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Which jobs would put you off dating someone?

392 replies

BobbyBiscuits · 21/05/2024 11:27

Of course, everyone has to do something, so this is light-hearted.

But which jobs would be red flags for you and you can't imagine going out with someone who does this?

Mine would be-

Tory MP/aide/minister- or anything to do with the Tory party
Scaffolder
Stripper
Porn star
PT/fitness instructor/gym owner
Nightclub owner/ manager

Interesting to hear yours!

OP posts:
YourSpleenIsDamp · 21/05/2024 13:12

Prison officer.

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BobbyBiscuits · 21/05/2024 13:11

@FairGoldSheep I'm a lazy fucker so we'd have nothing in common. Lol

OP posts:
susiedaisy1912 · 21/05/2024 13:08

CherryRipe1 · 21/05/2024 11:32

Abattoir worker/slaughterhouse
Bailiff
Most sales reps

This

KimberleyClark · 21/05/2024 13:05

Gynaecologist

Dottydoll · 21/05/2024 13:05

Been done before. And it’s always police.

Peonies12 · 21/05/2024 13:04

Anything military or related like arms production or sales

Hoppinggreen · 21/05/2024 13:03

FairGoldSheep · 21/05/2024 12:54

And what's wrong with the military? We might be glad of them one day! My son has been a pt/assistant gym manager & now he's in the Raf. He's good looking, loyal, hard working, ambitious; not unintelligent either judging by the initial tests he had to take when he first applied. But still not good enough for some it seems 🙄

I am sure he is lovely but I am sorry I would prefer my DC NOT to date anyone in The Military, its the lifestyle not the actual men or women who serve though.

TuesdayWhistler · 21/05/2024 13:02

Is anyone tallying all these up?

Just on a surface scan, seems like anyone with a job or anyone unemployed is shit out of luck with Mumsnet Posters.

🤣

bluelagooner · 21/05/2024 13:02

Tattooist
Only because I'd be put off by him seeing and touching woman's naked body parts all day everyday.

FairGoldSheep · 21/05/2024 12:54

And what's wrong with the military? We might be glad of them one day! My son has been a pt/assistant gym manager & now he's in the Raf. He's good looking, loyal, hard working, ambitious; not unintelligent either judging by the initial tests he had to take when he first applied. But still not good enough for some it seems 🙄

Bumblebeestiltskin · 21/05/2024 12:54

Tory MP (or any other right wing party)
Dairy farmer
Pig/cattle/poultry farmer (anything in animal agriculture, basically)
Beekeeper
Riding teacher
Podcast bro
Slaughterhouse worker
Butcher

I'm only interested in left wing vegans, anyway, so anyone in any of those jobs would be discounted straight away anyway 😂

Oh, and police!

Samlewis96 · 21/05/2024 12:53

Police or traffic warden

Berlinlover · 21/05/2024 12:53

Police
Farmer
Teacher

VeterinaryCareAssistant · 21/05/2024 12:51

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 21/05/2024 11:43

I get that someone needs to work in an abattoir as people eat meat. However I could never now or in the past be with someone who kills animals on a daily basis and gets paid for it. Or cuts them up when they’ve been killed. If one of dc did this as a job I would really struggle with it.

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I don't know if you personally eat meat, but if you do you're contributing to slaughterhouse workers' wages. They're doing a job most of us benefit from and if they didn't then cognitive dissonance would fall and we'd have to either be vegetarian or vegan or kill our own animals for food.

thecatneuterer · 21/05/2024 12:50

SpinyNorma · 21/05/2024 12:44

"Influencer"
MLM-er
Chugger

Actually - all those too!

RedPony1 · 21/05/2024 12:47

Anybody in a desk job
Police
Armed forces
Anyone who works for a religious institution
or mostly, anybody that doesn't have a full time job

theeyeofdoe · 21/05/2024 12:45

‘Influencer’
social worker
tattoo artist
someone who worked for the vegan society
yoni masseur

Startingagainandagain · 21/05/2024 12:45

-Tory politician/adviser
-Slaughterhouse worker & butcher (I am vegan)
-anyone who works in a lab & experiments on animals
-police & army
-parasitic hedge funds managers
-estate agents
-bailiffs
-people who write for the Daily Mail, Sun, Express...
-religious leaders (those who are allowed to marry) as I can't stand all that nonsense.

Westfacing · 21/05/2024 12:45

Has anyone mentioned estate agents?

SpinyNorma · 21/05/2024 12:44

"Influencer"
MLM-er
Chugger

FairGoldSheep · 21/05/2024 12:43

@BobbyBiscuits what's wrong with being a pt/gym owner?

Iknownothing · 21/05/2024 12:42

Anyone in the public eye. I have no desire to be plastered and scrutinised across any form of media.
Anyone who doesn’t share my values but that is more than just a job.
Probably anyone who has any form of risk in their job - so military, police, prison officer etc - I wouldn’t want to be at home worrying each day.

Chirawehaha · 21/05/2024 12:42

I’m married now, but I only ever dated uni educated ‘professionals’ (not intentionally, it’s just how things worked out) - so surgeons, lawyers, management consultants. Professions that are high on people’s ‘no’ lists. 🤣

I think the only jobs that would have made my kill list are recruitment consultants and estate agents. I’ve never met a single one I liked and it seems a bit of a pointless waste of your one life.

KreedKafer · 21/05/2024 12:40

I don't get a lot of these

You don't need to 'get' them though - it's a personal preference thing isn't it? It doesn't have to be rational or reasonable. People just generally know the kinds of people they're attracted to. I have friends and relatives in some of the jobs I've mentioned in my list.

CloudPop · 21/05/2024 12:40

Anyone unemployed by choice.