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In reply to the discussion: My wife has been working A LOT of 45 to 55 hour work week and I think she is getting frustrated with [View all]Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)35. Tell her how much you appreciate her
Show her and tell her. There are other ways to express gratitude other than through cooking and cleaning.
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diabeticman
Feb 2014
OP
Clean the house and cook her a nice dinner that's waiting for her when she gets home. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Feb 2014
#1
clean the effing house and cook a simple meal. No wonder she's frustrated.
magical thyme
Feb 2014
#11
Homemade salad spinner: put greens in clean plastic bag with holes poked along bottom
marzipanni
Feb 2014
#14
I will do dishes when I can and the laundry. I work 40 hours a week too. I'm not a freeloader.
diabeticman
Mar 2014
#22
I do the laundry and dishes when I can but I work night shift 40 hours a week.
diabeticman
Mar 2014
#19
I am NOT unemployed. I work 40 hours a week. It amazes me how everyone assumed I was unemployed
diabeticman
Mar 2014
#29
READ the thread HE has a full time job too!! He just wants to do something nice for his wife n/t
auntAgonist
Mar 2014
#46
How do you know he didn't? I'm all for him helping around the house. Make no mistake. Yes,
auntAgonist
Mar 2014
#50
clean the house already. after spending 10 hors a week on that to even out your time, make sure you
bettyellen
Mar 2014
#32
How? To me that would mean paying someone to come and clean the house. Fine wiith me!
CTyankee
Mar 2014
#37
that's nice and actually should be what male and females do for their partner all the time.
CTyankee
Mar 2014
#45
My husband and I are retired. He has had two spinal surgeries and now I have been
CTyankee
Mar 2014
#43
I think if you edit this post to add that you too work FULL TIME the answers might be different (?)
auntAgonist
Mar 2014
#47
It just boggles my mind how people assumed I was unemployed. It isn't like I have never talked
diabeticman
Mar 2014
#49