how to respond when she asks you 'what is your profession?'

[The_King]

I usually use the line:

I import Russian brides

The funny thing is most of them seem to beleive me, that is once I go into about how I love doing it because some guys just can't get a lady (and reference back to me and that I can), and also put a value on her head if she were a mail order bride (and tease her about and say we could increase her price but I would need to get to know her better etc, so ultimately turns it back on to finding out info about her and her trying to up her value to you)!

 

[02hero]

I usually tell 'em I design helium balloons, but that I'm thinking of jacking it in.... cos whenever I see one of my designs flying up towards the clouds I can't take the pain I feel inside when I think of the child who's just let it go, crying real tears on the street below......gets 'em everytime.

 

[Gangster Of Love]

the thing is asking 'how much do you weigh?' is a rude question and you would assume she'd understand not to go there with the profession question.. but she could easily be offended by your question assuming your profession is a valid question to ask.. and if i respond in somewhat wrong tone she may find that i'm offended she asked me..

but forgetting all that.. what if she keeps pressing you for an answer or asks you 'why won't you tell me what you do.. is it that bad? why are you so evasive?'

You, should just answer her question and move on. At this point you might not be ready to understand a lot of the stuff I tell you. "How much do you weight?" is not a rude question. If you can't handle that, you just need to give her nice answers and not focus too much on some of these subtleties. If your profession is a valid question, then why are you worried about not answering it? Anything yo do or say will come off bad if you don't know what you're doing. You can't fake these things by using canned lines, you need the inner game.

At this point, I would avoid giving her all those "****y/funny" answers that some suggested here, and work on creating attraction by moving the interaction into something with more substance. If you start using "ass model", etc., you'll just come accross as goofie and now she'll really pay special attention to what you really do, since she really didn't care before, but at this point you have made it into an issue. Again, you are too focused on what she thinks, while ignoring the fact that it is YOUR frame that needs to be stronger.

 

[Franky Four Fingers]

Or another one that I've been meaning to try is take your job you currently have and word it in a way that sounds much more important than what it actually is. For example I am a Customer Service Representative for a repossession company. Pretty bland job description. Reworded however I "facilitate the recovery of defaulted assests for financial institutions". Either that or I'm a goat wrangler.

Bingo!

Heres Mystery making what most would consider a geek job sound fascinating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvAE9ug4llk&feature=related

 

[DJDamage]

I have my own plagiarized notes from various sosuave posters that I kept over the years enjoy:

When a woman asks you this question " what is it that you do" she is essentially trying to qualify you. Here is what you should do:

1) Don't let anyone try to qualify you. You shouldn't even care what this woman thinks of your situation. You have to have the attitude that you don't even give a fvck at what they think.

2) "Dating is supposed to be fun. If a girl starts geting into interview mode, try and break her out of it and get back to the date activity. If she continues to ruin your good time, just leave"

3) When she asks you "so what is it that you do"

The idea is for her to think that you are lying - cuz you are. So look up as though you are thinking of something to make up. Now she's expecting you to say something prestigious like most chumps do when they brag/lie about their jobs to women.

You: (Smiling coyly) I'm a Garbage man.

Her: (Laughing, knows you're lying) No you're not.

You can milk this for whatever laughter you can get out of the subject. Maybe tell her sarcastically that you love new and interesting smells, or you are on a mission to clean up the world.

Anyway after the laughter ends follow up with...

You: Actually I never tell people what it is I do.

Her: Why?

You: Because I want people to like me for me, not my money.

Now you've given her two things. The impression that you have lots of money, and mystery as to what it is you do.

If she pressures you any more keep her guessing but eventually tell her you are in "Business"

(Notice you haven't told any real *lies* here. You didn't actually say you had money. She WANTS to think you have money. And you ARE in "business". Hell I'm always busy.)

I'm usually dressed pretty sharp so when I tell chicks I'm a Garbage man they just know I'm lying and the whole thing plays out perfectly. I've used this about a dozen times and its usually raises her IL nicely. A couple times the chicks actually turned out to be real stalkers. I hate gold diggers and have no sympathy for their ways.

If they want to f*ck me because they think I have money then I have no remorse in dumping them when I'm done

 

[Sandow]

you guys are thinking way too much. Just tell her what you do. Or if you want make a funny joke. It's not gonna make or break you, lol.

 

[DonGorgon]

Its as over as you are strong enough to let it be....

