Is your spouse supportive?

[kaus]

I am having difficulties in this area with my spouse not being into the whole online thing. In fact he now says he hates online poker. I try to work after everyone is gone to bed, which is why most nights I am on till the wee hours of the morning. Does anyone else have this and how do you keep them happy so to speak and do what needs to get done?

[Webzcas]

In a nutshell yes, very supportive. It was always the plan when I left my paid employment to work fulltime on my sites, that K would also leave her job and work alongside me once my sites started making enough revenue.

She now handles all the company admin work and we work together quite well. We haven't killed each other yet anyhow

[kwblue]

I find it difficult. My wife would rather me stop working on websites altogether. She is more supportive during 'payday', but that quickly fades

[bb1web]

Hi all (K)

at the risk of offending the female community. a suggestion.

make srure hubby gets laid before you start working

too early in the morn here to be more ......politically correct. but a lot of truth to that coming from a male perspective.

my GF puts up with my staying up all night long ..... sleeping till 2 or 3 in the afternoon but on the other hand ..... i support her. her 4 daughters ..... my son's college effort .... and make it possible for her to spend 12 hrs a day taking care of her grandparents that she'd otherwise be forced to get a job ...and if we weren't together ..... a job that would pay very little and take up much time.

so ya ......she's with me on this. I sometimes think I don't show her enough attention but we been together 5 yrs now and she's probably tired of me enough that once or twice a week of bedtime attention is enough.

btw: our dog sleeps in my spot when I'm online ..... the lucky little bitch ...... (she's female so that's not a bad word)

[Doolally]

Mine is fairly supportive. We have our moments, but on the whole she puts up with my online time well.

The way she looks on it is that it keeps me in the house and out of the pub!

[McLane39]

My gf is very supportive of my online gambling tilted career. Can't say my parents were too thrilled about me being a "poker reporter," but they've sinced changed their minds after reading some of my stuff.

To ensure her support of my poker writing / reporting, I taught her how to play and even signed her up on Full Tilt. She's now a huge poker fan and looks over my shoulder when I'm tracking events like the WSOP and other online poker events. Plus, we get to watch televised poker shows together, something I've caught her doing when I'm not there! Sneaky girl.

Long story short, i think if they are even just a little involved, it helps ease some of the lengthy times spent online. Just my opinion tho.

On a side note, I also taught her how to play golf...works out great when we go on vacation.

Here's a pretty interesting piece on a poker tournament I entered her in...

- mclane39

[Don]

Having to please someone else who does not or cannot relate to your interests is difficult. Staying up way past the time when one should be getting the needed sleep makes it all that much more difficult. I confess I like working late at night, when things are quiet. I'm just not worth much the next day, with only 3 hours of sleep. But, I usually have something to show for it.

I'm fortunate that my wife is interested enough in my wacky pursuits to at least listen when I tell her about it, even though she's not into gambling, really. She does seem interested most of the time in what goes on, in particular when I keep her up to date of some of the threads here, and the news of the industry, since it affects our livelihood. And, of course she likes it especially when my efforts pay off.

I sympathise with you, kause. This work is challenging enough without having the support of a spouse, gf, bf.

[rob3786]

My girlfriend is very supportive she things its a great business. Although at the moment the majority of my income comes from a separate business.

[kaus]

Thanks, ya he thinks it's a waste of time. Although the last couple of months when I have made money he is quick to see. It drives me nuts though when I try to run off ideas and you can see the lack of intrest.

I figure once I show him in a few months when steady income starts to come than maybe his perspective on it will change. As of right now I try to keep the two as seperate as possible so he won't feel resentment with me online so much.

I also think that once my site is 90% complete it will be easy. I spend roughly 5 hours a day now. Although the actual steady work that goes into it is maybe 2...lack of knowledge makes things go at a slower pace but at least I am learning something each day

[casinoranking]

I'm sorry to say it, but you have to have someone who believes in you. I think behind every successful man or woman there is often a supportive man or woman.

My exgf would tolerate me working any time I wanted, even if we had unexpected company or whatever. In the meantime I would make sure that work did not take over my life and that we went out when we should and took plenty of vacations. But if she wanted to go out, and I explained that I was bidding on something on ebay or whatever it may be, she would understand and go out alone or want to go out later.

If the person has objectuibs to gambling then it's a different issue but if you were doing this before they met you then they should accept it.