Why do women ask this when you first meet online?

[WP4046]

"Do you like your job"

 

 

This is really starting to bother me because it makes no sense. If I said no then what? Will she have another job for me? lol

[elbe]

I have literally never received this question but guilty of asking myself. Look, bro she doesn't know you. She can't ask you how that french toast you made tasted this morning or how that 1/10 scale death star lego model is coming...

Edited December 6, 2013 by elbe
lego not logo

[Balzac]

Possibly you have an interrsting job? Santa at Macy's Herald Square? BeeKeeper for Tom's of Maine?

[pyramid]

Your answer says a lot about your personality.

 

If you like it, then why? What appeals to you about it? Are you challenged, what's interesting to you?

 

If not, what makes it worth staying at, how do you handle any negativity that it causes in your life, are you stable or are you looking for a change?

[emva07]

it's one of those ice breaker questions like "so....where are you from?"

[WP4046]

I think it's a sneaky way of finding out how much money i make

[Keenly]

I hate that questions. I'm at work 11 hours a day. The LAST thing I want to talk about with a potential date is work.

[BlametheIrish]

I think it's a sneaky way of finding out how much money i make

 

 

Im sure thats the case for some women but most are probably just making conversation. Why is your first though on a simple question so negative? Have you dealt with alot of money grubbers in your day?

 

Have you ever considered alluding that you make a meager amount to weed out women who might only be interested in your pocketbook.

[emva07]

I hate that questions. I'm at work 11 hours a day. The LAST thing I want to talk about with a potential date is work.

 

I hate it too, but it seems that's what all people in DC talk about

[Balzac]

I think it's a sneaky way of finding out how much money i make

 

Not so sneaky and often one's salary has little to do w their net worth. Women who think that screening men by job description ate not too wise. Most job descriptions can be neutralized. I do think you ate correct.

[MrMeh]

Just say it's difficult teaching quantum physics and being a stripper.

[Balzac]

I hate it too, but it seems that's what all people in DC talk about

 

The land of lawyers. Politicians and POTUS. There are other jobs?

[emva07]

The land of lawyers. Politicians and POTUS. There are other jobs?

 

Bartender at the bars they all go to to brag about who they work for

[WP4046]

Just say it's difficult teaching quantum physics and being a stripper.

 

 

I think I will say no one time and see what her reaction is lol

[gabgab]

I find people who like their job, or who don't like their job and learn to find SOMETHING they like about it, are happier people and thus, easier partners.

 

It aint fun to be with someone unhappy. I did that once and will never do that again

 

As for the "job description" being about $$$...eh oh well. Guys are judgmental about looks and a girls sexual history while theirs doesn't matter. Neither gender is perfect.

[WP4046]

I find people who like their job, or who don't like their job and learn to find SOMETHING they like about it, are happier people and thus, easier partners.

 

It aint fun to be with someone unhappy. I did that once and will never do that again

 

As for the "job description" being about $$$...eh oh well. Guys are judgmental about looks and a girls sexual history while theirs doesn't matter. Neither gender is perfect.

 

 

So someone is going to talk about how much they hate their job during the 1st conversation?

[emva07]

i think everyone just answers "yeah" to this question.

 

It's like "how are you doing?" most people say "doing well" even if you're doing terrible.

[xxoo]

It's dating small talk, like "how's the weather?" with the neighbors.

 

If you freak out about "how's the weather?", the neighbor is going to think you have major weather issues. If you freak about about, "do you like your job?", the date is going to think you have major job issues.

[Balzac]

DC has a world class prestige culture. That's a fact.

[emva07]

DC has a world class prestige culture. That's a fact.

 

We drink tea with our pinkies up. :laugh:

 

I do the whole international organization thing but I just hate how everyone asks each other the SAME exact questions:

 

"where do you work?" "what do you do?" "who do you work for?" "do you like it?" "how did you get that job?" "where did you go to school?" "what was your major?" "where are you from?" "do you live around here?"

 

all of this so they can then answer those same questions with a sense of greatness.

 

All through happy hour you hear this same exact conversation in the background like 10 different times.

 

yes, yes, we are all saving the world, lol. Sarcasm.

Edited December 6, 2013 by emva07

[gabgab]

So someone is going to talk about how much they hate their job during the 1st conversation?

 

 

I had the pleasure of speaking to a few spry bitter lads online who did that. If someone doesn't like your job, you can also ask them what they WOULD like to do.

[WP4046]

I had the pleasure of speaking to a few spry bitter lads online who did that. If someone doesn't like your job, you can also ask them what they WOULD like to do.

 

 

But then the conversation is taking a awful turn because you are helping them develop career goals lol

[WP4046]

We drink tea with our pinkies up. :laugh:

 

I do the whole international organization thing but I just hate how everyone asks each other the SAME exact questions:

 

"where do you work?" "what do you do?" "who do you work for?" "do you like it?" "how did you get that job?" "where did you go to school?" "what was your major?" "where are you from?" "do you live around here?"

 

all of this so they can then answer those same questions with a sense of greatness.

 

All through happy hour you hear this same exact conversation in the background like 10 different times.

 

yes, yes, we are all saving the world, lol. Sarcasm.

 

 

Robotic conversation:)

[Kansas87]

Honestly? I ask this if a guy tells me he does something more basic or low-level. Not because I am only interested in his money, or even that I particularly care how much money he has. I ask because I like more ambitious, driven people (like myself). I would not be happy dating someone who was content to just kind of float around in life. So I want to know if they LIKE their job or if they just tolerate it because it pays the bills. I don't care what you make as long as you are doing what you love, what you are passionate about, and what you want to be successful at. That is why I ask.

 

Also, it is small talk, lol.

[Keenly]

Honestly? I ask this if a guy tells me he does something more basic or low-level. Not because I am only interested in his money, or even that I particularly care how much money he has. I ask because I like more ambitious, driven people (like myself). I would not be happy dating someone who was content to just kind of float around in life. So I want to know if they LIKE their job or if they just tolerate it because it pays the bills. I don't care what you make as long as you are doing what you love, what you are passionate about, and what you want to be successful at. That is why I ask.

 

Also, it is small talk, lol.

 

I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but the bolded sentences are contradictory. Can you clarify?