Who is more difficult : Boss , Spouse or your Girlfriend

A sense of humour can take you to places where your all other qualities cannot .


There are lot of commonalities between the three viz Boss , Spouse and Girl Friend

1. When they need you you must be available . This is given . Although they may be busy with their corporate re-structuring , meeting old friends and marriages of their friends when you want to talk respectively .
2. You need to spend a lot of energy to win their confidence and you are not allowed to make a single mistake or else be ready for the consequences
3. You must ensure by your acts that your basic purpose of living is for them and if they are considerate in a combination of 2 out of 3 where one option is out of question ( spouse and girl friend ) so basically left with 5 purposes ( 3 individual and 2 joint purpose ) . All other relations like siblings , friends can wait.
4. The goal post keeps on changing once you reach the expected level and appraisals are totally dependent on their mood rather than the work
5. Beware of appreciation as it is going to be a trap ; Boss might want you to shift to a location or role you don't need ; Spouse wants your mother-in-law to stay with both of you and Girlfriend wanting help for teaching his younger brother for his CA exams

The list can go on but I will stop and would love to hear from all of you , especially the better halfs ( as it would add that other side element ) & bosses .

Now the differences

1. The spouse is someone who is more concerned about you and rightly so , though it does not means that others are not and there are exceptions too.
2. The relationship between you and your boss is called professional and with other two personal . ( Though I am yet to get any right definitions and Dos and Don'ts but skipping that for the time being )
3. You want to spend maximum time with your Girl Friend and minimum with your boss or wife but end up doing the opposite.
4. The relationship with Boss and Wife are formal and legalized while with your girlfriend it is always informal and there is no law to legalize the same.
5. Last but not the least when these relations comes to an end ( although I hope they never do ) , the biggest loss is when you relationship with wife ends and biggest gain is when it ends with your Boss/Girl Friend , depending upon their personality and your relationship with them.

Few Clarifications

1. These are personal thoughts but not by personal experiences
2. Girl Friend and Wife are always either/or ; both do not exist together
3. The Boss is always right , but the spouse is never wrong .
4. I respect all my past , present and future bosses
5. I liked my ex girlfriends before I had the most wonderful person as my spouse
6. I like , love and respect my spouse .