Rant #2425

Long story short, my partner had a business that he started with a previous spouse when we got together. I was bartending which wasn't a long term career for me, so I stepped in to serve as a sort of office manager/project estimator/accountant/floating help. This ended up becoming my career, and while it didn't spark my heart, it made my partner happy. Fast forward through the years and the expectations grew as I was more comfortable in the field. Ultimately, the burn out was consuming us both and something had to give. The universe intervened and we ended up having to shut down operations due to damage to our work space. We rented and the land lord refused to make repairs. So we finally closed the doors. This was a few years ago. Now I have my own job that supports our family and he does some side work. Today he came to me with an idea to do some estimate writing to help people dealing with insurance companies after a big storm. Problem for me, he profits and I'm doing the work!