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When one co-founder carries all the emotional labor

My co-founder is brilliant at the technical work but terrible with people and I've been covering for them in every client interaction for two years. I'm exhausted from being the face of the company and they seem completely unaware of how much emotional labor I'm doing, but I also don't know how to bring this up without it sounding like an attack on who they are as a person.

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You're worn out from covering for a co-founder who doesn't realize how much you carry.

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