because if you're an adult and come down with chicken pox, then the doctor gives you antivirals and sedatives, and tells you to sleep it off for the next two weeks.
And then your husband goes off to a scifi convention that you were both supposed to go to and all you do is play Rollercoaster Tycoon and cover up all the mirrors in your house so you don't have to see your scary scary face.
(, Thu 12 Aug 2004, 21:49, archived)