yep.
I have suggested to employees to get their girlfriends/ wives, as well as my girlfriend, to come to work for a day. Not to work at work, just come and sit, read a book, knit, etc. See what a real day's work is like. They don't even need to be sitting in the sun on a sunny job.
I think that my GF would have a much better understanding and quit saying, "can't you 'just' stop working and text me a number of times during the day to tell me you're thinking about me. I tell her I'm not thinking about her all day. I'm thinking about working so I can come home, and send everyone home to their people, alive, with all fingers and toes.