motivating my husband

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-04-2008
motivating my husband
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Sat, 04-05-2008 - 11:06am

This is my first time ever using a message board, but I'm struggling with an issue in my marriage (many issues, acutally, but this is the biggest one).

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-11-2006
Sat, 04-05-2008 - 11:48am

It seems that a) Real Estate is not the job for him

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-10-2007
Sat, 04-05-2008 - 3:25pm
I'm not sure there is anything you can do about your situation because he refuses help from all sources.
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-04-2008
Tue, 04-08-2008 - 11:07am

Thanks, guys, for your insight into my problem.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-10-2007
Tue, 04-08-2008 - 7:37pm
He may not be suited for sales.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 04-09-2008 - 12:35am

Real estate is the worst job in the world for someone with your DH's personality type. My brother-in-law has very low self-motivation when it comes to work, and he went into real estate too! They don't seem to have a lot of self-awareness about their aptitudes, do they? I actually held off selling my house because

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-04-2008
Wed, 04-09-2008 - 4:16pm

Thank you so much for the advice :)


I had to get really tough on him today b/c I'm on vacation this week and he wanted to hang out with me all day.