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Having a supportive spouse probably does wonders for mental health. After 5 years in a relationship I decided to spin up my own business and learned about somet
by varispeed 4y ago
Having a supportive spouse probably does wonders for mental health. After 5 years in a relationship I decided to spin up my own business and learned about something I didn't know about significant other - she didn't recognise working for oneself as a legitimate work. For her I was "pissing away" my and her time and I should look for a second job if I wanted to make more money. I managed two years of constant berating, being laughed at and threatened. In the hindsight I wish I had ended the relationship the first time she demonstrated the lack of support. My project would have taken less time to get it to MVP and my mental health wouldn't be in a state it was.
After my project started making money she was of course sorry and wanted to get back together.
But I am not sure if I ever would want to be with someone else, this is not the first time I have been burned, but first time it hurt so bad.
I feel so much better alone.
- jensneuse 4y agoI know exactly where you're coming from. My family didn't understand or like what I did for a long time. For them, I've wasted my time on what wasn't really "work", because I didn't get a salary. I'm from Germany, you're expected to have a job here. Being an Entrepreneur seems wrong. Luckily, my wife was very supportive. But there are also limits. Let's say that everyone around me had to suffer to some degree so that I was able to pull this off.
- itsmemattchung 4y ago> Let's say that everyone around me had to suffer to some degree so that I was able to pull this off. Even solo entrepreneurship isn't really "solo". Takes a village to raise a {business|baby}.