Don't expect to be praised for being a man

Men's marital rights in Islam are very few, but their responsibilities are vast. Did you think that your role was to be respected and honored, to call the shots, to never be argued with, never be nagged, never be challenged, be treated with dignity, live like a king, then you don't know what being a man is. It is almost always a hard and thankless job. Your wife will probably not understand you or appreciate you. How can she?

She may not even respect you sometimes. Her gratitude will probably be fleeting. You wanna deal with the slings and arrows of life, absorb the blows, take the hits, and get very little to no recognition. You will be frequently criticized, berated, mistreated, doubted, ignored, and even resented. But one thing you will always be without exception continuously by your wife and children is relied upon, depended upon, needed even when they don't know how much.

You know. And that's why as a man, you don't wait for thanks. You're not waiting for respect and appreciation. You don't need praise and a pat on the back. Your wife and family don't know what you deal with.

They don't know how you struggle. They don't understand the difficulties that you face. They can't and they shouldn't. The whole point of your role is to be taken for granted. That means you're doing a good job.