For the partner working long hours: What does your work mean to you? What pleasure or satisfaction does work bring to you? What need does working fulfill in your life? How would you spend your day if money was no object and you didn’t have to work? For the partner who is frustrated by the long hours: What does your partner’s absence mean to you? What do you miss about your partner when he or she is gone so much? What are you longing for in terms of emotional, physical, intellectual, or spiritual connection with your partner?
