I love my job and the freedom it gives me to lead my life on my own schedule. I can travel where and when I wish, as long as I have internet access. I can be available for my children whenever they need me.
And I can keep up with the hobbies that I love. The only problem is that there are items constantly moving in and out of my house. When I travel, my business partner has access to my home and can get whatever she needs if there are time constraints, and it can’t wait until my return.
But this drives my husband crazy, on top of the cumulation of bags, boxes, deliveries and delivery people constantly at my door. When he is at the office, he’s unaware of the comings and goings, but there have recently been a few weeks (thankfully not in a row) where he has been working from home for one reason or another. And one of those weeks coincided with a trip I had planned long ago.
Suffice to say he was quite unhappy, and we had a huge blowout upon my return. How can I keep my fabulous job, with all its craziness, and not upset my husband? If your husband has always worked the home, and you have always worked the home, then you both have expectations of what the home can offer you — and those expectations are clearly different. Discuss it with him.
Explain how you have always worked, what happens when he’s at the office, and how your business runs. Then ask him what bothers him — don’t let him say “everything” — and try to see where and how you can make changes and c.