Coming from a 28 yr old married woman, ill tell you y i complain when my husband works too much. I complain when he works too much for one simple reason, the more hes working, the less time hes spending with me, therefore the less happy I am. Its just the two of us, no kids. So im home all by myself all day. Tell me, why do men complain when there wives want to spend time with them after they get home? The truth is, I want him to pay attention to me and do things with me, and he cant do that if hes at work all the time. Yes we appreciate the hard work very Very much, it just sometimes gets over shadowed by our longing to be with you and spend time with you, thats all