Do You Know What It Costs if You Say Now?

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Long term relationships, to me, are ultimately like theye're a lot of work. You learn all this weird stuff about your partner. And i think one of the hardest phases in my personal professional life was when i was first cohabiting with the person who became my spouse and we hadn't learned all that stuff yet. But then, after a couple of those arguments, your partner learns that when you come home and you just say, i need not be hungry now, where is food? I need food, they dislike okaaderpeda,. They learn not to press you for your innermost like desire in that moment. Things get easier as you then go alon.

Simmering resentments over whose career comes first. Bickering over household tasks. Arguments over who should pick up the kids this time. This is the portrait of two-career coupledom in much of the popular media. But for a lot of couples, the reality is much rosier. Mutually supportive relationships let us take career risks, help us be more resilient to setbacks, and even “lean in” at work. In this episode, we talk with three experts to help us paint a picture of what a truly supportive dual-career relationship looks like, and understand how to get our own relationships closer to that ideal. Guests: Jennifer Petriglieri, Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, and Stephanie Coontz. Our theme music is Matt Hill’s “City In Motion,” provided by Audio Network. For links to the articles mentioned in this episode, as well as other information about the show, visit hbr.org/podcasts/women-at-work.