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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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Original poster

to feel slightly miffed when just because dh is an accountant, people who do not know him, think he's a nerd or a geek

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ALovelySongbirdInaPearTree · 19/12/2008 20:48

people that don't even know him, when they find out his an accountant say oh i bet he's fun, or exciting.

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tinselwrappedBodyBag · 19/12/2008 22:42

To the optimist, the glass is half full.
To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.
To the accountant, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

?An Accountant and His Frog?
An accountant was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, ?If you kiss me, I?ll turn into a beautiful princess?. He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, ?If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week?.
The accountant took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket. The frog then cried out, ?If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I?ll stay with you and do ANYTHING you want.? Again the accountant took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into
his pocket. Finally, the frog asked, ?What is the matter? I?ve told you I?m a beautiful princess, that I?ll stay with you and do anything you want. Why won?t you kiss me?? The accountant said, ?Look I?m an accountant. I don?t have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog, now that?s cool.?

retiredgoth2 · 19/12/2008 22:43

...'tis a long time since I retired.

In truth I was a shite goth anyway...

(was once stopped by the doorman going into a goth disco: 'You do know this is an alternative disco, don't you?')

...most of my 'goth' chums became teachers, though one (the best paid) is a train driver. I imagine there were a whole lot of putative accountants there, too.

Just waiting for all the black to fade to grey.....

tinselwrappedBodyBag · 19/12/2008 22:43

yeah why retire from being a goth?

Ronaldinhio · 19/12/2008 22:45

haha
I couldn't retire as I was only ever a wannabe due to very blond hair and a very strict father
fade to grey ditto!

retiredgoth2 · 19/12/2008 22:47

....fat, old parents cannot be goths.

or can they?

Ronaldinhio · 19/12/2008 22:51

mmmm still much, much too cool for me but I still have a crush on him.
IT MAKES NO SENSE
I used to do that with my hair and just looked like a very young Margaret Thatcher

retiredgoth2 · 19/12/2008 22:57

....hair in the 80s was unruly.

I recently found a 1983 passport. I had believed myself cool and bunnymen-esque.

Sadly, I resembled this with David Sylvian's barnet atop it....

Not the desired effect.

KewcumbersRoastingOnAnOpenFire · 19/12/2008 22:57

hey Spicemonster - can you find me a job - I think I will need one shortly....

thumbElf · 19/12/2008 23:02

oh come on, it's a well known stereotype, they aren't being mean. You could always counter it with "no, he's not an actuary, they're the REALLY boring ones"

It's like if you're a nurse, there's an automatic assumption from some people that you have a thing for doctors; or in my profession as a massage therapist, the assumption (from males) that I will do "extras" (I don't)

So YABabitU and a bit oversensitive.

thumbElf · 19/12/2008 23:03

meant to be

Cloudhopper · 19/12/2008 23:06

Rather be an accountant and be unexpectedly interesting than be an estate agent and unexpectedly have some integrity.

thumbElf · 19/12/2008 23:12

TinselBodyBag, Ronaldinhio, RG2 - you are funny
Podrick - just demonstrating the truth of the stereotype - if you aren't an actual accountant, your SOH is.

nooka · 19/12/2008 23:29

My father is an accountant, and has a very interesting career, traveling all over the world advising all sorts of interesting people and companies. He's coming up to 75 now, and very reluctantly retiring. If my career is half as interesting (and I got paid/earned half as much) I would be a very happy bunny. Sadly it is unlikely. I don't see why accountants aren't allowed to get fed up with being told they are boring. It's not exactly a compliment is it? Granted lots of other careers get grief too. but accountants do seem to be the but of more jokes than most. Still there was a period when telling someone what I did for a living meant that I got verbally attacked (and Im not a traffic warden!) so there are worse things to be.

Ronaldinhio · 19/12/2008 23:35

are you a badger baiter?

Ronaldinhio · 19/12/2008 23:36

an ivory smuggler?

thumbElf · 19/12/2008 23:39

lawyers get a hard time of it as well - can't be nice being at the butt of jokes such as "what do you call 200 lawyers at the bottom of the sea? ... A good start" etc. etc.

And, to be fair, hairdressers get a raw deal too.

Ronaldinhio · 19/12/2008 23:41

I personally feel sorry for estate agents and dole snoops

Cloudhopper · 20/12/2008 00:44

How about an immigration officer, or the people who work in customs at ports etc?

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