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Marriage and Work
What are your thoughts about marriage and work?
How does being married affect your work?
Do you think you were better off when you were single because you had less responsibilities? Or are you more productive when you are in a relationship?
Please share your ideas and experiences. Please also include your name (you may use a fake name) and age. I'm planning to use your answers for my project. I need three to five respondents. Thank you. :)
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Well I was married for 5 years and to me it really depends on where you are working, what your schedules are like and how much you make collectively.
How does it affect your work...I would say as far as influence, it would influence where you can work or how often you can work depending on what the other has to do, what happens to their job, if you have children, etc. You may love your job but if he is in the military you may have to move. If he makes more than you then you may have to move if he gets laid off or fired. If you make more than him he may have to stop working a job he loves to stay at home with the kids. Things like that. Better off single...It depends on how much you love the person you are with. If you are deathly in love then no of course not, nothing is better than being with that person. If you are in love but not on that Romeo and Juliette tip then you could probably take it or leave it. The issue is how much money you make because when you are single all of your money goes to YOU...when there is another person (spouce or child) the money starts getting shared between people. Now instead of paying $200 for food you are paying $500 or more. There are many factors, where are you living, how much is rent/mortgage. If you both have good money then there is really no issue. Productivity...It depends, when you are alone, there is no reason to move and you can keep your good job, but when you have a spouce or family, you may have to move and this could cause you to lose money or have trouble with steady work. Like in my case, I moved with him and he was making $13/hour steady , but my job to work in the small town near him, I was serving and sometimes would go to work all day and aside from base pay, not make any money at all. Then we moved and he got a good job but didn't like it and I got a good job and he wanted to move me and I didn't want to move. It sucked sometimes. The good thing is that if something happens and you have a good spouce, either one of you has a little time to get back on your feet without having to go home to your parents or become homeless. I hope I did a good enough job for you. You are welcome to edit it, it's kind of hard to shrink such a complex question down into this type of form but...I tried.
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