How much is a homemaker worth?

[TLK]

Re: How much is a homemaker worth?

@stoppit

just to touch on the appreciation aspect. husband gets appreciation from work if he’s doing a good job, then women like to compliment/praise so i’m sure he gets it from that department too. mother’s are taken for granted by their kids (it’s only when we get older that we realise how much they have done for us), so the least the husband can do is appreciate coz no one else is going to.

@stoppit

why did you miss out what came after the comma in my quote?

also, automne said she’d like to feel like she has an IQ, not display it. there is a difference. everyone wants to work out their mental muscles and keep them in good condition, it’s hard when you’re mental capacity is instead taken up caring for other people.

Here, I quoted you full and still believe that you cannot replace an office recognition with the recognition coming from spouse. Plus who says that you do not need to work our your mental muscles when taking care of home. Every now and then when I have to take care of kids and household chores, I feel like a dumb person, and grow even more appreciation towards the intelligence and wisdom that my wife uses to run the our home .

@automne77

TLK honestly how much appreciation do homemakers really get. They accomplish tasks like laundry, vacuuming, ironing clothes, washing, cleaning toilets, tubs, Doing the dishes 2-3 times a day, dusting, making the bed.
All the above work/challenges don’t have a dollar figure associated so no appreciation.

So you would feel appreciated only when someone pays you for the work?