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If you are a SAHM, do you feel underappreciated by your spouse/kids?

Yes, most of the time

35%
Yes, but only sometimes

22%
Very rarely

18%
No, not at all

16%
Other

6%

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MPWifeJessicia

at 9:19 PM on Jul. 31, 2009
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- Mandie2006
at 11:14 AM on August 1, 2009
Well I work at night and my husband does days, so technically I'm a SAHM. I consider myself to be anyway, as I only work weekends. But yes I do feel like I could be appreciated more. My husband has never done the dishes or laundry, given our kids baths, etc. He does vacuum sometimes but that's all. I never get a thank you and when I do say something, he'll say "Well you never let me help!" And that's true, but I just want him to realize that I never want him to help because I feel like it's MY job to keep our house in order. I don't mind doing it all around here, I just want him to realize that I DO it, ya know?
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- crazedaffe
at 11:18 AM on August 7, 2009
I totally agree with you Mandie2006. I'm a SAHM and I do about 99.9% of the housework and cooking. I've had to TEACH my husband to say thank you for anything. Now when I ask him how his breakfast/lunch/dinner is he says "It's very good, thank you." I believe that even if I am home all day and cooking and cleaning are my 'job' I still want to hear that the house looks nice and the food is good and he's happy that there is food for him to eat. It's just how I was raised. We said thank you at every meal to my mom because she would go out of her way (even though she was a SAHM as well) to make breakfast for us when it would have just been easier to pour a bowl of cereal and call it a morning.
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- Lapis_L...
at 7:01 PM on August 15, 2009
I am a very lucky woman to have a husband that thanks me literally for everything I do, even if it is expected--like washing the dishes, straightening the house, or bathing the kids before bed. And he never ever comments on me not being able to get around to things I should have done in the day.
Even still, I feel like too much is expected of me, and I am running ragged, and that leads to feel like I should definately be getting paid for this!
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- MommaRo...
at 6:37 PM on September 7, 2009
not my kids no