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Are you attracted to a persons job?
Lets be honest here.
When you start dating or you meet people in a social situation do you ask what they do for a living because you are genuinely interested or because you would scrap dating someone who was a milk stacker at a supermarket for instance?
Or do you find a certain industry or job more attractive than others?
Ladies, does dating a fireman appeal a lot to you, or a doctor?
Guys, do promotion models or sexy librarians do it for you?
Would you stop dating someone if they did something for a job that you deem socially or morally wrong? Like people who experiment on animals or deal drugs?
Just interested really. I think that when people find out what you do for a living whether it be a full time student or a lawyer peoples opinion of you changes.
When you start dating or you meet people in a social situation do you ask what they do for a living because you are genuinely interested or because you would scrap dating someone who was a milk stacker at a supermarket for instance?
Or do you find a certain industry or job more attractive than others?
Ladies, does dating a fireman appeal a lot to you, or a doctor?
Guys, do promotion models or sexy librarians do it for you?
Would you stop dating someone if they did something for a job that you deem socially or morally wrong? Like people who experiment on animals or deal drugs?
Just interested really. I think that when people find out what you do for a living whether it be a full time student or a lawyer peoples opinion of you changes.
Tags: dating, job, love, occupation, work
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Emryl Ashley Kovakan aka Pilgrim on -
Yes
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Permalink Reply by Serena T on -
I do find certain industries and jobs more attractive than others - sure, I wouldn't mind dating a musician (not a famous one!) or a writer, etc. - but at the end of the day it's the person that matters, not the job. I never chose a boyfriend based on their profession.
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Permalink Reply by Harley Jane on -
I think you're right in that people judge, but I've never found one job sexier than another. The OH is a doctor and I actually am not crazy about that fact, because it means such long hours and zero pulling-sickies-to-stay-in-bed-with-me, stress and countless people asking me "oh, are you in medicine too?"
Bleh.
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Permalink Reply by Tiffani D. on -
I'll be honest. I want to date people who are with me on my level. That means, economically, intellectually and spiritually. If I know a guy who is a milk stacker at a supermarket in the same town he grew up in, and he's not working towards a goal, like graduating college/trade school or perhaps trying to join the military or do something other than being a milk stacker I don't think I'd date him. That's not a job to have for the rest of your life. That is a job to have while we wait for the rest of our lives to begin.
If that is your life's goal, than I am very happy you can have it. But it wouldn't date someone who couldn't share in my experience of having to go after something like education or career. Doing what I'm doing now will define a part of me and I need someone who can understand it. Now if I started dating someone who was working as a cashier while they continue working on their degree, that's really no problem.
On the same token, I don't think I'd date every degree-educated man either. For instance, I really don't think I'd date a plastic surgeon, unless he did things that mattered like face reconstruction for burn victims or something. Giving someone a breast augmentation or a chin tuck is against my own internal compass of what's acceptable.
As for someone who did something that was considered really wrong, if I personally thought it was wrong, then I wouldn't date him. Like that guy from Thank You For Smoking? I definitely wouldn't date him. I'd pray for his soul because he'd obviously lost it trying to get kids to smoke, but that's about it.
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Permalink Reply by Oats on -
I found hair stylists and bar tenders hot. I dated my hair stylist. Then I cut it off. Then I needed to find a new hair stylist, which I didn't, so I just cut my own hair for a year or so.
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Permalink Reply by Alison on -
My boyfriend is a mechanical engineering major. If he wasn't in school or had no ambition, I wouldn't be as attracted to him. Or attracted to him at all.
Education and ambition are things that I strongly value. I couldn't be in a relationship without them.
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Permalink Reply by Tyler Sutherland on -
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Permalink Reply by Ethony on -
While I understand that people are not their jobs, it is impossible to actually be your job, it can define you. You spend more time working than you do most other things, well most people do. So how it is not apart of who you are?
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Permalink Reply by Tyler Sutherland on
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You don't have to let it define you. Maybe the milk stacker is a fucking genius, or his ambition and passion is in a hobby that doesn't pay him, like he's in a band or an artist.
Women say "ambition turns me on," brag about their boyfriends accounting firm, or think a bachelor's is a prerequisite for intelligence, "the job makes the man" and talk about how much careers matter...first of all I want to fall asleep, second, I think they're typical superficial, spineless zombies who have never struggled and will never think for themselves, or produce anything of worth.
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Permalink Reply by Harley Jane on
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You sound like an art student.
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Permalink Reply by Tyler Sutherland on
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I'm a writer, sweetheart. Good writing comes from life-experience, knowing people from all walks of life, what they think, how they react, what motivates them, and what society does to them. Nothing has taught me more about a wide spectrum of people than driving a cab, which is what I do for a living. The shit I have seen and been through for the last few years you couldn't handle for a single night. Have you ever been assaulted while driving? Ever had to lose a tail? Ever had to rush a man bleeding from his head to the hospital? Have you ever spent nights driving around the projects of a dangerous city where people are shot and murdered every week?
My job may not turn any of you on, but it's made me more of a man, and a better writer. I go home every night, happy that I survived once again, and knowing I directly helped a few people in the process.
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Permalink Reply by Tiffani D. on
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What happened to your axiom about only using pics and videos on discussion threads?
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