I know that its good for me to listen, support, and be there for her but for the past year it's been kinda the same thing. Sometimes during her lunch she will call me about her job and tell me the drama. Then when we get home around 6pm, she continues to tell me more and so the venting doesn't seem to stop for another hour or 2.

Its already about 8pm or so and feel like I only have a few hours to decompress about my day so I can rest up for my next work day. I have offered advice to her problems and to help learn to separate work and home but somehow it doesn't seem to help.

Now, I feel like its always about work with her and rarely about other things. I feel like I now crave different conversations with other women. I don't act upon them though but I always wonder what if...

Is this venting normal? am I doing the best?