When two spouses who have the same type of job split up.

political analyst · 22-07-2023 10:27PM #1

I know of many cases in which a husband and wife whose jobs are in the same field of work (e.g. legal, medical, journalistic) and who have children together have split up.

I assumed that spouses who have the same jobs and who have children together would have a lot in common because I believe that people in the fields of work that I mentioned as examples are defined by their jobs.

So how is it that their marriages still didn't work?

looksee · 22-07-2023 10:31PM

Maybe you should stick to analysing politics.

SuperBowserWorld · 22-07-2023 10:35PM

I don't think they split up cause they have the same jobs. Maybe it's cause they hate each other and are not having any sex ?

StevenToast · 22-07-2023 10:38PM

Being married with kids is one of the hardest things you will do....regardless of what jobs you and your spouse do....

Myself and the wife are constantly fighting over small shìt...

I've said it before and I'll say it again, its so easy to be nice to your spouse when theres no kids involved....date nights, lots of holidays swanning off here and there, flowers, cards...the odd ride....once you add kids into the mix, all that shìte goes out the window.....

So it requires alot of hard work and patience to make it work....

colly10 · 22-07-2023 10:40PM

Opposites attract

Dial Hard · 22-07-2023 11:07PM

Christ on a bike I've read it all now.

banie01 · 22-07-2023 11:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120884736#Comment_120884736

Have you seen their attempts at that?

23-07-2023 09:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058306089/when-two-spouses-who-have-the-same-type-of-job-split-up

That's an interesting question from a different point of view before I met my husband and was on a dating site I had a kind of sixth sense that getting involved with anyone with a similar career or doing the same work wasn't a good idea, you need different conversations and perspectives, different points of view. I am not saying it's the same for everyone.

Jim_Hodge · 23-07-2023 09:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058306089/when-two-spouses-who-have-the-same-type-of-job-split-up

You need to stop overthinking or coming to conclusions with limited source material.

Every couple I know who have similar, or indeed identical, jobs seem to have very happy and long marriages. These include doctors, solicitors, teachers and engineers.

political analyst · 23-07-2023 10:39PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888376#Comment_120888376

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888410#Comment_120888410

The reason I find marital break-up in cases where both spouses not only have children together but are also of the same professional background is that I assumed that break-up occurred because one doesn't understand the other's work, i.e. divorced men who are police officers or in the military.

Dial Hard · 23-07-2023 11:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888579#Comment_120888579

Would you ever step away from the cooking sherry, dude.

rob316 · 24-07-2023 04:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120884771#Comment_120884771

Stop, when we get a night off its like we realize we actually like each other after all!

Jim_Hodge · 24-07-2023 04:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120888579#Comment_120888579

Have a read at what you posted there. You're contradicting yourself.

When two spouses who have the same type of job split up.

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