College and work put a strain on my relationship sometimes because I either work or am doing homework when we are together
Does work affect your relationship?
02/09/2012
Hard not to bring the stress of work home at times. She understands that I need a little alone time to wind down after a stressful day.
11/01/2012
It can and does
11/01/2012
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I definitely know how that goes. When my husband has a day at work with a lot of heavy lifting, the last thing he wants to do is have sex. Not that I can blame him, but it still bums me out.
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bayosgirl
My husband works 2 jobs, 14+ hours a day, and when we get home from his second job (which we work at together) he is often too tired to talk, let alone be intimate. The lack of intimacy I can tolerate (we usually make up for it on the weekends), but
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My husband works 2 jobs, 14+ hours a day, and when we get home from his second job (which we work at together) he is often too tired to talk, let alone be intimate. The lack of intimacy I can tolerate (we usually make up for it on the weekends), but the worst is when he's crabby because all he wants to do is shower and crash in front of the TV. :-( I said all this to say, do you or your spouse's work affect your relationship? I'm trying to see how common this is. Thank you.
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11/01/2012
no it just makes me happier to be home
11/07/2012
it can for sure be draining.
11/08/2012
It only affects the relationship in that he's got an unsteady work schedule so it's kind of hard to plan things and sometimes I won't see him until late at night when he comes back from work if he does the afternoon shift. Sometimes he's really tired too which cuts down on plan options
03/20/2013
yes, though only a little. We both know the protocol when the other has a bad day. He will listen to me complain for a while and try to be helpful, then divert my attention to something fun. I will leave him alone, which is what he prefers!
03/20/2013
We are both working college students so we frequently are stressed and it affects our moods and ability to have sex at times.
03/21/2013
Yes, not me so much, as I am a stay at home mom...though my "job" does get quite demanding and never ends So I suppose when the baby is up all night, it does affect our ability to be intimate.
Hubby on the other hand is often in a higher level position and does bring home the stresses from it at times (he will wake up in the middle of the night to write down a reminder for the morning!) when things get tense at work, it does often spill over into home life, he's often more tired or distracted. But, he recently switched jobs back to something he loves to do, with less responsibility and stress on his shoulders, so I'm hopeful we won't see much of that over flow anymore!
Hubby on the other hand is often in a higher level position and does bring home the stresses from it at times (he will wake up in the middle of the night to write down a reminder for the morning!) when things get tense at work, it does often spill over into home life, he's often more tired or distracted. But, he recently switched jobs back to something he loves to do, with less responsibility and stress on his shoulders, so I'm hopeful we won't see much of that over flow anymore!
03/26/2013
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