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[quote=Anonymous]Would love advice on how others would feel about this and how I should approach it with DH. DH has worked for the same company for several years and does well. He makes a good salary ($300K) but has been feeling like he wants a change. His dream is to do something entrepreneurial.

One of his good friends started a company 6 months ago. It’s actually doing well (although not profitable yet) but the friend is not a great business/numbers person, and DH is. So, friend approached DH to come on board as a co-founder and DH is really excited about it and ready to quit his job. He really believes in the business and thinks it could be huge... but for at least the first year he (and the friend) would get paid zero and reinvest everything back into the business. Friend already has investors lined up so we don’t need to put money into the business, but he would lose his salary, bonus, etc.

DH claims this is his dream and I don’t want to stop him from pursuing it, but the realist in me says that this is a huge risk that will require a lot of sacrifice. Selfishly I am not sure I really want to make them. We have one child who is currently in private school (with a hefty tuition) and are currently trying for a second. We live in a really nice 2 bedroom apartment that we own but were planning to sell this summer to get something bigger - but with zero income that isn’t going to happen. We also have a nanny (I work but only make around $150K), car payments, and so on.

How do I support DH in this but also get him to see the big picture that everyone else will have to make a lot of sacrifices for him to pursue this opportunity?And, while we have savings I don’t think we can really afford this financially at all - especially since there is no sure timeline here.

How do others feel about this? Do I just need to suck it up and be supportive or is it fair to push him not to do this?[/quote]

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