7 Things No One Tells You About Dating Someone Less Driven Than You

7 Things No One Tells You About Dating Someone Less Driven Than You Of course, you and your lebensgefhrte dont need to share all the saatkorn hobbies or have all the same interests. You dont even need to have all the same values, as your differences are what help to challenge one aleidher. Dating someone who doesnt care about their career as much as you, however, can be difficult.When youre romantically involved with someone who doesnt care so much about their career, and you do, its inevitable that youll experience a lot of other differences, as well. Here are seven hard truths.1. They may not be your biggest motivator.A true career partie will make for a solid motivator, as they care deeply about their own career success and work hard to achieve it. Being around someone who works so hard to reach their own personal goals can be hugely inspiring. But dating someone who doesnt care about their career as much as you can, in turn, leave you feeling uninspired, as well.2. They may prior itize other things over work.While you may find yourself prioritizing work over other things in your life, your partner may not. This may cause complications, as they may not understand why you choose to prioritize work over date night, perhaps, while they wouldnt choose to work.3. They may not understand your workplace stresses.If youre dealing with stress at work, and you want to talk to your partner about it, they may not be the best person in whom to convide. Thats because they may not totally understand your workplace stress, chalking it up to just a job. But, for someone who cares a lot about that job, you know all too well that its not just a job its perhaps even part of your identity.4. They may not be the best conversationalists about work.Likewise, your partner may not be the best person to have conversations with about work. Conversations are two-way streets, and if you talk about your day in the office and your career goals and the issues that your company is currently tackling and so on, your partner may not feel like talking about their work days, career goals, company politics or anything else in return. This can make conversation fall flat and, without healthy conversation, a relationship can feel dull.5. They may not want to attend your work events.While your work events may be important to you, your partner may not understand why. As such, they may not see the significance in attending your work events as your plus one.6. They may have different values.Its probable that, if you prioritize work and your partner doesnt, you share a few different values with regards to money, household responsibilities, childbearing, etc. Whatever the case, being on the same page or at least truly respecting each others differences is critical.7. They may have different expectations.Because your partner may have different values as you, they may expect you to be home mora often caring for children and keeping up with the house, disagreeing that you should be sp ending so much time at work. Or they may prefer to stay home more often, since they care less about work, which can be helpful or, in turn, cause resentment. Setting expectations up front and being clear about how you both plan to balance work and life is important.--AnnaMarie Houlis is a feminist, a freelance journalist and an adventure aficionado with an affinity for impulsive solo travel. She spends her days writing about womens empowerment from around the world. You can follow her work on her blog, HerReport.org, and follow her journeys on Instagram her_report,Twitterherreport and Facebook.