anniej is offline anniej Post #1  July 11,2009, 2:02pm
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I take my job very seriously and put in long hours. I want to start dating again. How do I let my date know I'm a 'work-holic'?
 
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j0hn8andy is offline j0hn8andy Post #2  July 11,2009, 2:26pm
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I wouldn't say I was a work-a-holic.

You will make room in your life for whatever you choose. If the right man came along and you were interested, you might find yourself working fewer hours. Or he might come to you putting in some long hours himself, building his own business, for instance.

You never know. So I wouldn't put it in my Profile or anything like that.
 
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EMTZ is offline EMTZ Post #3  July 11,2009, 2:42pm
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One solution to me is to find another workaholic. Then you two will probably have similar priorities in life, so each tends to be more understanding if the other can't spend the time together due to work issues. And when you do spend time together, you appreciate it more because you usually can't take such opportunity for granted, unlike other couples who are not workaholic.
 
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meri75 is offline meri75 Post #4  July 16,2009, 8:48pm
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When I think about this, I believe this is becoming the working norm, not the exception.

People are working longer and longer and hours. I routinely put in 10-12 hours on weekdays and then go home and login to finish dealing with email from home.

For this reason, I don't think you need to mention it at all. I expect that any potential men I meet will be working similar hours to myself.
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Work requires that we give energy. Play restores energy.

Is the time we spend with another person generating or taking our energy?

True relational engagement can take either & at times both. Just like the time we spend doing our jobs, makeing our homes, attending to our families.

In my experience, the key factor becomes the ballance we strike with self awareness.

Miester Eckart said, "If loving is a burden, then surely it is a prescious one."

Enjoy the tasks at hand today.
 
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DLance is offline DLance Post #6  August 16,2009, 5:56pm
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I hold two full time jobs. One is my company and one is teaching for a small for-profit college. I was just awarded the number one instructor for retention and quality of teaching.

I am still attempting to restart my career of funding corporations; not a great environoment for that type of work. I will run between five to seventeen miles on the weekends.

Looking for someone that can help me get off the tread mill.
 
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