do you ever feel like your being taken for granted

It is so easy to get frustrated. My hubby is normally pretty good, but the other day he mentioned something about the house being messy and I lost it !! I work midnight shift, come home and then walk the dog, feed the kids breakfast, take something out to defrost for dinner, and get my boys (8 & 10) situated for the day. By the time I go to sleep it is usually 11 or 12. I used to go to sleep at 9 or 10, but the boys are out of school for the summer. Then I get woken up periodically throughout the day, just boys being boys. I wake up at 5pm, walk the dog again, do the dishes, and start dinner. AT 7:30 my hubby comes home, so I feed him, the kids, etc. After cleaning up, making the boys shower, brush their teeth, etc, I have to shower and get ready for work. I leave at 11:35pm. SO maybe you can tell me when I am supposed to make sure the house is always tidy? LOL Like I said, they are usually pretty good, but sometimes you just feel so overwhelmed, that you can snap. Don't feel bad, it's normal. Maybe since you snapped, they'll be a little nicer for a while.. lol I know it worked for me, hubby actually helped out a little with some things yesterday :)

I do, all the time. But I like when it is done by my family. I feel I am needed and indispensable. Trust me, its so much better when people count on you and need you than not wanting you for anything.

yes i most definitely do, sometimes i feel that the work i do isnt being appreciated and that people just take me fro granted without ever saying a word of thanks. however, im pretty ashamed to say that im guilty of taking other peopl for granted as well

Yes i do feel like i am being taken for granted or used in some sense of the word as well. I work eight hours five days of the week. I work at home doing my house hold things 7 days a week. I make sure that the bills are paid an the kids have what they need. I try to please my boyfriend and my boss and my parents and the kids as well and it seems that no matter what i do it is never good enough. With the kids it is like no matter what i give them they are never satisfied they want more. When it comes to the boyfriend i really cant please him no matter what i do he is always looking for something more. I cant only do so much and i wish they would realize that and start showing me something for what i do do. It would at least give a person the courage to keep on keeping on if they knew what they did meant something and was appreciated. I dont think that is asking for too much. I think alot of all the people in my life and just want them to think a little something about me.

I am positively sure that I am taken for granted by the people whom I really love. It hurts a lot to think that youre doing everything just for them to be happy and at the end of the day there is no appreciation. It hurts more because everybody's putting me all the responsibility and sometimes for them I am not doing my best. It really sucks! Well someday they will appreciate me and thank me for everything. Im not losing hope besides they are my family and i love them.

I know how you feel. I work first shift and my husband works 2nd so when I get home i have to cook for the kids and I plus make my husbands dinner. Then i have to clean the house which means take care of toys, vaccum and etc... I have 3 kids. One is 9 yrs old so i dont have to take care of her stuff. But then I have a 2 yr old and 10 month old. Which means I have diapers to change. Then when the kids and I have appointments that makes my day even harder. I dont ever get anything out of it either. I wish they would see how much i do in a day. Maybe if they would just be me for one day they would understand.

Its frustrating when people take me for granted. I really hate this attitude in every relationship.

I do not have any kids, but i do live with a guy and we are very thankful to easchother. We always bith thnak eachother for dinner, even if just one cooked it.. And this is a rutine, so I always get atleast one thank you each day, and so does he. thank you is such a small word, but still it means so much!

Sometimes yes i do.....I have to do alot of computer work with my job. I have to use the phone alot. I get frustrtated when people call to idle chit chat or my hubby forgets to do something he promised when I cant and dont have time.....

i think that all the people sometimes feel that they are being taken for granted but sometimes they are not taken for granted but people are very busy and tired so sometimes they don't appreciate your good work. i also sometimes feel that i am being taken for granted but it is because those people are busy and tired and don't have much time to appreciate.

yes i did ever feel like that......i got a lot of children helped to get in school, helping them for their needs as well but do not know how to thank me either. I do have nieces,,,,i jsut help my elder sister to pay her tuition fees in school. the next sister she graduated as validictorian from their school and she got one year scholarship. i really cared about her capability to learn so i tried to help her until she graduated then for one course. She was assinged to afar country as apprentice with pay for 6 months and that time i was already abandoned by my ex husband so ireally need financially, spiritually, morally and a lot more. But nobody among my 5 sisters and a brother helped me.........instead they tried to ignored me. I was hoping my niece will help me but she spoke to me so badly when she arrived from SIngapore and leave the house then stay with her friend...........helping others specially with those who got a high grades during their secondary....................it's really hard to help people specially after taking everything you are nothing now

"and it is like ok well you are suppose to do that. i mean i am but still i would like to hear a thank you" ^ Thats Wrong. It is a shared responsiblity between you and your partner to take care of the children, clean the house etc. Try asking them to say thank you once in a while - even to your husband... make him say thank you for cooking the dinner and cleaning up... and if he doesnt - Easy - dont cook him a dinner... tell him to make his own. Ask your kids nicely to say thank you for things they are given because its polite... as we say -instantly- sorry when we have done wrong (Though some people do not say sorry * which is rude). Try to get them to understand your situation - If you give your kids pocket money maybe you can make them do a few little choirs to EARN their pocket money. (Depending on their age). It's a bit like slave work yes -but it will also teach them that in real society they have to EARN things instead of being given - but it also loads the stress off you of not having to do that choir. (Still depending on the age of your children). With Kids when they get into the habit of saying things they will say it more often... when i was young i was incredibly stubborn and i'd hardly ever said sorry in my life... but after the first time it flowed more easily when i WAS sorry. Anyway, Try the advice... it might work ^ Good luck! I hope you can finally feel appreciated. :)