Working with significant other
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- meatball
The thought recently came to me of setting up shop with my significant other. She would be doing project managing, paper work and all that - and I'd be hammering out the design work.
Is this unheard of? Anyone work with their girlfriend/fiance/spouse? Or is this a FAIL in the making?
- CALLES0
does not work for most. works amazingly for few
- lvl_130
nope. i know a handful of people working directly with their other half. it seems to work out pretty well.
- lvl_130
i know a handful. it seems to work out pretty well for them.
- baseline_shift0
Couple based illustration team. One does pencil, the other color. They obviously make it work.
It could make the relationship stronger or ruin it, but i guarantee it will put strain on it.
- nicole_marie0
just don't complain about how much your project manager is a pain when you get home...
- Lifeinvector0
We work in the same room together & have a great time. When we work on projects together, we have a great time, too.
- soynutz70
i don't work well with my lady, just me though.
- dijitaq0
my former employer are husband and wife. sometimes they would have their arguments at the office and at times it gets quite intense. i don't know hot they put up with one another after all those years maybe it's the company keeping them from being separated.
- Rand0
I work with my wife. I am a monster
- LAustin0
My boyfriend and I are both graphic designers but each of us has something to bring to the table. He is more of a product designer and I am more of a print designer as well as photographer. When we collaborate on things they come out great. We inspire each other. The plan is to start a studio together somewhere down the line. It's awesome to have a significant other that you can geek out with.. sit down and look at design books together, send links of stuff we like back and forth all day when we are at work.
I think it depends on your relationship, if you have the ability to feed off each other and are both able to contribute equally then it can be amazing. But I think if one person was to feel inferior to the other it could become a problem and of course you would have to deal with that problem even when you are out of work
Could be amazing, could be horrible.
- lucky guytOki
- I L O V E K E R N I N G TIGHTLY W I T H Y O U .dumontshawn
- xcreonx0
It's tough for sure. My ex-gf was my boss first (before we dated). That boss-employee relationship definitely reared it's ugly head several times in the 7 years we were together.
- Corvo20
Depends more on the people than on the situation itself, no?
- gramme0
My wife is helping me more and more with administrative stuff. She's way more organized than I'll ever be, plus she's good with numbers and great with people. Win-win.
- SigDesign0
http://agencycollective.com ...principals are husband/wife
- airey0
sometimes it works. sometimes it doesn't.
- capn_ron0
My wife and I work together. She is a designer as well. She is stronger with type and I think outside the box, so together we work great. We also started an invitation business together and it is starting to take off. She works for it full time and I still have my day job, but hope to soon be full time for the business as well. Good stuff to be able to rely on your significant other to help out.
- she also understands the quickbooks/taxes stuff more.capn_ron
- meatball0
interesting point of views, thanks for the thoughts!
- applepirate0
i saw these guys in action... they make it look like the only way to go.
really cool to see it work.
- Corvo20
If not working together at least there seems to be a high incidence of couples in the same or very close professions, maybe because they meet at the uni or at work. So I wouldn't deem it strange at all. In fact, people have so little time for each other outside their schedules... I would say that is probably a natural step for those couples and characters whose relationship is working very well. At least at younger ages it seems very natural to me.