How to balance work and relationships
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 1:19 pm
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Lol whatAnonymous User wrote:ex disappeared for 24 hrs and told me afterward she was busy with work... that was the reason we broke cuz lack of communication.
Aren’t you a law student? And the post you’re responding to is not unreasonable at all (though I’m sure your girlfriend appreciates that you don’t ask questions about her weekend getaways with her yoga instructor).MaxMcMann wrote:Lol whatAnonymous User wrote:ex disappeared for 24 hrs and told me afterward she was busy with work... that was the reason we broke cuz lack of communication.
You don't even need to be in law for that to be reasonable, how clingy are you?
Can't tell you how many partners and executives I've heard jokingly refer to "the first marriage" as some rite of passage, it's kinda grossabiglawyer wrote:Aren’t you a law student? And the post you’re responding to is not unreasonable at all (though I’m sure your girlfriend appreciates that you don’t ask questions about her weekend getaways with her yoga instructor).MaxMcMann wrote:Lol whatAnonymous User wrote:ex disappeared for 24 hrs and told me afterward she was busy with work... that was the reason we broke cuz lack of communication.
You don't even need to be in law for that to be reasonable, how clingy are you?
OP, you’ve touched on one of the many difficult aspects of working in biglaw: the long and unpredictable hours often put a strain on attorneys’ personal relationships. This just comes with the territory, unfortunately; and while the “divorced partner” is a stereotype and not by any means representative of all partners, it is a stereotype with some basis in truth. This is one of the many reasons people leave.
icansortofmath wrote:During one of my ibanking summers, I was in literal lockdown (like I had to check out my blackberry, yeah, I am old) and they still let me send what amounts to proof of life messages every few hours.
Seriously 24 hours without even an “I am alive” message is pretty bad, if that’s what happened. Even then it would take repeat offenses with no sign of improvement to get to breakup.
But if she did say busy, can’t talk at all, that’s another story.
There's no rules against editing out your own posts.JHP wrote:Mods -- just curious, but why is OP's post gone? Did they delete? If so, is that generally allowed? (Not trying to call them out--just wondering how that works and whether posts should be removed without good reason, especially something like asking about how to balance work/life v. identifying information.)
I mean, you do you - you don't need any reason to break up with someone - but it does seem kinda ridiculous from an outside perspective if you broke up solely because you felt your SO had the effrontery to have a demanding job. (Especially when you admit that you bore at least half the fault yourself - "didn't have trouble communicating until we both started working"). You (presumably) knew her job was very demanding and involved long and unpredictable hours. It's pretty clingy to require her to "sneak a text in" constantly while in the midst of a fire drill just to reassure you that she still loved you.ivankinghk wrote:icansortofmath wrote:During one of my ibanking summers, I was in literal lockdown (like I had to check out my blackberry, yeah, I am old) and they still let me send what amounts to proof of life messages every few hours.
Seriously 24 hours without even an “I am alive” message is pretty bad, if that’s what happened. Even then it would take repeat offenses with no sign of improvement to get to breakup.
But if she did say busy, can’t talk at all, that’s another story.
We didn't have trouble communicating until 'we both started working..... it wasn't a one-time thing, it happened many many times before we broke. I mean.... going dark for 24 hrs without any text or responses was ridiculous. you still gotta take the train, eat, shit, break, etc.. and im sure she could have sneaked a text in between or at least shoot me a text and let me know she ganna be busy. just wasn't worth it trading your relationship for work.
Oh, this is starting to get iffy...icansortofmath wrote:Other than other lawyers, lawyers marry homemakers and teachers the most.
Probably not an accident lawyers marry people who either understand their schedules or got so much free time they can work around lawyers’ schedules.
Eh I don’t know. I’ve worked in a busy practice group for three years and I’ve never had a 24 hour stretch where I couldn’t text *at all*, even if just a periodic “this sucks.” But we’re speculating a lot here and without more information it’s hard to say whether he was being unreasonable (and frankly I don’t care).QContinuum wrote:I mean, you do you - you don't need any reason to break up with someone - but it does seem kinda ridiculous from an outside perspective if you broke up solely because you felt your SO had the effrontery to have a demanding job. (Especially when you admit that you bore at least half the fault yourself - "didn't have trouble communicating until we both started working"). You (presumably) knew her job was very demanding and involved long and unpredictable hours. It's pretty clingy to require her to "sneak a text in" constantly while in the midst of a fire drill just to reassure you that she still loved you.ivankinghk wrote:icansortofmath wrote:During one of my ibanking summers, I was in literal lockdown (like I had to check out my blackberry, yeah, I am old) and they still let me send what amounts to proof of life messages every few hours.
Seriously 24 hours without even an “I am alive” message is pretty bad, if that’s what happened. Even then it would take repeat offenses with no sign of improvement to get to breakup.
But if she did say busy, can’t talk at all, that’s another story.
We didn't have trouble communicating until 'we both started working..... it wasn't a one-time thing, it happened many many times before we broke. I mean.... going dark for 24 hrs without any text or responses was ridiculous. you still gotta take the train, eat, shit, break, etc.. and im sure she could have sneaked a text in between or at least shoot me a text and let me know she ganna be busy. just wasn't worth it trading your relationship for work.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016 ... ries-whom/cavalier1138 wrote:Oh, this is starting to get iffy...icansortofmath wrote:Other than other lawyers, lawyers marry homemakers and teachers the most.
Probably not an accident lawyers marry people who either understand their schedules or got so much free time they can work around lawyers’ schedules.
I was talking more about your implicit assumption that teachers don't work very much. But I want you to read the highlighted part and think a little harder about how you interpreted the data...icansortofmath wrote:https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016 ... ries-whom/cavalier1138 wrote:Oh, this is starting to get iffy...icansortofmath wrote:Other than other lawyers, lawyers marry homemakers and teachers the most.
Probably not an accident lawyers marry people who either understand their schedules or got so much free time they can work around lawyers’ schedules.
Gets iffier... lawyers, teachers, then secretaries. Female lawyers marry female “other” computer before they marry non-lawyer/judge men. (My guess is most men are too chicken to date smart women that can crush them in divorce proceedings).
Data.
If you want to end the relationship, end the relationship. Don’t drag the other person along while you wait for the perfect time. Jesus.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:32 amPotentially how bad could it be to break up with your live-in SO a few weeks before starting as a first-year? Pretty nervous about it affecting work bc of living situation, but also figured that the first couple of weeks/months could be slow, so may be a good time as any to do it?
emc91 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:56 amIf you want to end the relationship, end the relationship. Don’t drag the other person along while you wait for the perfect time. Jesus.Anonymous User wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:32 amPotentially how bad could it be to break up with your live-in SO a few weeks before starting as a first-year? Pretty nervous about it affecting work bc of living situation, but also figured that the first couple of weeks/months could be slow, so may be a good time as any to do it?