Managing relationship with IB

Hi all, been in IB for 6 months and it has been pretty chaotic, pulling 4am - 6am on the regular and working most weekends. I'm am in a serious, long term relationship with my girlfriend (who I live with) and I'm finding it challenging to balance the two. At the end of the day, the relationship is more important than the job and my girlfriend is extremely supportive. I'd love to get some pearls of wisdom from people that are in relationships about how to manage the demanding career with having a successful relationship.

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Communicate. You need to try and be granular and explain what is going on. If you’re getting blown up by a deal say it. When you have downtime spend it with her. Be thoughtful you can always text during the day, add some surprises like have flowers for her or an interesting variant on something she likes. Leverage WFH if your team is supportive. Aim to exit earlier or move to a “lifestyle group”. But if she’s that important and that great put a ring on it when the bonus hits.

 

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