”

Me: “…”

Partner: “…and excessive whining.”