Do you and your husband say thank you after cooking meals, etc?

Well alot of things have changed in the years I have been with my girlfriend but manners never have. We always thank each other for everything and say please if we want or need something. We also offer each other help if we figure the other one needs it. You need to be polite it shows respect and how much you care for anothers feelings. Without manners we are nothing more than animals.

I think at first we said our please's and thank you's better. After a while we take eachother for granted. I have been married for about 7 and 1/2 years. I say thank you out of habbit a lot. Thank you for posting this. I will make more of a conscious effort now that is is on my mind.

My husband and I always compliment ( or criticize gently) whenever one or the other does something for the other. Whether cooking, cleaning or a chore from the "Honey Do" jar, we both make it a point to say something if only "Thanks". You have to let your feelings known to your spouse because it sounds like he was imprinted by his father's example. But remember, his mother probably never needed it or else he'd been acting differently.

Yes my boyfriend does usually say 'This looks nice thankyou'. If he doesnt I will say to him 'Is your meal ok' so then he will say 'yes thanks' Good manners dont cost anything, I always say thankyou so when someone doesnt say it to me i will always remind them

My husband is the best cook and everytime he makes us a dinner, I always thank him and tell him how good it is; on occasion, I tell him that it wasn't good...lol. I told him that I'd always be honest about it. I'll tell him what I liked about it and what I didn't like about it. I know it hurts his feelings a bit but he knows that I'll always be honest. We (my son, CJ and I) always thank 'daddy' after he's taken us out to lunch as well...that's just how I was raised, to be polite to everyone; even your significant other.

It might be a man thing, I don't know, but in my case I had to tell my husband that he needs to say these things to me once in a while so that I know I am appreciated for what I do for our family. It makes me feel good when he says "thank you, or nice dinner babe, or that was a lovely meal, or I like what you've done to the room". Whenever he does something out of the ordinary, I make an effort to thank him too, to show how much I appreciate him taking time out to do it i.e. cook dinner, load the dishwasher, bathe and put my son to bed etc.

Oh honey that's how men are! Some won't express no matter what,nothing will make them say a sorry or thank you! I thank my hubby all the time, even for the smallest things like when he gets me a glass of water or when he holds the door open for me(which he does often btw) He rarely thanks me, maybe when I make his favourite dish or something. We gotta live with that. Some men don't appreciate what we do for them and they are like that. Some do appreciate what is done but don't express it. Some others just don't care. Well that's men for you..lol

we always thank each other. oddly enough though, he always thanks me and my mom (when we eat there)but not his mom for some reason. he always thanks me for cooking his meals or making him a cup of tea and i'll always thank him for the odd lil thing that he helps me with. respect is very important!

My hubby does thank me, but he didn't used to. We did a bit of couples counselling a few years back, and that was one of the things that came up ... appreciating each other more. So now he thanks me all the time, and I thank him all the time. I think it would be an OK thing to talk to your hubby and let him know you need a bit of appreciation sometimes.

I thank him for everything that he does for me. he doesn't always do that, but he always gives me little gifts now and then so I guess it's draw!

Yes I do think it's a man thing to not say Thank You. I always make a concious effort of saying Thank You for everything my husband does, mind you I spend more time around my grandchildren then he does and my daughter is very big on teaching her kids manners, and I always try to work with manners. I never have to worry about saying Thank You for cooking the meal because he never does that LOL. I do know my meals are appreciated because there's hardly ever any left overs.

Interesting now that you mention it. I almost always say thank you for making dinner or thank you for helping me with the kids or thank you for putting a bag in the trash. But I rarely get it in return for the same efforts. I do get it every now and then, I guess when he thinks I've gone above and beyond, who knows, but not like how I say it. And yes, we do need to hear it more often, why should it be expected that I have dinner ready for you? And it's worse because I'm a SAHM, so he really expects the house clean, dinner made, kids "things" done, etc. Hmmmm....got me thinking.

Definitely yes...always says thank you and even cleans up after dinner or helps me clean up...just love it when he cooks on the grill

My hubby and I tell each other 'thank you' pretty much on a daily basis. He thanks me for cooking, I thank him for cleaning up. He thanks me for making the morning coffee and I thank him for taking out the trash. I think it's important to show appreciation in a marriage - for the big things AND for the little things.

Well sometimes I thanked my wife for cooking the foods. She cooked nice foods. This is to appreciate what she had done for me.

well ill always do sometimes,,but there are other means of expressing your gratitude or happiness of what hes done or vice versa...he sometimes hug me and kiss me after doing so..or just mere smile and nodding while eating is nice to see...just dont limit yourself to a phrase...

it's a nice way to say thank you. i do say these words even in a fastfood store or anything that have been done to me. it's a good example too for your children. anyway, we can't force someone to say thank you if he's not use to saying it. maybe, he's a man of few words.

I am a wife too and have been for over 15 years. I must be really lucky because each night after I cook for my husband I still get a kiss, a thank you and a dinner was good. I try to always remember to say thank you for the little things he does for me too. Checking the fluids in my car, carrying a heavy bag, bringing me something to drink. We teach people how to treat us and I guess for my husband and I this was the only way we could imagine treating each other. We treat each other the way we want the other one to treat us and it seems to have worked. Have you told your husband that you feel underappreiciated because he never says the words you need to hear? Men don't seem to understand the need for all the words, if he cleans his plate he loved it and therefore loves you why does he need to say he loved it. He showed you for Gosh sake! Try to be patient and remember that he is after all just a man.

i dont think telling thankyou for everyday jobs is necessary the only time my wife really tells me thankyou is when i take care of the kids .i sometimes tell her thank you for getting married to me

he is the man that does all the cooking. I do thank him. Maybe that is why we have been married almost 42 years