Is your spouse supportive?

[helpyou]

I don't like to speak about of this with nobody untill I don't start to earn somehtings.

[Pam712]

My spouse is very supportive - he is a webmaster and a member here Makes for some great competition lol

[bb1web]

Hi again all,

I agree the secret is an excellent ...... advice so to speak.

when I started out ... I watched on tv guys/girls getting on PCs and typing away ..... I didn't even know how to type.

taught myself. wrote 3 kids books which btw I need a publisher

but anyway .. they my son like them all and so far the step-daughters (know this about 8 yrs later) also like them. someday I'lll get the gumption to try and get them published again.

my biggest problem is a couple are on those old square looking disk thingys and I don't have a PC that accepts them any longer.

I am hoping kinkos or someplace can do it?

anyway from there i started researching and found this was the most profitable niche .... so now 7 yrs later .... you all have to put up with me . .... for which I thank you and am grateful.

on the sex thing.... ya I think its important ..... would be to me if I were the one laying in bed and not getting the attention I wanted but then again .... I'm getting old and used to want it every day and now am happy with less.

not so sure that's a good thing but its the truthful.

[big fish]

my wife is a big support. she sends out checks and payments, handles all bills, and listens to my ideas for what seems to be for ever. all in all, she is very supportive. sure there are times when whe wants me to get away from work, but then i probably need that!

[Don]

kause, those are a lot of demands on your time and energies. Little wonder why you work at night so often.

Keeping one's mate or partner happy is part of it all, in whatever way. I think spending quality time with them, and with the rest of the family is essential, for all concerned, so I do try to schedule my work to do so, and take time to work often very late at night.

But this work is demanding, also, and the returns and personal satisfactions depend on what you put into it. Seems like fitting the work into a busy schedule is the way it has to be. It is "addictive," also, and makes that choice pretty easy.

[Don]

Originally Posted by bb1web

I also think that most people ..... spouses included ...... do not realize the actual work that goes into making the money.

... that my spouse thinks this all comes easy and i'm a lazy...

I encounter this also. Tho my wife understands, and finds it interesting, I suspect at times that she, and others around me, wonders how I can be doing any actual work. It looks more like research (a lot of it) reading forum threads and stuff like that that eats up time. That is, until she sees the checks, and the actual sites I've created, and I tell her about all the people who actually visit the sites, from all over the world (which still amazes me, even).

Still, it's different to be working like this instead of in a regular job, and hard for anyone who is not of this frame of mind to understand. I've worked my share of regular jobs, and much prefer this.

[techwoman]

well, I am one of the casualties of this business. It really put lots of stress on my marriage. For people that have no idea what its like running an entire web business such as being your own graphics person, marketing team, website developer, accountant and boss it is very difficult. they dont seem to understand the time it takes to do all of these things.

My marriage did not survive this business and it's too bad since the business is just about over, somtimes I think it was all for nothing

I will never put so much of myself into anything ever again.

[AussieDave]

Originally Posted by ironman2000

Only think of the good things and not the bad. Somebody sent me the email of the secret, that only thinking positive thoughts will bring positive things. Go to you tube and watch and listen to the "SECRET OF ATTRACTION".

Not that I've watched the youtube vid...But...this type of mindset does work...

I wont go into specific, but to to say 3 1/2 years ago I lost my business, and then everything else crumbled around me. Any way's a good friend introduced me to positive affirmations at the time I thought new age BS. But I had nothing to lose so gave it a go.

Things didn't change over night, but, looking back after 6 months a lot of things had changed. Opportunities just seemed to fall into my lap.

3 1/2 years on life is 1000% times better, better than when my other business was in full swing. Plus life is pretty good in my personal life too.

Just last week, I contacted a guy down here to get some business stationary, I meet the guy and he offers me web dev work, at least 2 jobs a month, more if I want it.

Things like this happen all the time.

I can't say that you wont get dramas or that things go right all the time, but, things just have some strange way of righting themselves the right side up every time.

I think it's all about a state of mind. I also try to help others when I can and try not to have the thought that everyone is out screw me over. I think thinking like this is produces negatives that work against you in the long run.


Cheers



Dave

[kenonut]

Fortunately, my spouse is very understanding. He remembers when business was good and the money we made then. I am the one who does all of the online business pertaining to our gambling websites, but he never complains. Of course, I always make time if he wants to do something or go somewhere on his off days, I am always ready and willing. That way, he can't say that I am not spending time with him. He works a full-time job outside of the home so I do most of my computer stuff when he is working and it works out great. We both love to play pool and invested in a great pool table last year and turned one of the larger bedrooms into a billiards room so I am always ready to beat him in a game of pool and that keeps him happy.

[codename]

yes, the spouse is very supportive. she knows this aff biz is what pays the bills. in fact, she gets on my case when I don't work as hard as before.