If both your job and family life are stressful, tell us your thoughts

I actually love my job - it's just that one, more senior coworker makes life really hard for me and because I'm new, I have to take it. It's an office job, so at least it isn't physically demanding, although hours are normally 60 a week. If you want to know why I put up with it, read at the bottom. Life at home ain't so pretty either. Wife had a craaaazy a** mother who treated her really poorly (told her she was ugly and useless, etc. even though she's neither), which I think has influenced who she is today. It's difficult to live with her as she's a clean freak, so any slight misstep might set her off. The reason I'm still with her is because I think that at her core she is a kind, compassionate person. However, I'm really concerned that this is what I have to look forward to for the rest of my life. Long story short: I go to work and take a lot of bs. I come home, and it's more bs. On weekends, I do stuff with hers and my family which can be nice. So, chime in gents if you've been in this situation. Ladies, of course, are welcome to give their two cents. Thanks people. ******** why I'm willing to take the crap at work: I take the bs from this douche because he's part of the 2-person team that does quantitative research (which is what I really like). He works on a lot of interesting projects that need my skill set (statistics), so obviously the last thing I want to do is create a bad work dynamic. I don't want to burden my boss (who I really like), so I haven't brought it up to him (I'm only 2 months in). I figure the earliest I'll say something is during semi-annuals, which is in 4 months. Bottom line is, I love my job too much to want to rock the boat this early into my stint there. But yea, I realize bottling it all up might very well have consequences.

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