What to Do If Your Girlfriend Loves Her Job More Than You

In the following few weeks, I’ll be writing about some ‘dating dilemmas’. Mario has asked me to give the female perspective on a few issues that might arise in the couple. Hope you enjoy!

There may come a time in your life that you are madly in love with a woman who loves someone or something more than you.
Plenty of women in the 21^st century have their careers at the top of their priority list and their love lives somewhere near the bottom.

Suggest to your girlfriend that you would like to spend more time with her. If she cringes at the idea, try to make the time you do spend together more valuable.
If your girlfriend does not feel moved by your romantic gestures, you might have to accept that she will never love you as much as her career. This might hurt initially but will make you happier in the long run.

A woman who loves her job probably spends more time at the office than at home and more time worrying about how to impress her boss than how to make you happy. You love the woman but hate the challenge of getting her attention.

Get in the Now

Don’t be offended by this. Women are beginning to realize that they need to be self-sufficient because men have occasionally proven themselves unreliable. Whereby women used to stay at home and take care of children and the household chores, they are not afforded this opportunity anymore.

Divorce rates used to be much lower than they are today. Women used to be able to rely on their husbands to provide for them through thick and thin. Today’s woman knows that divorce is a realistic possibility and she must support herself and her children should that happen.

Try and be patient and proud of your hard-working, driven and career-focused woman. She is thinking of her future and trying to be self-sufficient. She is ensuring her independence.

Some women know how to balance a love life and career with the skill of trained juggler. Others will inevitably let one aspect of their life flounder. As a loyal boyfriend, it is imperative that you identify the problem and promptly address it with your girlfriend.

Create Your Own Solutions

Short periods of quality time can be far better than long hours of sitting in front of a television without talking. Make your time together matter. If you have only four hours per week with your girlfriend, make them amazing. If you sweep your girlfriend off her feet for those four hours, she will crave more time with you.

In your limited time with your girlfriend, make her a candlelit dinner with her favorite meal. Help her de-stress from work by taking a bath together or giving her a long massage. Avoid activities that don’t allow you to have a conversation such as a movie. Avoid talking about work!

Acceptance

When you find a woman who is willing to put as much or more energy into making you happy as she does trying to climb the corporate ladder, you have found a woman with balance.

You may never convince your career-driven woman to love you more than her job, but you can choose to be with a woman that loves you more than anything in the world. That is the way that love should be – uncompromising, enduring and at the top of your list.