[Anonymous]

Does anyone feel that their spouse is troubled by your studies and sort of feel abandoned? I mean marriage does have certain responsibilities that one spouse should have to other.

[DTBird]

My wife is super supportive of this journey. She knows this is a one time deal and when its all said an done, our lives will be much happier. I have 2 small children that she does most things for. On the weekends I make it a point to not study one of the days and do family things. That said during the week I only study after work 2 nights a week. The other 3 I come home on time and spend with them. You have to balance it.

I was able to pass FAR and REG working full time, with 2 small children, a marriage and a mortgage. Make sure your spouse knows they are number 1 and this is temporary.

BEC - 77 (5/16)
AUD - TBD (8/16)
REG - 80 (1/16)
FAR - 76 (8/15)

[Missy]

I made a very conscious decision when I was studying for the CPA that my husband and kids would make very few sacrifices for the sake of my CPA. It meant a lot of late nights and studying when everybody else was asleep, and planning my study around their schedules. They acknowledged the lengths I was going to and reciprocated by pitching in more with chores and going out to movies or bowling so I could have peace and quiet to study.

Licensed Massachusetts Non Reporting CPA since 2012
Finance/Admin/HR Manager

[Anonymous]

Mine has major issues with my time dedicated to this process. It has caused issues, because it has consumed so much of my time for 18+ months. However, with my career and 4 kids there is little time left for studying, so what time I do have is dedicated to the CPA exam.

Hopefully March 9th I will get my score and be finished with this process and I can begin to make things right again. Marriage is a lot of give and take, it just so happens that the past 18 months I have taken and he has given.

[Anonymous]

Nice to see I'm not the only one in this. Waiting for the day we can just spend some quality time together enjoying each other.

[ruggercpa2b]

My husband was like that when we first started dating. And now that I have gotten scores in the 70s he gets how much I actually need to study. However, when I first started studying I was consumed by studying. I had no time for anything or anyone nor did I want to make time. We fought a lot. And now, I set aside Fridays for date night. Whether we go out to dinner or we stay in, its his night. We catch up on shows and just talk and laugh.

The only time I bog down and we dont do anything are the last 2 weeks before my exam. He knows he is in charge of the house for those 2 weeks and all I do is live and breathe the exam. I am back in public accounting and he understands that I need to pass to get promoted.

Another thing I do that my friend told me is that once in a while I buy a card and write him a nice message and tell him how much I do appreciate everything he does. And I send it in the mail. I send it to his work usually or if I have to travel I mail it to our house and he gets it a day or 2 after I leave. He loves getting the cards. And they very random. I have now I need to drop in the mail.

AUD - 73, 72 retake 7/2/2016
BEC - 8/20/2016
REG - TBD
FAR - TBD

I am so ready for this nightmare to be over. Been at this way too long.

[Stilgoin]

My husband is super supportive. He will work all day, then come home and fix us both dinner so I can study. He is prouder of my accomplishments than I am myself, and I honestly don’t know how I could survive without his constant support and encouragement. He even helps me study- and he knows little about accounting. He just wants to help. 😉

B | 62, 78
A | 73, 67, 79
R | 82
F | 59, 59, Waiting

Ethics | 93

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
~Winston Churchill

“In a world full of critics, be an encourager."

[Nessie]

I am fortunate to have a spouse who holds a CPA, but I do worry about how cranky I become around exam time or if I am falling behind in my Becker schedule. He can't believe how much time I study and carries on about “when he did the exam, you had to be working in accounting and were only allowed 2 fails.”

For a laugh, he earned his licensure so long ago, for score releases, everyone would wait by a newspaper box at 5:00am and the people who passed all parts would have their name published in the newspaper-that's how you found out. If your name wasn't published, you failed.

REG Aug 20/15: 88
AUD: Feb 29/16: 80
FAR: Jun 10/16: 80
BEC?

Becker self-study, Becker Final Review & NINJA MCQS

[NotAnother74]

My wife has been dealing with me on this for 5 years. She's never waivered in her support. I don't think she's ever bitched about it. She just gets a good book or video game and she's content.

F AR - 76
B EC - 82
A UD - 77 (lost credit)/Retake 2/25
R EG - 80

[536FrenchmenStreet]

My husband has been, as always, my rock throughout this episode. Every time I feel like packing it in, he encourages me to stay the course. The man is amazing and frankly I have no idea what I have done to deserve him.

BEC: Fall 2016
AUD: Spring 2016
REG: Summer 2016
FAR: RETAKE

[Skynet]

Marriage is like a CPA Review Course. If it doesn't work out, you can always replace your wife or husband much like you can replace a CPA Review course if it didn't help you pass the first time.

[Author]

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