Did the married life affect your trading?

I got married after I started trading, but we were together for a few years before I started. It didn’t affect it much, although I could tell that talking about things in detail bored him and he wasn’t into it, so instead of giving him a play by play of my day, I just tell him the most important parts or if it was a good, bad, or decent day. Also have to make some time away from work to spend together. I’m a workaholic, but I have to make myself just sit and watch a movie or do nothing with him sometimes so that he feels like he has my attention too. I would be sure to be able to put trading and being on forums to the side at times to show them lots of attention too. :grin:

Omg that would be a first hahaha. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a couple or even real life friends here!

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Well, it’s all about how good you’re at balancing things. Both marriage and trading are important and need your time. Everything will be smooth if you’re good at managing things. Discuss things with your spouse if things get hard. I’m sure a supportive partner will always support you to grow.

Many Congratulations! On the other hand, I don’t face any issue since my wife is supportive enough!

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It will be best for you to learn how to keep trading and marriage separate! Marriage can’t affect your trading if you do it strictly professionally. Anyways , keep up the good trades thanks!

Treat forex as a business, stay professional. It is important to stay professional in trading. Letting your personal life affect your professional life is a big mistake which can harm both sides. Set a fixed time when you research and trade, and do not let the thoughts of your personal life affect you.
We all face different problems, but only a strong mindset can help you achieve your goals.

Congratulations Ria! Personally it made no difference at all to my trading as I was fortunate to have a stable and solid relationship before and getting married was an extension of that.

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Thank you soooo much Cash! :blush: That’s really great. :smiley: I hope my future marriage turns out to be the same way somehow. :sweat_smile:

Super happy for youuu! :blush: And thank youuu! :smiley: Haha. I can’t believe I’ve been in this community long enough for me to announce my engagement here! :sweat_smile:

I’m sure it will. The whole idea of anything changing is purely psychological.

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Sometimes, trading can have some form of impact on our relationship, especially when things go wrong with your trades. There can be transfer of aggression if one is not careful.

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Congrats.

Like everything in life, you need a balance. it might slow your progress down because you can’t devote as much time as you 'd like, but if there’s a benefit to you or your relationship, your spouse will understand.

Fingers crossed. :sweat_smile: You guys will hear about it anyway cause I’d definitely still be updating. Hahaha. :smiley:

Well, that’s true too. :confused: I sometimes let my frustrations with forex affect my whole mood for the day and it indirectly affects our relationship at times. :confused:

Thanks for that fff! :blush: It really might slow my trading down, but as soon as we’re settled and living together, I hope I could get back into it as much as I’d want! :smiley:

Sorry to hear that, always remember to take a break for while when things go wrong, that can help balance the situation.

No need to be sorry! :blush: I know it’s my fault and I’m working on it. :smiley: Haha. Ever since, I’ve been weak when it comes to this. And when I somehow stopped releasing pent up frustration on revenge trading, I sometimes release it on him. :sweat_smile: I do apologize after though! :sweat_smile: Hahaha

Congratulations on your engagement. I’m sorry this message is late. I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful life together from here on.

Meantime I can definitely say marriage did not affect anything I did or liked to do for my own part.

However, if we had had children that would have changed everything. And I think if people go on to have children, the children should change everything. If everything is not different after the couple have had children, they maybe should be asking themselves why they had them in the first place.

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I’m not sure if married life has affected my trading, but it has definitely made me more disciplined. I’ve always been a pretty good trader, but since getting married, I’ve had to be more strategic with my time and my money.

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Super thank you Tom! :smiley: Hahaha. I feel like I’ve been in this community for so long so getting greetings from you guys feels the same as getting greetings from old friends. Haha. :sweat_smile:

This is actually a good point. :open_mouth: I forgot to consider this just because this is definitely not yet in our plans for the next two or three years. :open_mouth: But I’m curious to know, how did having children affect your trading? And what did you do to resolve it somehow? :open_mouth: