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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Astha Chaturvedi, 38, the founder of Mouri Living. Her words have been edited for length and clarity.After a decade in Big Tech and at McKinsey, I was working at Ripple in San Francisco when I decided to build my own startup.I…
My husband and I got married in our mid-30s. We met at work, as independent adults. It felt like we had finally found each other. We’ve been together for six years now, and there have been many times when we wished that we had met sooner.What makes this feeling worse…
Thirteen years ago, I flew from Atlanta to Las Vegas for a work conference. I thought I was going to learn how to build a business: strategies, contacts, maybe some motivation. I did not know I was walking into the room where I would meet the man I would eventually…
In 2007, my husband’s wanderlust led him from his hometown of Prague to Manila, where he and I met.When we started dating, he reassured me that he’d never tire of living in my country, but that changed a year later, when we took a trip to Europe together.We had a…
My husband and I were on our blissful honeymoon, beach hopping in Antigua, when a look of horror passed over his face. Amid the splashing and digging for shells, his wedding ring had slipped off.”It’s gone. My ring is gone!” Panic rose in his voice.I, despite my dramatic nature, was…
Six months ago, my husband and I uprooted our lives, moving to a little town on the coast and away from the metropolis of Johannesburg, where I spent the last 32 years. Hermanus, South Africa (my new home) is small — a population of 100,000, compared to Johannesburg’s 6 million.In…
After months of job hunting, my husband had finally received a great offer, one that even came with a higher salary and title bump. Loading audio narration… The catch is that the role was based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, about seven hours from where we’d lived in Washington, DC, for…
My partner was laid off in January of last year. Hundreds of applications later, he’d only landed two interviews with no job offers. Loading audio narration… We had managed to stay optimistic during the job search, using the time to travel and see family, but our positive attitudes began to…
Shortly after getting married, my husband and I had the idea to rent out the spare room in our two-bedroom apartment to help rebuild our savings. Loading audio narration… We’d just spent a lot on our wedding and honeymoon, and reducing our biggest living expense meant we’d have more money…
