So well said. Totally spot on. A huge +1. Especially the last paragraph on wanting to control you. Most think trading is gambling at a casino and offers zero long-term security. Some actually get resentful if you finish for the day at 10:30am after working one hour from home in your underwear. They only see the money and the freedom-- never the years of hard work and sacrifice that went into the study. It's also a VERY rare woman who will stand behind you if you ever have a blowup.
How would you know, you have not had a women since the last time you paid for it, nor do you trade schmuck.
---------------------- They want the house. Once you get married, you lose the house. Then they want a steady cash stream, so you must prove about 5-10 years of good trading income for them to stick around. If you are entrepreneurial, they might be worried that you will actually think of ways to keep them from getting money. once you get her pregnant...it's over. lol as long as she isn't bitter about most things when you meet her, you have a good chance.
my wife had no clue what trading was until she met some of my friends who were border line nuts. she thought I was the crazy one then saw I was just one of the guys.
Trading is not necessarily gambling. Someone alluded to this in another thread a few weeks ago. The market can be envisioned as the 5% successful traders who make money from the other 95%, which could be called gamblers, since they obviously don't know what they are doing. I think the analogy makes good sense.
Technically, all traders are gamblers providing there is risk in their trades. It's just that most people don't know the proper definition of gambling, and assume skill = not gambling.