DH tells me about his coworkers, some projects and work drama all the time. Hearing about his day makes me look forward to going back to work in a few months!
Does your SO talk about work?
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DH is a tattoo artist so he gets a *lot* of crazies! He especially likes telling me about the stupid things people want tattooed
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I know a lot about his coworkers, but not about his actual job. He's an electrical engineer. We have very different skill sets and interests, and I just don't *get* a lot of what he does. Especially when he decides to explain things using mathematic equations. Just...no.
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Yep...He talks about his actual job a lot. It interests him, so I take an interest in it too, to encourage him. I even hear about conversations between him and the other guys, lol.
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Yep, he talks about it a lot. Since he is in consulting, it is usually interesting since he has a different project all the time. So it isn't the same thing all the time.
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Yes, both the work and the people, that's what you get for marrying within the firm!
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Yup! Because we work in the same company. We actually used to work in the same department too. It's nice since we both know the people we're talking (*ahem* complaining) about.
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Probably more than I should. lol
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@autumnlove: he talks about who he works with and certain projects and deadlines, but I don't understand specifics about his job at all.
Sometimes he has to log onto his work account from home to do something and if I look over his shoulder at his screen, it's like total gibberish to me. I have no clue what he does exactly--I know his projects have to do with building stock trading applications.....but the details of that--no idea!
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Yes, quite a bit!
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It helps that lots of his "work" is in our yard. He is borderline obsessed with his job, and I enjoy discussing and problem-solving with him. I think it's one of his favorite things about our relationship!
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I'm not really allowed to know much about his work. But we talk about his coworkers and all of the office politics; we even have nicknames for all of the people he works with!
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Yep, he's a 2nd grade teacher and I teach pre-k, so I can relate to a lot of what he does during the day.
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Yes. We used to work together so I also know most if his co-workers.
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Yes. We talk about some of his projects,work dynamics and his career trajectory all the time. I am one of his sources for career advice.
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For the most part, yes. There are amusing nicknames for most co-workers & I love keeping up with all the shenanigans, etc. Workwise, some yes, some no. He worked (currently on med leave) for congress so there were some things he wasn't able to tell me about. I do enjoy hearing stories about different elected officials, etc.
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He tells me about some of the projects he's working on and about some of his coworkers. He's a computer programmer..... so there's not too much to talk about with day to day things.
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DH is a workaholic. We are both finance/accounting so I know exactly what he does and sometimes we talk through issues when we get stumped at work. It's nice because not many people get the finance/actg life.
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Yup. He likes to vent to me.
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Yes. He tells me about workplace drama and antics. He can't really discuss his actual work, but he has me proof some of his reports before he turns them in. I don't work in an office, so I live vicariously through his experiences.
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All the time! I like being informed.
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Yep. He loves his job so he talks about it frequently.
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all the time-- we both work from home so we talk on and off through the day about things that come up.
my parents work together and his parents actually do as well, so it's more than completely normal in our to talk "shop" during "family time!"
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Not really at his new job. I know what he does, but not a lot about drama or other co workers.
At his last job he always came home to vent to me and I literally knew everything, it was so much drama and a really bad work environment.
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He runs his business out of our house. I could practically be the boss if he let me!
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I hear all about the work drama/coworker stuff. When he gets into the mechanical stuff, my ears shut off.
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Yes! Both of my brothers and one of my SILs actually work at the same company with him, so they all talk about work pretty frequently. There are also a lot of people they work with who are our age, so we are friends with a lot of them too.
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@littlek: DH and I are both attorneys (although we practice in different areas) . . . but it really helps not having to try to explain the billable hour system to someone or to explain why things are the way they are!
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Yes, we work for the same company in different offices so I totally get all his work frustrations and I know all of his coworkers. It's nice to be able to relate about work, but sometimes we fight over how to do things since we both know company policies so well!
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Yup. I don't really know many specific names but more people/their positions. I know exactly what he does, any "drama" issues etc... DH is very open with me.
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Pretty much. I hear about his new projects and workshops more than his co-workers though. It's a new job and a completely new position for him, so he's still in the fitting in stage and finding his groove. I'm hoping it works out for him because the environment is completely opposite from where he worked before, it was hectic but he loved it. Now he's kind of started over because the area he specializes in is no longer being developed here.
We'll see how it goes.
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Yes! It took me like, 8 years, but I can describe the gist of what he does to others. I ask him daily how things went and questions about different parts of his actual work - it's interesting to me (at least the work he's doing in the field). He also works in a small office, so I know all the drama with his co-workers (including who's sleeping with whom and people's very strong political views!!).
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DH and I are both writers; he writes novels and short fiction and I'm a journalist. His job is very much tied up in his/our personal life, as he works from home and it's a pretty solitary pursuit, so there's a lot of shop talk in our household! I always know what he's working on, and he sometimes asks me for brainstorming help. I also read his works in progress, but only after he has a really strong first draft. I'm not allowed to read anything before that.
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I work with my DH side-by-side so I know basically everything he does about what we do here!
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