Does anyone else have a significant other who is always foolishly hurting themselves?

My SO plays in a recreational sports league, and I support his hobby because he loves it and it’s a good way to stay active. I’ve made friends with many of his teammates and often attend their games.

However, the last two seasons, he’s been injuring himself a lot more. He doesn’t jog or go to the gym anymore, and I think that has something to do with it. He often comes home with nasty abrasions and contusions from sliding into bases and diving around the field.

I sometimes remind him that he’s in his mid-late 30s now and no longer in his 20s and he needs to be more careful. Not to mention, he’s not a pro athlete and is not getting paid to throw himself around the field and destroy his body. I suspect he’s trying to recapture his youth, but in reality, he’s causing himself pain and risking serious injury.

All of the above plus he comes home from a game and howls in pain for days after, demanding that I “take care of him.” I’m a busy small business owner and have told him several times that if he chooses to make risky plays and subsequently injures himself that I only have so much Florence Nightengale in me to spare.

Last night he shredded both his knees, threw his back, and got a nasty contusion on his hip from throwing his body around the field. He spent the night complaining and tossing and turning and disrupting my sleep. He’s at work right now and I’m at home working on important projects and I’m frankly dreading him coming home because I know he’s going to start demanding that I drop everything to tend to him.

I would feel differently if the injuries were not from his choices, but I’ve been dealing with this for three years now. I tell him to see a doctor when he gets injured (he has good health insurance) and please don’t expect me to be a nurse. I’m having a “heads down” week with work and don’t have time for this right now. How much do I owe my significant other?