Moving, Starting Up, and Keeping Love Alive in Lisbon

A couple left their old jobs to chase a new life across the ocean, and they chose to build a business together. They moved to Lisbon while still living in suitcases, and within weeks they had filed paperwork for a new LLC. The idea was simple: combine one partner’s 15‑year marketing background with the other’s project‑management and finance skills. At first, everything felt promising. In their previous jobs they had joked about work troubles over dinner and kept the professional world separate from home. That boundary vanished when they started a company; every new client request became a shared challenge. They struggled with the details—taxes in two countries, billing, and even basic bookkeeping.Their long‑standing communication habits helped them out of this: they talked openly about tasks they disliked and leveraged each other’s strengths. After a learning curve, the business began to click, and their revenue grew month after month. They traded high salaries for a quieter life and the freedom to nurture each other’s growth. Now they work from cafés in Paris or pubs in London, take Fridays off, and keep their marriage strong by never letting work erode the bond they built years earlier. Their story shows that entrepreneurship can coexist with love, especially when both partners learn to collaborate and support one another.