I just heard that in the office and couldn’t resist.
I’ve been thinking about the relationships for the last few months. [It feels like I'm supposed to be getting older and wiser and maybe even settling down, but mostly, I'm more unsure of life as ever.] For a young company where I work, there are a surprisingly large number of people who are attached at the office. But with work weeks being anywhere from 60-100+ hours, they don’t see their significant others that much.
That got me thinking. If you only see your boyfriend, wife, whatever for a couple of hours after work and before heading to bed (and that’s if you live together), then you’re really spending the vast majority of your time interacting with your co-workers. So wouldn’t it make sense that your relationship with your co-workers would be far more important than that of your lover? I mean even if you dated someone you utterly despised, you only have to see them once a week (given that you didn’t decide to move in). So it makes sense that choosing the right company and the right friendships at work is far more significant to your daily life than some boyfriend.
But that’s not the case. People tolerate stupidity at the office. Brusqueness, even outright sabotage. I’m not necessarily saying that’s what goes on at my office. Mostly, I was watching Office Space this weekend. It just makes no sense to me why people would put up with bullshit at work. And refuse to put up with any kind of shit in their personal relationships. Don’t we have as much say in where we work and what we do as who we’re with and why we choose to be with them? Why is a person to company relationship not as prioritized as a person to person one?
I think most people are lame ,and generally date and marry the closest person near them without dating that much or truly getting to know their significant other. It seems to be quite normal that two people can make a relationship work and NOT like each other over time ( I guess by not seeing ea. other ).
It’s no wonder that over 50% of marriages get in , divorce. And I think the percentage that make it work, do so by not really liking their spouse. Most married people i know are generally annoyed by one another, and your job becomes your salvation… and your relationship just becomes an accessory to make you look normal.
I think allot of people manage life by avoiding it. By constantly staying busy you don’t have to deal with yourself.