Does your mate appreciate you?

United States
March 27, 2007 7:54am CST
Whether you are married or just simply dating. Do you really think that we appreciate our mates or do we simply take them for granted? I want to know if there are any good men and women that know what they have and don't mind doing what needs to be done to make there spouse's or mates happy.
7 responses
• United States
27 Mar 07
unfortunately, i dont feel like my husband appreciates all of what i do around here. i am a stay at home mom, and he is under the impression that all i do is lay down and watch tv while my son runs around the house. he forgets that the bills get paid, the house gets cleaned, the laundry gets done, and there is a fresh hot plate of food waiting on the table for him when he gets home from work. on nice days i do yard work also. for a short while, he was coming home and complaining about his day at work and then sarcastically ask "and what did YOU do today?" after a couple of times of him asking me that, i got mad and told him. i also told him that if he ever asked me that again, then one day he was going to come home to find out what it would really be like if i spent my days the way he thought i did. he hasnt tried to test that one yet. i still feel like he doesnt understand how busy my days can get. i think he expects to come home and find out that i have built a car or something, just to prove to him that i spent my day doing "something". it is so frustrating. as far as i go, i really try to tell him all the time how much i appreciate all of what he does for our family. i know he has a hard job and that he must feel stressed that all the finances are weighed on his shoulders. the only way i know how to show him that he is appreciated is that i keep up with the house and i always have food ready for him. i am always asking him if he wants anything, like a snack or something, that i can make for him. i think he overlooks these little actions, as things that i am supposed to be doing as a wife.
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• United States
27 Mar 07
This is what is difficult about being a house wife, the husbands start forgetting that you are capable of working as well. And then they start bringing it up that they are the one with the job just to hold it over your head. I think it is good that you told him if he complains about you doing nothing again that you are actually going to do nothing. Sounds like hubby has a couple personal issues of his own. Good luck sweetie
• United States
27 Mar 07
This is what is difficult about being a house wife, the husbands start forgetting that you are capable of working as well. And then they start bringing it up that they are the one with the job just to hold it over your head. I think it is good that you told him if he complains about you doing nothing again that you are actually going to do nothing. Sounds like hubby has a couple personal issues of his own. Good luck sweetie
• United States
27 Mar 07
Does my mate appreciate me hmmmmmmmmmmm? I honestly don't think he does. When we first met I honestly didn't think my boyfriend had a chance in the world with me. And now we are living together and he acts different when his friends and their girlfriends come over. He always treats the other girls in the room so much different than me. Its crazy how when you give an underdog a chance, they stab you in the back with it.
• United States
27 Mar 07
Does my mate appreciate me hmmmmmmmmmmm? I honestly don't think he does. When we first met I honestly didn't think my boyfriend had a chance in the world with me. And now we are living together and he acts different when his friends and their girlfriends come over. He always treats the other girls in the room so much different than me. Its crazy how when you give an underdog a chance, they stab you in the back with it.
@lucky_witch (2707)
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
When I am in a relationship,,, i see to it that my partner is well taken care of. I never took them for granted. But sometimes unintentionally we hurt them... I admit. But I never found a perfect mate actually. Hmmm... men can never be like that I guess...
@maucute (979)
• Philippines
27 Mar 07
We're in a relationship and he does appreciate me to be in his life.. We've only been together for how many months but he does show it in his actions how much he really loves me.. Yeah, it would actually depend on the person if he/she would want to really value their relationship to add a little effort of making each other feel special. I don't mind doing things that would make him happy as long as it don't cross the line and that I know it's something worth doing..
@KissThis (3003)
• United States
27 Mar 07
There are times when I feel like i'm not appreciated like I think I should be.I realize that no one is going to say thank you on a daily basis but it would be nice every once in a while for someone to stop an say " Thanks for all the little things you do so I have more time for the things I like." I try to make sure that I show my appreciationfor things he does for me but helping as much as I can. On items that i'm of no use then I jsut say thank you but I realize that I don't do this as much as I should.
• Saudi Arabia
27 Mar 07
As for me, my partner and I love each other but i am not on the top of her priority list. She is too busy for me. I do understand that sometimes but at other times i feel she is far away, i try always to do my best to share with her everything (or let me say almost everything) she likes although she rarely does the same for me. I do feel it is unfair i tried to talk to her about it but didn't work. We have problems that grew with time, some of those problems, we learned to live with but some are still pian in the a$$ maybe because of chemistry difference.