That's really sad...and hilarious at the same time
But yes, I believe that a lot of them exhibit child-like qualities
IMO, an 'ego' is synonymous to 'mine mine mine! I can do it! Look at meee!! I did it best! And no one can do it better than me, mommy!'
You can 'handle' men the same way you can handle children...by making it seem like he was the one to come up with the idea...so his ego won't be hurt and he won't go into tantrum/shut-down mode. It's just like when your 2 yr old wants to pour the juice all by himself...and you hold his hands and YOU pour it....but make it seem like he's pouring it....then it's 'good job Tyler! You did it alll by yourself! You're a big boy! Yay! *clap clap*'
But if YOU just went ahead and poured the juice yourself because you
know Tyler can't do it...he's too little...he'll make a mess...Tyler throws a tantrum/pouts/'hates' you. Men do that too. But the consequences are much more dire *sarcasm*. Because his ego is bruised! *ohnoes* And well, clearly this means he was stripped of his manhood...the only thing about him that's worth him living for
And not just when they're sick....but with making decisions, getting them to do things, etc.
ANNNDDD (slight tangent ahead) a lot of them just want to be taken care of....in the grand scheme of things for the most part. I had a conversation with a group of male friends just yesterday about marriage. We were discussing that latest 'Dating in the Dark' show. The black woman said that she believes it's a woman's job to tend to the house and children. When she said that, I was wondering if she wanted to stop working once she got married then. And I bought this topic up with them (my friends). They were like 'why would she stop working????' they were seriously baffled. So I explained to them that she would be a house wife...and I didn't think she should work also...if she wasn't getting any help with the house work from him. They were like nahhhh.
So wait a minute. You want help to pay the bills...because stuff is expensive and everyone is supposed to work nowadays....it's a rough economy (their words). But you want her to do ALL of the cooking/cleaning/tending to children. Because that makes you feel like a 'man'...and 'superior' and 'hear-me-roar' ?????
Not ALL of them are like this....but a lot are.
I refuse to marry someone with this mentality
ETA: oh, and I'm not judging your SO. Nothing I wrote really peratins to what your SO did. What he did was hilarious. And a bit understandable. I would want my SO to hold my hair and rub my back while I was throwing up (consequence) after binge-drinking (action that's completely my fault).
"hold my hand" 
