Are you and your SPOUSE from the same field of CAREER?

Question

was this an advantage or disadvantage to you both? explian please.

Answer 1

No, we are not in the same career field. I am a web developer and my wife is an elementary school teacher. It is both an advantage and disadvantage. The advantage is, because of the differences in profession, I get to hear and learn something that I don't already know. I love to hear all the stories about what her kids do in class and some of the things her kids have said. I find it interesting to hear some of the theories in education. The disadvantage is that she cannot help me out in my company nor can I help her out in her field. I just started my business about three months ago. I have a day job and I have to work on my company stuff after I get home. If she also knows web programming, it would be a tremendous help if she can do some of the programming stuff.

Answer 2

When my husband and I met, we were both military. I was in the Navy and he's a Marine. With our case, it really helped because the military is a completely different lifestyle and alot of people don't understand why you can't come home, why you have to stay at work for a full 24 hours, why you can't tell them everything about work, why you have to leave for months at a time. They tend to say, in the beginning, that they understand. When they go through it, it's usually a different story. I got out of the Navy in order to stay at home with our children (which, by the way, is much more difficult than the military and more rewarding, although I do miss serving my country). I'm noticed that the majority of military marriages with civilians are the ones that tend not to last. The divorce rate in the military is high but that's the main cause of it. Of course, I have no idea about the rest of the world. The military is a lifestyle, if you are both a part of it, it does help.

Answer 3

Honestly, i don't really mind either way. If you both work in different career fields, you two can talk about each one of them, having great conversations. If you're in the same, you can compare and possibly help each other out with certain problems. I don't think it matters what kind of career you choose. I'm going into the medical field, neurology and neurotoxicology. I've had gf's that are going into law, child services, business and accounting, and one i fell in love with that's going to the medical field as well, cardiology. I think as long as you love them and you can make room in your schedule's for each other, it shouldn't matter. You'll both have jobs and each other. Career shouldn't have any impact on a relationship.

Answer 4

Yep - both lawyers. Works well, because we are not in the same field of law AND each understands the demands of being a lawyer. Disadvantage - the time demands of being a lawyer are doubled.

Answer 5

im a secretary. and he is a ironworker. advantage is we both got money comming in. there fore we can afford 2 new trucks. house kids and all else. disadvantage is he mostly tired from working out in the sun so much. but we are doing just fine. we balance each other nicely.

Answer 6

no i deliberately did not want to work in the same field or company, because if someone lost their job you would still have an income coming in and variety is the spice of life

Answer 7

ADV: Both understand and respect each other's work, share in the experiences and troubles, etc..

DIS: She's better than you at it !!!

Answer 8

no, I believe it is better this way. Otherwise you would talk work to much is in the same type of work

Answer 9

It is an advantage.