My wife is one of those people who can never sit still. We both have full-time careers in education, but she has always had the desire to work part-time jobs here and there to stay busy. This tends to create added work for me at home with the household chores and the kids, but she enjoys it and it makes her happy.
In August she shared with me that she wanted to apply for a psych tech job at the hospital and work a couple nights per week. She makes ~$60/hour, so it brings in some extra cash flow to pay for vacations and the kids’ sports and such. I’m totally cool with it. It also gives me some alone time once the kids go to bed which I enjoy. I’ve been married for 13 years though.
A long time ago when I was in graduate school I dated a girl seriously for a few years. I was doing classes half-time, an internship in Syracuse City Schools, waiting tables at night, and then coming home and doing reading/homework for 4-5 hours. She liked to go out to the bars after work, but I rarely joined her bc I was exhausted and had too much work to do. After so many times of her crawling in bed with me drunk at 3-4 in the morning I broke up with her. We were clearly not a good match in terms of our life goals. I was bummed though bc she was incredibly hot and a lot of fun in bed 🥵🤗