Wonderful Wife: “I’m sick.”
Me: “I’m feeling terrible myself.”
WW: “Nope. We can’t both be sick. I called it first. Suck it up, buddy.”
Me: (long pause)
Me: “I feel better already.”
Wonderful Wife: “I’m sick.”
Me: “I’m feeling terrible myself.”
WW: “Nope. We can’t both be sick. I called it first. Suck it up, buddy.”
Me: (long pause)
Me: “I feel better already.”
Very Vocal Viking 
We have this rule in our household too. Only one of us is allowed to be sick at a time.
Or grumpy.. and sometimes just sad, only one of us at a time and the other one gets to help with making stress less or be funny or supportive… We just made it 22 yrs and it still works out most days for us.