Does your spouse or significant other come to work with you? (Details inside)
Pardon, you say? Do I work with my spouse or SO? No I don’t mean that, but that chances are if you are at work today and having a good day, being happily you that it is largely attributable to your good relationship space.
I am not implying that single folks can’t be very happily, productively them, but the point is that united folks to a large degree are interdependent on each other for their emotional space. I mean here that there is a yoke effect that goes along with “big bed” status. There most often is either postive synergy or negative energy that comes out of a twosome. Do you see it that way and if you do, on days that you are not seeing eye to eye, do you think it shows in the workplace?
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I imagine couples working together would only speed up the separations. Couples need space.
I’m reading (and answering) your question as “do you take your ‘emotional’ home life to the office”.
Sort of, it can effect my tolerance and focus positively or negatively depending on what’s going on at home. However it usually has to be pretty extreme for it to be negative as, for the most part, I’m good at compartmentalizing and following the line of “worrying doesn’t help”.
@smilingheart1 Oh, I had to read it a few times, your writing was kind of confusing. Are you asking if our emotional mood determines how we are at work? And conversely, if our mood at work is brought home to the spouse?
If so, yes. Our significant other can influence our mood, and events and stress from work can influence our relationship.
Obviously, a single person doesn’t have anyone to influence with their mood.
@smilingheart1 I bring the entire family to work with me, not just my S/O.
Hmmm, I’m not sure that people in relationships work more effectively than those not in a relationship, if that’s part of your question… But that said, I do think that people feeling a lovely glow of happiness inside will be more productive than those with a sinking deep sadness or anger – both of which could be the person in a relationship, just on different days. A content single person (as opposed to a dispairing single person *) may be more productive over an entire year than a person in a typical relationship…
*other types of single people are available ~
You know, I thought I knew what your question was about and then you clarified in the details and I lost you.
I can vouche for the affect from the opposite side. I got some bad news about the family last night and my productivity has sucked today. I can usually compartmentalize but not today.
I am a bit confused about what you are asking too. I do think my relationship with my SO (and as @Adirondackwannabe said, my whole family) can affect my mood when I get to work. I don’t know if that is what you are asking though…
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