I think I could...as long as it wasn't day in day out kind of thing.
My dad owns a company that is doing very well (thanks to high oil and gas prices!) and when I have enough schooling, he wants me to help him out because he says he needs someone in there he can trust and who will follow his directions because it's too much for for just him...

I would totally work with my mom. She has great insights and ideas and I think it would be fun. Of course it could get kind of crazy, but we're really close so I think we could make it work

The best thing that ever happened to my relationship with my mom was when I moved out of her house! We could never work side by side for more than a couple of days- even when I help her out with projects at home we (read I) limit them to no more than a weekend thing.

Don't get me wrong, I love her dearly, but work together? No Way.

I agree with mini_pixie! My mom and I never got along better when I moved out of the house. Now that I'm back though I try to not run into her for a few days otherwise there is always something to nag about. I could never work with her.

Has anyone seen on One Tree Hill how hard it was for Brooke to work with her mom? I couldn't do it either. My mom micromanages everything and it would make me so angry. It has to be done the way she wants it to. Not even for a few days.

No way. We are both control freaks and stubborn. She nags too much and would get on my nerves continually. I LOVE her but I would NOT want to work with her.

no way. i love my mother. but i need the space to find my own path. i go to her for advice but i know i have the freedom to make my own choices. one needs separation of work from life!

I think we would balance each other well.

only because I value my friendship with my mother, I would say no. The phrase "distance makes the heart grow fonder" is the first thing that comes to mind, just for my mom.

No!

22 years and still going strong! That's how long i have worked with my mom. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. Just like any great relationship whether it's a marriage or friends we've had our good days and really bad days but all in all we work together well and have done a LOT of good for our company. And now that she's in her mid 60s I know it's not going to last forever and that makes me sad. Now I can't imagine doing this without her. She's my best friend but we know when we need distance from each other too. She's the best listener ever. And boy oh boy can she get on my nerves sometimes. Now ask me if I could ever work with my daughter. HA! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I think I could definitely work with my mom. ]Her and I get along quite well.

Work with my mother? Shes been in town for almost 3 weeks and by day 3 I already wanted her packing to go back to her place.
NO.

If I owned my own business and my mom worked for me part time I could handle that. I don't think I could handle working FOR my mom though. She is a control freak!

I do work with my mom, but not for her. we are in the same office.

Hellz no!

My mom is awesome. I lived with her in college and while looking for a job and she enjoyed "working" as my assistant. She still tries to help me out a lot in that way. I think we could work together if it was an agreement of equals. I don't think either of us would be happy working for the other one, but working together would be pretty cool.

I have worked with my mom, and I loved it. My mom is awesome. If she would ever start the business that she wants to start, I would gladly quit my job to work for her.

I have already worked with my mom and it was great! She was my manager as it was and gave me a little more flack then most but she and I were a great team and I wish I could do it again

I could ... and I do! My mom and her brother own the construction company that my grandfather started and I work there. My mom is not my boss, but we do work together on projects fairly frequently and we see each other just about every day. It has good and bad points, but for us, the good far and away outweighs the bad!

I love my mother with all my heart and soul, and she is an amazing businesswoman but I don't think that we could cooperate to run a successful business together. We'd have too many arguments about which way to take the company. But I wish I could, because I love my mother so much

ITA, shopaholic hunny! lol... we'd end up arguing over something instead of getting the job done!

It would only work if she had a quite hands-off approach!

Good lord no. My mother and father ran a business together for 35 years, and it was always, always with the yelling.

So. Much. Yelling.

I agree with mini_pixie, mmm no.

Yes! My mom is a badass and a great person to work with/for! Everyone loves her. Would I go back to being a teenie bopper living under her roof tho? Hell no! That woman doesnt let you go anywhere!

We would argue over EVERYTHING and it would be horrid. Never.

I'm with mini_pixie and Linny, I moved out 10 years ago and my Mom has been one of my Best Friends since. That being said, I don't think I could work with her. My Mom and I are too alike, and I drive myself nuts half the time and know being around someone so like me would make me crazy.

I did work for my Dad for 8 years though, I was his Administrative Assistant. I left the job after I had my Son, and even though I don't miss the work, I totally miss working with my Dad! We were a great team. He was a fantastic boss, and even though I have always been a Daddy's Girl, working with me made me truly appreciate and respect him for how hard he works to provide for the family.

Noooooooooo. I'd much rather find myself in a Wal-Mart parking lot, doing a keg stand while getting a colonoscopy, and simultaneously being forced to listen to The Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas album!

HA HA ! NO!!

I think I could for some things, but then it might be hard if we disagreed a lot because we are both pretty assertive headstrong people.

i think that my mom is fantastic and has a lot to offer, but there is NO WAY that she and i would be able to work together and be successful. we have completely different interestes so we wouldn't find a business that would cross both of our paths, and well...we get along well for a couple days- but the week mark is the limit, and working with someone is more long term than that.

I would love to spend more time with my mom in any capacity (we live 15 hours apart). Plus, my mom tends to have really great ideas that I would never have thought of and she's really great at getting things done without going completely crazy, so it'd be great to have that help.

Nope.

No simply because my mom and I are two different people to even come to a business venture where we could agree (to disagree) most of the time.

If that wasn't the case, we would NEVER get anything done.