I don’t see the abuse here. John has a problem at his work, which benefits the whole family, that he needs to solve. He has come to his partner in life for help which will be inconvenient but temporary. She said no, but he still needs her help and hopes she’ll reconsider as cooler heads prevail. Stuff like this is the nature of owning a small business, it takes the whole family at times to make it work and it’s not always fun. It’s nothing that doesn’t happen in my house, with one exception, my wife is the business owner and I juggle my job/life to help her. Sometimes it’s inconvenient and I’m not thrilled to do it, but we’re in life together, so you suck it up and figure out how to get it all done.
I don’t see the abuse here. John has a problem at his work, which benefits the whole family, that he needs to solve. He has come to his partner in life for help which will be inconvenient but temporary. She said no, but he still needs her help and hopes she’ll reconsider as cooler heads prevail. Stuff like this is the nature of owning a small business, it takes the whole family at times to make it work and it’s not always fun. It’s nothing that doesn’t happen in my house, with one exception, my wife is the business owner and I juggle my job/life to help her. Sometimes it’s inconvenient and I’m not thrilled to do it, but we’re in life together, so you suck it up and figure out how to get it all done.