I have a new life partner.
He had been a bachelor for a long, long time (read: perfect slob).
After many episodes of: "today I bought the groceries", or "today I did all our laundry", or "today I cleaned out the fridge", etc....
(and I am always appreciative of the things he does to help around the house)
I had to explain to him that I felt like he was asking for recognition - sorta fishing for praise. Yet, I felt that those things he was doing were the things a responsible adult in an even partnership relationship - was expected to do.
We agreed not to award trophies for best effort at mopping :-) and we continue to appreciate the efforts of everyone in maintaining our home together.
Learning to be responsible adults is a new experience for some folks.