GF, Wife, S/O Career?
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- bainbridge
Just curious how many of you have a partner who works in the same/a similar field as you.
Are you collaborators?
Peers?
Potential competition?Are you stuck talking about your profession a lot?
Or do they do something totally different and that makes things more interesting?
- iCanHazQBN0
My wife works as an insurance agent. My girlfriend is in real estate.
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No.No.
Different sure, but not interesting.- lol thread closedTheDrago
- lolGnash
- Zing.bainbridge
- +1dibec
- One knows all the "prime spots" and the other ensures you always have protection. Well done.ETM
- autoflavour0
i met my wife when we both were working in radio, i then moved into video/motion graphic stuff.. she stopped doing radio then moved into health..
then 9 years later, she did a digital journalism degree and has now started to do video..
its kind of come full circle..
except we just had a baby, so after finishing her degree, she just stopped everything..
- what a bitchfourth
- lol jkfourth
- LOL.. i dont care.. because of her interest, I now have access too all the hardware she purcahsedautoflavour
- including the Canon 70-200 L 2.8 II lens and 504 Manfrotto with Fluid headautoflavour
- ETM0
A good amount of my life, including my wife and best friends are outside design... and I am thankful for that.
- err0
I once got my gf a job at the design company I worked at. we broke up a few weeks later and working there sucked until I left. My current gf just quit her writing job and know she can get a job at the marketing agency I work at. but we both know better.
- dbloc0
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- Sounds like a night out at the dance club for me.iCanHazQBN
- loldbloc
- GeorgesII0
we tried, we weren't compatible,
no,
no,no,
kinda
- pango0
That one girl I'm flirting with more frequent then other is a contemporary performing artist. I don't get most of the shit she does.
I don't get conceptual art... I guess.- Is she flexible? It could be good if she's flexible.iCanHazQBN
- you dont make enough money for that... get yourself a chic who works in finance who appreciates artyurimon
- No... More like Andy Warhol sleeping for 6 hour that kind of stuff.... But ya super weird adorable fun girl :)pango
- Dancers at one point might become insecure and go fo stability if they are not at top of the game.yurimon
- not dance.
yoko ono shit.pango - how does one make a living doing that? truly curious.mantrakid
- scarabin0
one runs a variety of social services like homeless shelters and at-risk-youth programs.
the other is a senior art director at a film advertising agency.
and the one i live with does pharmacy work. formulating prescriptions, handling pills and such.
- the art director and i talk shop all the time. i feel like her work is stronger than mine in some ways and that just makes me love her more. no competition whatsoeverscarabin
- more. no competition whatsoeverscarabin
- < good that you don't suffer with the cliche designer's egoSteveZissou
- Just more love, nice :-)SteveZissou
- Woooo trifecta!pango
- Scarabin for moderator!OSFA
- SteveZissou0
The girl I live with is a government official but has businesses (mostly music) so we can work on stuff together, currently working on the branding for somat with her. Probably a comfortable amount of overlap for me...
- pango0
The other one is a flight attendant.
So ya we don't talk about work in detail.- That's cool...flight attendants are great and don't try to domesticate you ;-)SteveZissou
- Aren't they... 'Adventurous'? I've heard some crazy storiesOSFA
- Goood crazy storiesOSFA
- pango0
And the third one kept telling me not to call her.
She's my gf she just doesn't know it yet.
- orrinward20
Are you collaborators?
Occasionally, on things to do with her profession (Performer/Costume)Peers?
NoPotential competition?
NoAre you stuck talking about your profession a lot?
Not stuck. I'm very interested in what my wife does. She is very interested in the company I work for, but not so much my day-to-day.Or do they do something totally different and that makes things more interesting?
Last night I helped her by operating light switches during an audience-participating interactive installation art piece. If someone pull the lever towards shoes, I'd illuminate her box of high heels which she'd worship and eroticise, and if they pulled the lever to the corsets I'd light up her corset and she'd do a performance around the pleasure of tightlacing. She certainly whacks up the interesting factor a bunch. Web Development and Design, not so much.
- shellie0
Are you collaborators?
Yes. I am his music manager. But we also do visual projects together. I always produce. He directs sometimes. I direct sometimes. He edits. I do post. We have similar talents but different strong suits. Been working together full time and free agents for the last 5 years.Peers?
YesPotential competition?
No. We work together on almost everything.Are you stuck talking about your profession a lot?
Yes. But it doesn't feel like being stuck. since we work for ourselves is just ideas, planning and execution talk. No office drama.Or do they do something totally different and that makes things more interesting?
He's definately the only musician in the house. And I'm the only one who can keep our lives organized and fairly normal. I do a lot of merch production, design, cut and sew projects related to music and entertainment he doesn't do. The slight differences in our roles in projects make for a fun and interesting collaboration. He also brings a fresh outlook to digital projects because he had no traditional digital training - he suggests taking risks I'd otherwise not pursue because rules/ways I've done it before/too long.
- tank020
Are you collaborators? Yes
Peers? Yes
Potential competition? No
Are you stuck talking about your profession a lot?
Yes, we run a business together.Or do they do something totally different and that makes things more interesting?
No.