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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both DH and I work from home. We were always hybrid before the pandemic, but now are 100% remote.  I think I'm going to head back into the office.  I am so so so so so so sick of being in the house with him, even though 90% of the day we are separated. This is too much together. I'm getting resentful of his very presence and this is really not a healthy way to feel becuase he is a great guy and does not deserve this hostility I feel.

This has me mildly concerend for retirement.  I think I will need to have a low key passion job when I retire. No way can we be 24x7 together, I will crawl out of my skin.[/quote]

Why are you working AT home everyday? Go somewhere. Do it outside, at a park, at a library, at a coffee shop, on a train. Anywhere.[/quote]

[b]Unfortunately I need very high speed internet to run the applications I use, public spaces usually are too loud for my calls (I’m on video calls probably 4hrs a day) and need silence. 
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I live 10min from the office so I’ll just be going in. [/quote]

Honestly, this response is very telling, OP, as to why you can't WFH with another person. It sounds like you are somewhat inflexible and feel your job is the most important thing in the world. [/quote]

Because I have to VPN in, do database work on production systems and have to present on video calls all day to clients? Shall I bring my 2nd monitor to the coffee shop and demand silence?

I’d say yea I'm pretty inflexible when it comes to being able to actually perform my job duties. I’m not sure why you all are so triggered I can’t go to a coffee shop or park when I have an office 10min from my house. 
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I’m in a few hours of video calls a day and they are spread throughout the day. Also, many of us have work that wouldn’t, while not classified, be appropriate for someone to hear and/or see on the screen.  And, yes, some of it is material that ends up being reported on by major news outlets.  So, not always so simple to just go to the library for four hours. [/quote]

Yes I read the comment and laughed. I have to present on calls daily and it’s not so simple like I can pack all calls back to back from 8-12 and then take my laptop and use it over a public network.

I hear what the OP is saying and can’t understand why people are so freaked out she wants to go into the office. [/quote]

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