So like the title says, I have creative ideas and always try to include my wife in discussions, but all she ever brings to the table is problems and negativity when we discuss things. She thinks she’s being “pragmatic” but it’s tremendously disheartening and the problems she imagines are always the absolute worst of the worst case scenarios. Everything I’ve ever read or watched when it comes to starting businesses is, just start and figure out the problems later. I’m well aware of the potential for difficulties in any endeavor, but tend to believe in myself and my ability to adapt and overcome. Has anyone else experienced this? How did you find middle ground, if at all?

    • crek42@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I can understand the wife’s hesitation. Honestly I’ve seen it happen before. Entrepreneurs can sometimes be so caught up in “everyone fails but keep at it and eventually you’ll be right”. The problem with that thinking is, we never really hear about the ones who are never right. If OP is on his 7th business idea with nothing to show for it, and is acting on emotion, then that’s a different story than just getting started on a well-planned calculated risk. My BIL is like this. Undying faith that eventually he will hit the jackpot and has started a bunch of online businesses and is now getting into trading shitcoins.

      There’s not nearly enough information in OPs post to decide whether his wife is correctly hesitant or not, so we can’t really judge either way. Seems like most commenters agree here agree on that.