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[quote=Anonymous]Been there OP! DH works from home twice a week and I usually leave the house to work elsewhere on those days. I don't have an office to go to, I genuinely wish I did -- my company is full time remote and I really miss the separation between work and home.

I will note that when I tell him about specific things he does at home that bother me, he is receptive to them. My main issue is that he often gets stressed while working and has these loud and stressed calls in our shared home office or will be kind of muttering to himself while dealing with an annoying project, and I find it really distracting. My job can also be stressful but requires a lot of concentration. Often I have to write or edit these lengthy, in-depth reports and I've learned that the only way I can do it with him around is if I wear noise canceling head phones and move to another room, which I don't like doing because I have my desk set up the way I like it and the headphones get hot and itchy after a while.

Anyway, I've explained this to him and he has actually made an effort to be a little more self aware when working from home. He will now go take phone calls in a bedroom so I don't have to listen (sometimes I can still hear him though!) and I think he's started to think of me more as a regular colleague where you have to police your behavior a bit. But even with that, I still leave to go work at a coworking space or a coffee shop sometimes. He's sweet and if I have to leave, he will encourage me to treat myself to a nice lunch or to pay the day fee at a coworking spot.

We are looking to move in a couple years and one of my priorities is a workspace just for me. My dream is actually to get something with an ADU, or build one, so I have a truly separate space. Then I could have privacy while I work plus get that separation between work and home that I crave.[/quote]

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