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If you don't get on with someone well enough to run a business with them, you don't get on with them well enough to have a serious relationship, either.

Ever hear of the mom-and-pop store? Couples, even married couples, have been running businesses together for centuries. My parents owned and ran businesses together. In fact, "can I run a small business with this person" isn't a bad question to ask yourself about a potential life partner :)

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This is excellent advice. However, finding that out through the crucible of running a business has the added peril that both your relationship and your business will fail at the same time.

It does. But you don't get risk without reward. If she sticks with you even if your business failed and you're both broke and need to get day jobs again, she's a keeper ;)

My parents owned and ran two businesses together, but they never got rich. But it wasn't a bad way to live, and they definitely saw more of each other than they would have with day jobs. Though to be fair, they also had my dad's retired pay from the military, which mitigated a lot of risks and meant they'd never be truly broke.

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