One of many ways women are different than women

Earlier I was wondering why even though I am sick, aching all over with an upset stomach and so on and so forth I am downstairs washing the dishes. As I went to take some medicine, I noticed that both sinks were full of dirty dishes and could not force myself to go back upstairs to bed knowing that there was no more room in the sink for my children to put their dishes. So thirty minutes later when my slightly upset stomach became extremely upset and the dishes were down to half a sink I went back to bed. Why can't I just ignore them especially when I am sick?