Are most traders married?

Do you discuss trading with your spouse and family?

  • I am married and discuss trading with spouse/family

    Votes: 113 29.1%
  • I am married and don't discuss trading with spouse /family

    Votes: 75 19.3%
  • I am single and discuss trading with significant other/family

    Votes: 78 20.1%
  • I am single and don't discuss trading with significant other/family

    Votes: 88 22.7%
  • I am married and spouse/family doesn't know I trade

    Votes: 4 1.0%
  • I am single and no one else knows I trade

    Votes: 30 7.7%

  • Total voters
    388
i tried to explain things once...she didnt care. all she likes to hear is "i made another grad today before my coworkers got in...".

as long as i am winning instead of losing..she doesnt care.
 
Quote from dividend:

I read of some horror stories... husband hiding losses... wife nagging... wifey "dissatisfied" husband's never around cuz he's working.

Don't worry, as long as it isn't Account 88888 :D
 
Neither my family nor my women understand what I do (and I'm not even talking about multi-factor models for pricing exotics) - they have a basic idea but that is about it.

Married? No way, I am kept far too busy with Statistical BARBIETRAGE :D

Ahh, diversification, it works on so many levels :cool:
 
married, and hubby is glad i do what i do. he finds my trading boring, so i don't give him many details, but if something goes particularly well, i mention it and he's happy for me (us).

actually, to address what was said earlier about what women look for in men, men are clueless. that is why they do all the wrong things and get all the wrong types of women and then complain that it's the woman's fault.

when i was but a wee lass (teenager), i met hubby in college. usually, at that age, women are looking for an attractive male. i was no exception and found hubby cute, but i was also looking for someone who would love me to the ends of the earth and back. as i got to know him better, i realized that increasingly it mattered to me that a man have very strong character as well. now, years later, those things are still important to me. i guess that's why the marriage is still a happy one.

it really annoys me to hear guys say stuff like that women want money and fast cars, etc. these men are sooooo clueless. these are shallow values. if you go for women with these values and try to play up to these values then don't complain when what you get is a shallow, obnoxious, unpleasant person to live with, because it's what you asked for and therefore it's what you deserve.
 
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