My wife, Bojana, is a doctor; we both work intense hours and have months when we barely see each other. It isn't easy, but we realize nobody said it was supposed to be!
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Every relationship I've been in becomes long-distance because of work. It's never worked out. It puts an intense strain on the relationship, and at a certain point, it becomes too difficult.
Working together is the quickest road to marital problems.
The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.
I have a very intense marriage.
Marriage is an extremely difficult relationship.
Working away from my husband for long periods is good and bad. It stops us taking each other for granted and gives us space, but I miss him terribly.
My wife doesn't even want to spend 2 hours with me.
Staying focused is hard work and staying married is even harder.
When I'm working, I'm very purposeful and everything else gets out of focus. Something I've had to work on together with my wife is how to acknowledge each other in the midst of this and keep the relationship going.
If you have ever been to couples therapy it's really, really challenging.
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