what do your wifes do

Cameron1

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another post got me to wondering

how many here have wifes that work in the business with you?

If not, what does you wife do??


For me, my wife has worked with me for nearly 30 years. Now..... she handles the Marketing and payroll.................................barefooted.
 

The Great Oz

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Spends all my money. That's what wives are for right? If that money was left around for me I'd just get in trouble with it.
 

Zee

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At home.....taking care of our 5 month old son! That's a lot of work...

I have her handwrite some thank you cards and stuff....my handwriting would not look as good :-)
 

Royal Man

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The Great Oz said:
Spends all my money. That's what wives are for right? If that money was left around for me I'd just get in trouble with it.


Mine has the same occupation as OZ's
 

Chris A

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Steph's in charge of scheduling, day to day bookkeeping, some networking, small rug pick ups, spot jobs, housebold stuff, estimates, dealing with salespeople (gatekeeper). I think she actually does more than I do... shiteatinggrin
 

Warren Wallace

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Head of customer service for a local spice company, we worked together for one year, never again :roll:
 

Art Kelley

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My wife started a yarn shop this year. I have to subsidize it as for now as it is still a fledgling business. Hopefully, next winter, it will take off while I'm slow.
 

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Jewish American princess good thing I'm in the parents will in good standing
 

Desk Jockey

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She didn't work while the kids were young, she went back to work after not working for 15 years.

She has worked a part-time job at Sam's Club for the last 5-years, and just got a full time job with their audit team in March.
 

RIP IT

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My wife was a Clarins consultant ( make up and skin care stuff ) when we met, then stay at home mum of two for 8 years and is now a teachers aide.
 
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Not my wife yet, but she's in the Army Reserves but on active duty. Over 12 yrs... I'm just waiting till she hits the 20yrs.... Then I can retire.... :p
 

rhino1

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Warren Wallace said:
Head of customer service for a local spice company, we worked together for one year, never again :roll:

Amen brother. Mine works for AT&T. Not a great job, but good insurance. She keeps threatening to quit and start working for me again. The day she does I'm going to quit and go to work for somebody else.
 

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I'm looking for me a fat transplant surgeon... shiteatinggrin
 

Jim Williams

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Mines been a stay at home mom for 4 years, but now that my 5 year old is starting school she is going to work at a preschool part time until we finish our second adoption.
 

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She's an accountant and worked for a former employer (atiyeh brothers) that's where we meet. When we started having kids she quit to be a full time mom and cook the company books she has a small jewelry business
 

joeynbgky

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rhyde said:
She's an accountant and worked for a former employer (atiyeh brothers) that's where we meet. When we started having kids she quit to be a full time mom and cook the company books she has a small jewelry business



She cook's you company books? wow, don't get caught by the IRS. :p
 

LisaWagnerCRS

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You know... I wonder what your wives would say YOU do.

They may need their own room here.

Most wives I know in this industry handle the kids and the office and work hard keeping it all together. Just about every Platinum Member in our group is a husband-wife team, and they work together on goals and implementation, no one is eating bon-bons.

This industry doesn't really go out of its way much to acknowledge and show appreciation to the women who are helping a lot of these businesses in different roles...and many times not getting a paycheck for it - it's just expected that this is what a "wife" does.

And then we wonder why there tends to be a tough time staying married AND working together. It's hard enough to stay married without having all the business stuff crammed in the middle of it. But if you learn how to make it work, I've seen some really happy couples in this business - not a lot of them, but the ones who do get it right, are a lot of fun to hang with.

I saw the business tear apart my parents marriage... and I've seen a lot of divorces while I've coached business owners...and it's probably the reason I've never been brave enough to do it. Getting married, and divorced, and married, and divorced, I just couldn't go through that kind of anger and pain.

Plus...I'd be giving up half my assets - LOL.

Lisa
 

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