What jobs would put you off dating someone

[BasilRathbon]

Pirate.

Imagine getting home after a hard day at work to find your partner strutting around the living room with a parrot on his shoulder yelling about pieces of eight and threatening to make you walk the plank if their tea's not ready on time.

 

[Isa Drennan]

IT consultant!! (If you know you know)

 

[Pinkblush]

Gynaecologist

 

[LittleMy]

Pirate.

Imagine getting home after a hard day at work to find your partner strutting around the living room with a parrot on his shoulder yelling about pieces of eight and threatening to make you walk the plank if their tea's not ready on time.

This post

 

[under the ivy]

It doesn't bother me! My ex is an engineer so that career will be forever associated!

 

[LittleMy]

I don’t think someone’s job would put me off being with them. If they were a sex worker, I probably wouldn’t want to get involved. That’s very complicated territory. Not sure I’d like to be with someone who is away a lot of the time for work either. I don’t like the idea of a long-distance relationship.

 

[Peartree]

A Mortician.

I dated one when I was training.

 

[mochibean]

Unemployed.

A job is a job, maybe army too. I found it so hard when I had a partner in the army, idk if I could do it again.

 

[Amyx1518]

Unemployed, funeral director, priest/vicar/anything religious based, professional sports person, gym instructor, Dance instructor, PT, car salesman

 

[Happy Lady]

Anything that has an associated smell. I don't think I could date a fishmonger or sewer worker.

How very dare you. In the 80s my hubby worked down the sewers. Some days he'd come home and strip off in the kitchen so that I could chuck his clothes straight into the washer.

 

[Meh]

How very dare you. In the 80s my hubby worked down the sewers. Some days he'd come home and strip off in the kitchen so that I could chuck his clothes straight into the washer.

I currently work in this industry Not a sewer worker but I do have to go out on site at times. In truth, I don’t tend to notice the smell; you do get used to it.

I wouldn’t be bothered by any job except the army. Mainly because I would hate the long periods of deployment and the worry/stress would be too much.

 

[Cunderthunt]

Slaughterhouse worker, or anything else involving killing or harming animals.

Army - I concur with the above posts, nothing against them but I would worry too much.

Sewer workers or anything else involving the handling of poo - I have nothing against the job at all but I would not be able to cope with the hygiene aspect as I have OCD.

 

[FoksiOska]

My partner is a shift worker and it actually works really well for us! I'm 9-5 (at home) so we do go a few days without seeing each other much, but it makes us appreciate the time we have together even more. I also enjoy having the house to myself when he's away - watch whatever I want on TV, cook whatever I want etc.

 

[Dietcoke21]

Agree with above posters, anything to do with killing animals and also army because of the long periods of time not being able to see each other.

My partner and I are both shift workers and always have been so that doesn’t really bother me

 

[HoneyBee29]

My partner is a shift worker and it actually works really well for us! I'm 9-5 (at home) so we do go a few days without seeing each other much, but it makes us appreciate the time we have together even more. I also enjoy having the house to myself when he's away - watch whatever I want on TV, cook whatever I want etc.

Same here husband is a policeman and works shift work. He wasn’t a policeman when I met him 7 years ago but it’s a career i knew he wanted to pursue. I’ve seen some people say they couldnt date a policeman and do I worry about his safety? Yes but it’s something he wanted to do and I love the man so of course want to support him in whatever he wants to achieve/pursue in life. The shift work doesn’t bother me, yes we may go a few days without seeing each other and that part did take some time getting used to and for us to get into a routine but like you said it makes you appreciate the time you do get together. I’m currently off on maternity leave atm but before that I did enjoy having some evenings etc to myself. In my opinion if you really genuinely love the person it doesn’t really matter what they work as

 

[AllSeeingEye123]

No matter if someone was unemployed or had a particular job it wouldn't put me off dating someone. If they are unemployed it doesn't mean they are not hard working they might just have fallen on hard times. I couldn't care what job they have as profession isn't high on the list of things I look for in a partner.

 

[Lizzie Mintdrop]

I couldn't be in a relationship with a debt collector/bailiff or any job I thought was exploitative such as hard selling to pensioners or a payday loan company. Would prefer them not to be a butcher or fishmonger unless they were scrupulously clean. Other than that, don't think I'm too fussy.

 

[DoctorWho]

A doctor. They are narcissists.

 

[Scorpihoe]

A doctor. They are narcissists.

All 300,000 of them?

 

[thegirlscout]

Anyone in MLM or a religious job (like a vicar, iman, etc). My friend was dating someone who was training to become an iman (they were different religions) and she found it very difficult.