It is hard enough to start your very own home-based business, but it is three times as hard to do it when your husband or partner is not supporting your venture. You may need him to watch the kids to meet a deadline or to help out getting supper on the table when you need to deliver fifty gift baskets first thing the next morning.
But many moms find that their husband just won’t help out or even offer any emotional support when it comes to starting a home business. But why is this?
Some husband’s feel threatened with the possibility of your success. What if your home business really takes off and you become the family’s prized breadwinner, with your husband’s income suddenly becoming the supplementary one?
Others just don’t want to see you take time away from household duties. You might be able to live with the bathroom being cleaned every other week, and grocery shopping becoming a once-a-month ordeal, but your husband may view it as the fact that you are neglecting your “wifely” duties.
Other husbands just can’t seem to get their mind around the fact that just because you work within the home...