Something that is worrying me is that can the career success of my life ruin my marriage?

Im generally really exhausted from work, mentally and physically. I am somewhat of a workaholic and when i decide ok its time to shut down, that last for about 3 hours then im back to work.

The business is going great and I have been able to spread the business far out, getting us many clients! And although my hubby is good in his field, i have been doing good and mainly the hard work!

My marriage has been good, but since the work load has increased its been more of work talk and you can say a work relationship.

This is not such a good feeling or thing to do either. I don't think or even want to make myself sound higher than my hubby. You hear the saying that with success you also lose things, I hope the success in business wont ruin our marriage!

Or am i just thinking wrong?

Kimmy I think you are just worrying too much! I do understand where you are coming from, but in your case its your business which you are handling along with your husband, so he knows as well as you do that its working with both of you and not just you. So to equal it out the success is for both of you and not just you, you may think that you gained all well most of the success because you know the efforts you have put in and how hard you have worked.

So dont think of it this way, if you were in a company as an employee that would a different thing.

One tip I always suggest is talk with your husband, it will solve a lot of your issues and clear your mind! Tell him how you think so that there would be no misunderstandings.

Your doing fine and its for both of you not just you! Both of you together make your business successful!

There is nothing with having a successful business as long as the two parties don't completely lose track of eachother and let their relationship go. Setting special times for you two to be together and spending quality time doing activities other than working on your business could be very helpful in staying close to eachother. I don't believe success ruins relationships, but if either one of you gets too greedy and forgets about the reason why you have started up all this, then it might be different story...

Success won't ruin a marriage if your priorities are right. If you put your family first and do your best to spend quality time with your husband, so that he does not feel estranged or left out, everything will be fine. It does not have to be 4 hours, 30 minutes of conversation can be enough, provided it is genuine and meaningful.

I don't think success in business could ruin marriage. First and foremost, you have to prioritize your family. Although you are exhausted with all the days work, keep in touch with them. You have to find time. Was you husband complaining about the situation? If not then, you don't have a problem with your marriage.

Well, the good thing is, you recognize that there's a problem emerging, so now's the time to nip it in the butt. I would have a talk with your husband.. just let him know everything you said here. Pick a few days a month where you two can have a date night, or a movie night or something and really get in some of that quality time that you've been missing. Things will get better, I'm sure.