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AIBU?

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to ask if you have any idea what your DP does at work?

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MrsSeymourButts · 10/03/2015 09:32

God knows what mine gets up to all day. I have asked on occasion - I really have - but I get the urge to start smashing the crockery by the time he finishes the first sentence. I think it might involve a sophisticated way of counting toilet rolls.

AIBU to start making things up (weasel trainer, Beyonce's body double, etc.) if anyone asks me again what he does?

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babybarrister · 10/03/2015 14:47

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motherinferior · 10/03/2015 14:49

One of the reasons why I do rather love Mr Inferior is that he doesn't expect me to prioritise his job above my own. I tend to operate on the basis that if I wanted to know DP's job in intimate detail, I'd be doing it. So I have a vague idea, and mainly concentrate on my own.

It's harder for him to ignore mine because occasionally I point him to stuff and say LOOK I WROTE THAT.

We don't talk about work much.

babybarrister · 10/03/2015 14:51

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morethanpotatoprints · 10/03/2015 14:56

I know exactly what my dh does at work, because some of it he does at home and the family are sometimes involved.
If he is playing I know the venue, the client, his colleagues for the night, the amount of money earned, and we chat about it later or next day.
I couldn't stand a boring man who did the same job and similar hours everyday, and I couldn't stand doing that myself either.

DawnOfTheDoggers · 10/03/2015 14:59

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pinkpanda101 · 10/03/2015 15:02

Mine's an airline pilot - I don't know all the technical bits but I understand about spending days on end in nice hotels in interesting cities

I'm a SAHP and a school governor. If I Hoover the hall he thinks I've been working hard on housework. If I'm swearing at the -crappy LA email system- computer then he doesn't ask about school, just gets me a g+t
We have the perfect relationship!

Cleorapter · 10/03/2015 15:03

Yes I know what my DH does, though when he goes into the finer details of his job my eyes do tend to glaze over a bit

I'm very boring though and stay at home with our little terror 2 year old for the time being.

BoozeyTuesday · 10/03/2015 15:04

Yes because we do exactly the same job but at different sites, both civil service middle managers. It's how we met!

kennyp · 10/03/2015 15:05

i have no idea what he does, except it's in an office and he used to do compliance but now i don't know.

when he says "i've got to go to a meeting" i say "remember to flush afterwards". honetsly i've got no idea. there are no ha ha anecdotes to relay to me about work and as i work in a school i've always got something bonkers and funny ha ha to tell him about, but he can't even nick me stationery any more. sad face

cailindana · 10/03/2015 15:08

Yes, we work in related fields and he sometimes works for me.

MrsCakesPrecognition · 10/03/2015 15:09

I know a bit about DH's job, although nothing much technical as it all seems very hush hush. However my role (for a very different organisation) wasn't a million miles away from his, so I tend to unleash all my frustrated work energies of solving his management problems for him. He kindly listens to me, nodding and looking interested. Heaven knows if he actually tries to put any of it into practice.

GotToBeInItToWinIt · 10/03/2015 15:10

morethan doing the same job with similar hours every day doesn't automatically make anyone boring!! DH is very interesting, knowledgable, well read, in a band in his spare time (plays guitar), is captain of a rugby team, loves travel, speaks multiple languages, loves cooking good food... But works regular hours in a corporate environment! He is far from boring.

cailindana · 10/03/2015 15:10

We have full-blown animated conversations about the nuts and bolts of our jobs. I'm not sure many people would have the first idea what were talking about! It's very nerdy.

KitZacJak · 10/03/2015 15:13

Yes, I have a pretty clear idea what he does and he does with me too. I work at home so often talk about what I do with him as I have no colleagues as such (he probably zones out to all my worry and moaning)!! He tells me about his work but I used to work in a similar area to him so I have a good idea what he does anyway.

TwatFaceBitch · 10/03/2015 15:15

Yes all the ins and outs of it. I use to work in the same industry, we talk a lot about it. When I was on maternity he was desperate for a new job but was literally working every hour going and all weekends and had no time to find another one. Jobs in our industry are not often advertised so I did the networking for him, as I knew what he knew inside out, and consequently got him phone interviews set up and two equally as good as each other job offers at the same time within a month . Both needing relocating which we wanted and we made a decision where would be best for the family.

mrssnodge · 10/03/2015 15:16

We both work at same company, same building, different jobs though- mines office based admin/sales, his is driving/security. I bring the contracts in , & he does the donkey work lol!

weegiemum · 10/03/2015 15:18

My dh is a GP - has to spend an inordinate amount of time doing paperwork. Sometimes he sees patients too. He's a single-handed rural GP and I believe most days involve coffee and scones with some old lady or another (does home visits). He seems to meet a lot of interesting people.

He knows about my job too (adult basic education/community work) and always interested in what I do (always says he'd rather hear about my job than talk about his own.

Doingakatereddy · 10/03/2015 15:19

I know exactly what DH does as we used to work in the same industry.

DH however, has no idea what I do & is mystified that I could get paid so much money for it ignorant twat

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 10/03/2015 15:26

Too much. I had a reasonable idea and showed too much interest once

DuchessofCuntbridge · 10/03/2015 15:47

Mine's a tax accountant. It's dull as dishwater as far as I'm concerned, so we don't discuss it much. No idea what he actually does but I imagine it involves sitting on his arse at a desk in an open plan office eating cake and looking up increasingly intricate and sneaky ways for FTSE 100 companies to avoid paying corporation tax.

Equally, he think I'm just as dull. According to him "fannying around with hundreds of bits of paper and spending many tedious hours arguing about the words "reasonable" and "material"" are the main facets of my day as a finance lawyer. This isn't entirely untrue, but I do also draft contracts and chase banks for signatures to documents. Riveting or what?!

CarolaStorms · 10/03/2015 15:49

Yep - he's a tabloid journalist. And I know what he actually does, rather than what people think he does

I'm a librarian who works in the City and DH does not have a scooby what I do all day. (clue: it's not 'reading books')

OstentatiousBreastfeeder · 10/03/2015 15:49

He does my old job, so I know exactly how boring it is!

0x530x610x750x630x79 · 10/03/2015 15:52

TreadSoftly hahaha (but not lol as i am sat at work)

Salene · 10/03/2015 15:53

My hubby Is a driller on a offshore rig, I know exactly what he does as I have worked offshore in the past.

CarolaStorms · 10/03/2015 15:54

Oh my ex did that, but other than lots of chemical mud being involved I never really 'got' it...

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