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Some links in this article are affiliate links. We may earn a small commission if you make a purchase through these links, at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products we find useful to our readersA lot of people tend to think that working with their partners could be easy for them. Well, if that Is what you have been thinking, then you are almost always wrong. Think of it like this – You are in the same office as your husband, you work together, you eat together, you smile, laugh and converse to people whom you both know. Wouldn’t you feel like you are being suffocated by the thought that you are always around each other? Does it actually help you to live with your husband in both office and workplace? I think most women would say no to this. Well, if you work in the same office as your husband, then there are things you might have to consider.
There is a thin line between having a professional relationship at work and making the professional workplace, personal. When you work with your husband, almost everyone definitely knows that you are married and your husband is right there in the next cabin. There are many advantages of course! NO one will tend to flirt with you, you have a familiar face always around you in troublesome situations and you can actually sometimes chill and not be bothered that you are going home late. But there are so many more hidden disadvantages as well. So, to clear the air and to just put a better understanding on the same, let me tell you the various things you can consider when you work with your husband.
Top Things To Know When You Work With Your Husband
1Fix your boundaries
Everyone flirts nowadays and people do it sometimes to get their work done as well. So, don’t take that to be a big deal at work. When you fix your boundaries and set some groundrules, it gets easier for your husband as well. At least he will know what is acceptable and what isn’t.
2Work is different from personal life
Don’t ask him about dinner or don’t bring up why he didn’t do the dishes topic at work. If you tend to do that, your colleagues tend to have opinions about you guys separately or as a couple itself. This isn’t very pretty at a workplace.
3Go home and never talk about work
Of course you could give suggestions about work or you could ask for help if you need something. But extensively discussing about the same time will eat up your private life. Remember that you have other people to whom you can talk about work too. So, don’t eat up your personal life just because you guys work together.
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4Don’t announce it
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5What if the marriage ends?
Keeping professional and personal life separate is the best way to work out things between you and your husband if you work under the same roof. You will have peace and happiness if you stay like that.
-Pavithra Ravi