Do you ever have days.....

United States
May 22, 2009 1:55pm CST
When you feel like you are underappreciated and your family takes you for granted, you would like to just run away and not be anywhere they can reach you and make them wake up and start treating you better.
4 responses
• United States
22 May 09
Unfortunately I do, it's incredibly frustrating, especially when you know that if you did go away, 9-out-of-10, instead of taking it as a wake up call they'd leave everything for you to do so you'd be returning to a bigger mess then when you left.
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• United States
22 May 09
You are so right I know that and it makes me feel even more frustrated. Thanks for responding.
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• United States
20 Aug 09
You're welcome, I hope you're feeling better now and that you've found a way to balance your family's needs with time for you!
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@turones (206)
• Philippines
23 May 09
i do too and it makes me feel sad every time i think about it. it's not that i'm complaining or anything but sometimes i feel that it's not right anymore. when i reached the age of 16, my parents both stopped working and so i don't have any choice but to find a job because we have to pay rent for the house and i don't want to live in the street. since then, they relied on me when it comes to financial matters. now that i'm already married and have a family of my own, they are still with me and i still provide for them. i mean, my parents and sister are still living with me and they still depend on me financially. fortunately, my financial status has already improved a lot and i now have a house of my own.
• United States
23 May 09
It sounds like you have a very heavy load yourself, I feel like my family also takes advantage of me, and I worry about my mother although she is married and not living with me I tend to give her money and other necessities because she seems to have problems even with her husband, managing their finances we are not really in a position where we can take on extra finances but it is hard for me not to help my mother just because she is my mother and i would do anything for her even if it tends to tighten things up for us. Your family is very lucky to have you just like I think my family is lucky to have me I just wish they would show it sometimes. Thanks for the response.
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
22 May 09
There are many days when I feel like my family takes me for granted. I mean I do the cleaning in the house and there are days when I go out with friends or my boyfriend to come home to have to clean up my family's mess even when i wasn't home to help make the mess.
• United States
23 May 09
I think I feel that way often I am responsible for keeping our finances in order, I clean the house and cook the meals, along with the fact I work full time(luckily from home as as reservation agent for a call center), I go to school and then I am suppose to find time outside of those things. I am so tired by the end of the day and when my family gets inpatient with me or I call my brother and he is rude. I feel like telling them all where to shove it and not doing a dang thing. But I know if I don't do it I will be the one ending up cleaning everything or fixing the finances when I finally do get around to doing it because I think everyone in my house is helpless. It just would be nice to feel appreciated once and a while. Thanks for your response. :) I guess our work is never done is it.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
23 Jan 10
hi angel just remembered something from way back I am now a widow, but I was in the hospital from having a hysterectomy, my mom was taking care of my two kids while hubby was supposed to do the dishes and housework. now imaging body still sore from stitches and surgery and walking into the kitchen to find all the pots and pans and dishes and silverware sitting on the counter to be washed. I yelled,I mean I really carried on. my mom bless her did pitch in and with her help I got the kitchen back to normal. I gave my hubby a big piece of my mind. a very big piece. my hubby did a compromise, he would sweep, vacumn, mop and do the laundry but the dishes had to be mine. okay so we did it and my did that help. once the dishes were over I could plop down on a chair and relax.