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  • 1.  Response to "When You Are Married to Your Partnet"

    Posted 09-29-2011 12:42 PM
    This message has been cross posted to the following Discussion Forums: Academy of Architecture for Health and Small Project Practitioners .
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    I am grateful and happy that I married outside of the Architectural profession.  My wife of 23 years is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, and our great conversations after hours involve interesting subjects outside of our daily work.  We have also discovered that it is not good to put all of your eggs in one profession;  Her work is stable and well paid, while I am experiencing my second lay-off with no work to be found across the country during the Obama Great Recession.
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    Mark Therkildsen AIA
    Etters PA
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  • 2.  RE:Response to "When You Are Married to Your Partnet"

    Posted 09-30-2011 02:12 AM
    Mr. Therkildsen -

    While I agree with you wholeheartedly that it's handy to have your incomes (and, if possible, your projects) come from different parts of the economy, I also feel the need to correct your casual assertion that the recession was somehow caused by President Obama. Look anywhere you like - there is universal agreement that the recession started well before he came into office.

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    Kate Svoboda-Spanbock AIA
    Principal
    HERE Design and Architecture
    Los Angeles CA
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  • 3.  RE:Response to "When You Are Married to Your Partnet"

    Posted 10-03-2011 10:18 AM
    At the risk of going off-topic, I have not heard the expression "Obama Great Recession" or similar in this forum before.  It has been refreshingly free of partisan politics. 

    Back on-topic:  it is always a good idea to have a balance of work from different sectors, if possible.  In dual income households you may increase your measure of security thus, but in single income households, you would have the same problem, whether both partners in the household have the same training, or not.

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    Marsha Fogarty AIA
    Marsha Fogarty
    Normal IL
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