My SECRET is out!

In 20+ years of marriage I've never kept anything of this magnitude hidden from my husband. I didn't tell my husband I'd started my own business almost a month ago. I pulled it all off by working when he left for work. I'm not endorsing doing this but merely sharing my story, so don't judge! Ha!

I'll share a little history. Since we've been married I've streamed my hubby along every business idea and venture I could think of. He finally blesses these adventures after much talk and more talk, but still with a lot of skepticism.

He is a true skeppy and interested in nothing but the end results....the $$$$$$$$$$$$$. I on the other hand am the risk taker. I'm willing to give things a try. My only problem is usually not knowing when to walk away from something that isn't working, so you can trust we balance each other very nicely!

Reasons I didn't tell him about me getting started with WA:

• I wanted to get started (IMMEDIATELY) writing to prove to myself I could be sucessful
• It would take him 30 days or more to decide whether he would support me or not
• I wanted to "show him the "$$$" proving that it really works.
• He would really be a skeppy knowing the required (monthly) $$$
• He would agree it is the worst time to take MORE $$$ out of our budget

I finally (gently) broke the news over the weekend. I told him, "I was working!" He was pretty excited to know more. I told him, "I write." He didn't know what to think. Finally we discussed the entire deal.

I could see "skeppy" rearing its ugly head. He wasn't thrilled at all of the monthly premium. Neither was he happy that I wouldn't receive revenue for sometime.

I prefaced all of that by asking him to trust me. I gave him a little more info and IM revenue scenarios. He agreed to trust me. I actually think he's afraid it might work!!! Ha! I showed him some of my work and accomplishments and he was happy for me.

Was starting a business without telling my spouse a good move? I know my husband well enough to know he'll never initiate something like this. However, when it works he'll become my walking business card!!!

Would I do it again? Only if it was me starting WA. However I didn't feel good about keping it from him.

Here is what I suffered because I was not upfront:

• Celebrating my triumps alone (published articles, increasing rank, emails from WA, Kyle, liked comments)
• Stress from not sharing openly - am I being dishonest???

My husband was mainly sore because I didn't talk with him before getting started. I understood that and knew he would be. I also shared openly why I didn't. I think he understands that too.

Now I have the pressure of working until I make some $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!

Anyone had experiences like this? Please share!

Tina

http://homeschooleasy.com

tina@homeschooleasy.com