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I think the sort of hilarious irony, really, is that for two people who run a communications company, we are both, like, drastically terrible at communicating.
They had been together for 13 years as business partners, as close friends that I had met in college that stumbled upon this new idea that turned into a very successful business that is on a number of continents and bicoastal.
And the business is actually doing really well, and the relationship is sinking.
The single most stressful thing in my working life, if not life, is the challenges with our relationship.
I just.
I feel continually undermined.
The job has always been that place where I've been needed, and I feel important.
A lot of the people that work.
For me are like an extension of my family.