<human>: Can you provide a brief overview of the text?

My wife and I have a very happy marriage, we are compatible socially, romantically, sexually and recreationally. 

One of the areas we differ in is our approach towards work: 

* I believe that it's purely a mechanism to live life outside of a 9-5, and I am taking measures to secure our financial independence which she is 100% agreed with. I do not enjoy my job, but am sticking with it to achieve this end-goal. I consider most of my colleagues acquaintances and not friends.
* She believes that work is an integral part of one's life, and she gets a ot of pleasure and satisfaction from both her work and interacting with her colleagues, and considers a good portion of them friends.

As per 'Seven Principles of a Highly Successful Marriage' I do think it's important to know the challenges and successes of my wife and I do take an interest in some aspects of her work-life. Objectively however, my interest often wanes quicker than the conversation comes to a natural end.

My original thought was to illustrate how I find the personal 'life' aspects to her day alot more captivating than the minutiae of administration and business systems. This has had more success, but unfortunately not enough.

She is upset that the conversations feel forced and fake to her.

This is not a complete deal-breaker and it's something we've spoken calmly about a few times: this must be a common issue among couples, but neither of us have the correct answer in our toolset for this one.
<bot>: I don't care about work or my job and find it hard to be passionately interested about my wife's work stories, and she feels hurt.