Her Husband Didn’t Believe In Her Business Idea, But Now That She’s Made A Ton Of Money, He Wants To Get Involved, And She Isn’t Interested
This 30-year-old woman experienced a difficult pregnancy and was bedridden through a lot of it. At the time, she didn’t earn an income and hoped to start making money, so she started a re-sale business last January.
Initially, her husband was unsupportive of her business venture, shaming her for “wasting her time and money” and even calling her idea a “pipe dream.”
Unfortunately, they often got into arguments over the topic. But she didn’t let her husband’s negativity sway her, and she felt confident in her capabilities. In her mind, an unsuccessful business was a possibility she didn’t allow room for.
She has three children from her previous marriage, and she and her husband have a 4-month-old baby.
Her three older kids have been helping her with her business, but her husband never supported or encouraged her.
“We have separate bank accounts, and all of my product is kept in an indoor storage unit, so my husband has never seen my product or known how much money I’ve brought in,” she said.
“I’ve been paying my portion of the bills and not giving any hints on what I’ve been doing. I honestly (as childish as it may be) wanted to wait until I had a bucketload of profit and then show him.”
In her vision, after showing off how much she made through her business, her husband would finally walk back his previous statements, feeling guilty that he argued with her or doubted her.
Thus far, her profit from the business is $34,000, and she lost about $5,000 in product. Since she began her business on only $500, she’s thrilled with how far she’s come.
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She has a TikTok account to promote her business, and she has nearly 400,000 followers. One day, her husband stumbled across her account, and seeing how many followers she had, he began inquiring about the business and financials.
When he inquired about how much of a profit she’s brought in so far, she broke down the specifics for him.
“Now, he’s super interested in what I’m doing and tries coming with me and the kids on the weekends to do inventory and shipments,” she explained.
“I’m willing to admit that I’m just getting touched out by his presence within my business. Because now, he’s trying to get me to buy things that HE likes, not what the general consumer does.”
Her husband constantly attempts to persuade her to alter her strategies by bringing up ideas that he thinks would make the process flow more efficiently. Whenever he’s around, he gets in her way and causes her anxiety.
Plus, he wants to utilize her business TikTok account in order to bring awareness to products that he’s purchased.
However, he isn’t a fan of being filmed, so he expected her to do this for him. She acknowledged that this could help them bond while bringing in a profit, but she isn’t thrilled about his involvement and hopes to be more involved in her business.
Looking back, she started her business from the ground up, with help from her children, and her husband constantly started arguments over it.
She thinks it’s hypocritical for him to suddenly be intrigued when he realized she was bringing in a decent profit.
“He wants to use what I built without him so he can make money off of it. So, I told him he needed to do his own thing. Start from scratch like I did. Learn as I did. Because I don’t want him involved in what my kids and I built,” she shared.
For months, her husband put her down and made her feel dumb, never saying sorry until she brought up how deeply he’d hurt her feelings.
Her husband was furious with her, claiming that she was being dramatic, assuring her that he was just excited about being involved in her business.
Then, he told her that he refused to say sorry for not believing in her months ago, adding that she should see things from his perspective.
According to him, she’s now shown him that he was incorrect when he thought her business would fail. He believes that it’s only fair for her to allow him to be involved so that it could become a family business.
However, she’s still not convinced. She would rather keep her husband out of her business and only allow her children to contribute.
In addition, she’s concerned that her husband would be controlling and overrule her opinions on how to run the business. She doesn’t want him to have any sway over it.
What advice would you give her?
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