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When business partners develop unspoken role divisions that breed resentment

My business partner and I started this company as equals but somewhere along the way I became the one who handles all the difficult conversations with employees and clients while she focuses on the creative work and I'm starting to resent that we never actually decided this division of labor. We both just fell into these roles and now I don't know how to bring it up without sounding like I'm attacking her for avoiding conflict.

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You've quietly become the one who handles every hard conversation, and you resent a split you never agreed to.

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