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Lies Wives Believe
A Satirical Look at Married Life
Underappreciated
You work and slave every day, doing work that you know he wouldn’t like to do. You don’t mind, you’re selfless. However, the fact that he never thanks you or never seems to acknowledge what you do bothers you.
It bothers you so much, that if he does something to help, you don’t acknowledge what he does either—because it’s only fair, right?
Marriage is more than a friendship or a business partnership, it’s a mutual relationship that’s designed to help both of you meet each other’s needs. Simply because one member of the relationship isn’t meeting needs does not mean that the other should withhold as well.
The correct solution is for a conversation to be had about needs, and where the spouses are lacking. Once you’ve had this conversation, I’m sure you’ll be better equipped to help one another, and he’ll be more aware of what he’s missing.
There’s no reason for either spouse to not have their needs of appreciation met, the only excuse is that there wasn’t communication to state what those needs were!
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November 10th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
i wonder alot if i would have been better off never knowing him. many times i think i would. today when he was cleaning his car before i got after him for using my kitchen towels for cleaning his car. there are plenty of non kitchen or bath towels he could use. plenty of car rags that were clean. instead he yelled at me saying i am throwing a temper tantrum that the towel can be washed (of course he’s not the one doing the laundry) and said what do you care, (you being me ) it’s not like you do enough around here anyways. ouch, it’s not enough that do all the cleaning, laundry , pet poop scooping, dishes, etc etc play nice when we have company, wake up early when he has to, stay up late when he has to, be with his loser friends b/c he doesn’t want to drive back alone and make 3 different dinners b/c he’s still hungry. all the little things i do and the big things like moving away from my family for him, don’t’ count. i have postponed furthering my education and am going crazy looking for a job but that’s okay. since i don’t do enough.
wives are too unappreciated. women, are unappreciated.
thanks for the vent fest! i needed that.