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I’m having trouble thinking how to explain to my SO “yeah, I’m going to pay for my own office so I can have more freedom and reduced family responsibilities.” I
by vuln 4y ago
I’m having trouble thinking how to explain to my SO “yeah, I’m going to pay for my own office so I can have more freedom and reduced family responsibilities.”
I might be legitimately sleeping in said office for the foreseen future.
Edit: for context my only child is a teenager, and we have 2 dogs.
- ggm 4y agoAllow your SO to do the same, problem solved. Its not "I have an office and you don't" powerplay, its "we both need offices" the teen and dogs will sort it out. Admittedly, the in-house ground level will be 15cm higher, consisting of compacted chip wrappers, pringles tubes and doritos bags combined with .. something covered in hair, and chopsticks.
- fragmede 4y agoI mean, how do you presently manage finances, especially wrt large financial decisions? How do you discuss difficult topics now? Though I imagine framing it differently than “I’m unilaterally deciding to have fewer responsibilities around the house” is going to improve the odds of success.
- em-bee 4y agoyou need an office so you can focus on your work. to many disruptions at home. or you need to meet clients