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Sexiest/coolest job for a partner ?

332 replies

waxahatchee · 08/01/2019 20:33

Inspired by another thread about worst jobs. What are the coolest/sexiest jobs?

OP posts:
Herja · 09/01/2019 07:29

Late boyfriend was a tree surgeon. I really loved watching him in full gear and ropes with a chainsaw... Even just watching him chop wood.

Also carpenter, blacksmith as above. I like things which are physical.

BlueUggs · 09/01/2019 07:48

@BlackPrism - trust me, it's not all it's cracked up to be!
Had one, married him, divorced him.......

ASundayWellSpent · 09/01/2019 08:31

Bartender at a swanky cocktail bar... Seeing DH doing flair etc is really cool... Until you realise that he almost always has to work the days that everyone else is off, plus evening / night shifts!

Tentomidnight · 09/01/2019 09:10

I wonder what men would say about sexiest jobs for women if this thread was reversed?

whifflesqueak · 09/01/2019 09:17

dh is a farm worker. I do find the scruffy, capable look quite sexy.

The smell of cowshit and the intolerable working hours during harvest less so.

Platypusfattypus · 09/01/2019 09:24

A physical job always. My oh is a carpenter and I love watching him make stuff

Canibuildasnowman · 09/01/2019 09:26

A friend has a girlfriend who’s an astronaut. I think she probably wins!

Canibuildasnowman · 09/01/2019 09:28

And another who’s wife is a pilot. And one who’s wife is an Astro physicist who looks after one of those super telescopes looking for alien life and stuff. That’s pretty cool.

Canibuildasnowman · 09/01/2019 09:30

Had a firefighter girlfriend too, she was super sexy cos she was so fit, plus she did the emergency rescue bit ( car crashes etc) so saved quite a few lives.

Lost5stone · 09/01/2019 09:32

Anyone else wondering what the replies would be if men were doing this thread? Nurses Maybe? probably not bookkeeper like me

Aozora13 · 09/01/2019 09:32

My BIL is a surgeon and he’s currently single - he’s also a grumpy git who works crazy hours. His specialism is hip replacements though - the less sexy end of surgery...

DH is an IT consultant which might not be sexy but is bloody useful, would recommend.

Lost5stone · 09/01/2019 09:33

Oh cross posted with tentomidnight

Crackedvase · 09/01/2019 09:34

My dh is a welder.... even his welding tan is sexy af

Sexnotgender · 09/01/2019 09:36

I’m married to a minister, he’s caring, compassionate, highly intelligent and absolutely rocks his cassock!

Sunflowermuma · 09/01/2019 09:38

My farmer husband makes his job look sexy most of the time

Definitely something outdoorsy and manual

VeryQuaintIrene · 09/01/2019 09:40

Classics professor, deft.

ladybee28 · 09/01/2019 09:41

Yes to woodworkers and craftsmen!

Also was at a restaurant in the mountains here the other day with a building site across the plaza and I swear there was a Diet Coke advert being played out in front of me...

DP is a musician. Definitely sexy moments when he's all sweaty on stage, but lugging gear around and the constant noise from rehearsing and practicing scales and vocal warmups and the same song played over and over and over and over and over again at home not so sexy.

Wouldn't swap him though.

JudasPrudy · 09/01/2019 10:28

'Surgeons are famous for being mostly arrogant egomaniacs'

That's part of the appeal Blush

I forgot about detectives, too. But I think that's only because I'm watching Line of Duty at the minute and finding the whole thing very exciting.

Hoppinggreen · 09/01/2019 10:33

I met an American on Holiday many years ago who had Tom Cruises job on Top Gun!
He was utterly gorgeous and a really lovely person too. We were on a girls holiday and we were all chucking ourselves at him but he just wanted to show us photos of his wife and children . 25 years later I think I’m still a bit in love with him.

My husband is in IT, not cool but the money is!

NotAColdWomanHenry · 09/01/2019 10:55

Judas :o

A while I ago I had the glamorous experience that is post-pregnancy-haemorrhoid anal skin tag surgery. The surgeon did a great job and I'm very grateful, but god was he full of himself. He strutted and swept around treating the other staff like minions and clearly wanted me to adore and swoon over him for rescuing me. I kept thinking "you're a bumhole surgeon, get over yourself"

Losingthechubrub · 09/01/2019 11:06

Sexiest man I've ever met is an electrician - I love a practical man, especially in cargo trousers and a tool belt.

OH sells cars, but he is a part time musician too so that's pretty sexy

Buddytheelf85 · 09/01/2019 11:26

Anyone who thinks surgeon is a sexy job needs to watch series 5 of Luther - that’ll cure you!

whifflesqueak · 09/01/2019 11:35

Still chuckling at the bumhole surgeon.

cementpointing · 09/01/2019 11:37

Anyone with intelligence, motivation and well into the additional tax rate earning bracket.

in reality, the AA patrol man and electrician we used recently have been attractive but more because of their personalities and manly shapes. Grin

Flyingfish2019 · 09/01/2019 11:38

Astronaut
College Professor

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