I'm really sick, like dizziness and fever and shit.  A primordial instinct wants my mom, or rather the idea of one.  My actual mom would take the opportunity to say things like wouldn't it be easier if I were married and had a man in my life to take care of me.  Any opportunity to push that agenda.  And yet what would really go down in a hetero relationship, as evidenced by my own experiences and most of my female friends married or in long term situations, the woman usually provides nurture and comfort, checking in until the partner is healed (socialized to give a shit).  The dudes in a reversed situation barely notice their partner is sick, or become annoyed at the inconvenient noisy coughing or errands or lack of sex*.  So, no thanks mom, would rather be single and save myself the role of being a burden to a manchild who doesn't know the value of my labor let alone how to reciprocate.

*don't #notallmen me here, if you've been socialized to give a shit, good for you.  Give yourself a cookie and check your bros when they are whiny or negligent with their sick female partners

**sad that I'm conditioned to have to say any of this in response to a natural instinct to seek maternal comfort in times of stress.