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You scrimp, you save, you wash dishes, mop floors, endlessly pick up dropped sweaters, towels, CDs, dirty dishes, endlessly put away said sweaters, towels, and whatever else needs to be done; regardless of how tired you are or how early/late/inconvenient it is—and that’s on top of your 40-stretching-to-50 hour work week. Does your one-and-only appreciate it? Does he stop to say "Wow, good job! Sparkling clean dishes, great floors—thanks!" or "Gee, Honey, spot-free glasses and a neat house. You're awesome!" Noooo. OK, so you can understand that others might take you for granted, but your spouse? Grrr.

And how about the effort you make outside the home? No matter what the morning was like (the cat threw up on the couch, you were up with the baby all night, you were out of coffee and Diet Coke), you square your shoulders, take a deep breath and walk in to work with a smile on your face and your very best positive attitude.