Does your girlfriend/wife/family support your devotion to trading?

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- Does your girlfriend/wife/family support your devotion to trading?
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Quoting Hagbard CelineDislikedI said "Yes, somehow" but mostly because I interpreted that as "Yes, somewhat."
She really likes trading too. She even went to school with me at Online Trading Academy knowing nothing about trading or even the markets in general. She ended up liking it a lot, especially charting, she says it's like a puzzle to her.
Now though, when I'm glued to the computer for hours on end, getting up in the middle of the night for news announcements, and generally eating, breathing, and living trading, she isn't so happy. She feels I'm going overboard and being obsessive.
My argument is that I know myself well enough to forsee how this will go. I am obsessive at first with any new thing I approach. My interest level is off the charts and my knowledge level seems so inconsequential at this point as to be nonexistent. Whenever I "get into" something new, I always sprint in an effort to get up to speed and learn enough that I feel comfortable with it, just enough to be effective. Then, my energy level subsides and I become a bit more balanced with my interest vs. other things. Problem is, with trading, just getting to the effective level could take a considerable amount of time.
I find it the most effecient way for me to become proficient. Usually any attempt to curtail this process ends up with me getting bored and losing interest. I try to explain this to her, but she isn't happy about it.
What have you guys done/had to do to get through this?Ignored