Definitely. Another thing worth considering is their culture and a bit of their "history". My wife is very risk averse, but with reason. She actually had a b

Definitely. Another thing worth considering is their culture and a bit of their "history". My wife is very risk averse, but with reason. She actually had a bit of a bad run with entrepreneurship. Actually her dad, who I respect for having the balls to take a punt and give it a go (about 15/20 years ago), tried and failed and the family had to to into a bit of debt which it took them years to recover from. So from that perspective she (like many people) view risk as a 0 or 1 thing. My way around it (almost) was to explain all actions (and risks associated with them) and having (or atleast trying to show) backup plans. Even if it means moon lighting (which is slow and painful but much better than no support from your SO). And giving a time frame helps and it also makes you more serious.