The author (right) started a business with her husband (left).
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"Do you think we should get a work divorce?" I asked Cody, furiously scribbling in my notebook about a client meeting."What do you mean?" he said as he flushed and looked up at me. "Honey, we literally just got the LLC paperwork filed with the IRS. We can't quit now."It was April 2025, and Cody and I were still living out of suitcases after moving to Lisbon.Both of us had recently been let go from our previous jobs within days of each other. In a fit of sweat and panic, we decided to really make a go of being entrepreneurs of our own micro-marketing agency. I'd bring nearly 15 years of experience in content and brand development and strategy, and he'd bring his project management skills, as well as manage the business's finances. We'd be an unstoppable CMO/COO team.It didn't take long for the cracks to show.I wondered if we would work well togetherI had my doubts about working together from the outset; Cody knew this.When we had full-time corporate jobs in the US, we'd run to each other to complain about things that would happen at work, as partners do. Something awkward happened in a meeting? I'd spill the tea to Cody at dinner. Weird conversation with a boss? We'd chuckle about it on the weekend.