 

[drift king]

Originally Posted by sosuave.net
When a woman asks you this question " what is it that you do" she is essentially trying to qualify you. Here is what you should do:

1) Don't let anyone try to qualify you. You shouldn't even care what this woman thinks of your situation. You have to have the attitude that you don't even give a fvck at what they think.

2) "Dating is supposed to be fun. If a girl starts geting into interview mode, try and break her out of it and get back to the date activity. If she continues to ruin your good time, just leave"

3) When she asks you "so what is it that you do"

The idea is for her to think that you are lying - cuz you are. So look up as though you are thinking of something to make up. Now she's expecting you to say something prestigious like most chumps do when they brag/lie about their jobs to women.

You: (Smiling coyly) I'm a Garbage man.

Her: (Laughing, knows you're lying) No you're not.

You can milk this for whatever laughter you can get out of the subject. Maybe tell her sarcastically that you love new and interesting smells, or you are on a mission to clean up the world.

Anyway after the laughter ends follow up with...

You: Actually I never tell people what it is I do.

Her: Why?

You: Because I want people to like me for me, not my money.

Now you've given her two things. The impression that you have lots of money, and mystery as to what it is you do.

If she pressures you any more keep her guessing but eventually tell her you are in "Business"

(Notice you haven't told any real *lies* here. You didn't actually say you had money. She WANTS to think you have money. And you ARE in "business". Hell I'm always busy.)

I'm usually dressed pretty sharp so when I tell chicks I'm a Garbage man they just know I'm lying and the whole thing plays out perfectly. I've used this about a dozen times and its usually raises her IL nicely. A couple times the chicks actually turned out to be real stalkers. I hate gold diggers and have no sympathy for their ways.

If they want to f*ck me because they think I have money then I have no remorse in dumping them when I'm done

the thing is that's good cos you say that you dont' tell anyone what you do cos u want them to like u for you..

ok but here's the scenario say that works fine with her and it goes well, then you get to 2nd date and potential f*ck close..

more than likely she won't have her own place and will be renting an apartment sharing with other people.

so if u take her back to hers (you have 2 probs here cos if u dont have a nice car she'll assume you're poor whereas what you suggested earlier makes it seem like u have money) and what happens if u go in and u have to go through the lounge to get to her room?

she'll more than likely introduce u to her flatmates and they'll inevitably ask u what you do as profession?

so how are u going to get past this one??

cos you've already used the silly answer of 'garbage man' or 'ass model' etc.. but now you're answering questions from her flatmates.

obviously you'd hope there'd be so much passion that it be straight to the bedroom but u can't avoid bumping into her flatmates if they're still up..

what do you say/do then with all these probing questions?

 

[Stags09]

how has nobody thought of 300 out of all this hahah love that movie

 

[chinwaggler]

if you want her to like you for who you are say what you do but in a boring way

 

[eyedea40]

I am going to share this one, always works makes women laugh. I work/live in NYC and on every corner there is some one handing out flyers from various businesses, most being strip clubs. I always tell women with a straight face “I hand out flyers for strip clubs" I say the benefits are great and free buffet. This works 98% of the time then after a min and the women don't know what to say, I say no just kidding.. I tell them what I do since I work for a large investment bank. Making women laugh right away takes all the tention away.

 

[Petars]

Answer...

I do stuff that makes me money........

 

[drift king]

yes but none of these answers my question of what to respond to her flatmates with when you go back to her shared apartment and they ask you what you do?

cos you've told her that you're batman or whatever then said you don't tell people what you do cos u want people to like u for who you and not your money, but one of the first questions you'll be asked by her flatmates is what do you do??

what do you say to them then?

cos all you want to do is go to her bedroom and bang the sh1t out of her and sometimes getting to the room you can't avoid the flatmates..

 

[Aragon034]

The next level of DJ ability would be to smile at her and say:

"Yeah I'm single."

She will go "Whaaa? That's not what I asked!!"

You will laugh at her for getting all afronted and then say:

"You're quite cute when you're confused."

This will confuse her no end because she will be like in her head "Wait, he wasnt listening to me, that means he's not interested in me, WANT WANT WANT, wait did he just call me cute?"

Utter genius, i've used this style before and it works. Totally confuses them.

Depends on teh type of girl as well. a LSE girl will instantly forget any questions of that type and try fishing for more.

On the other hand, they might press you for information, you might have to resort to other tactics. i'd recommend the guessing game.

But i think at the heart of it all, if you're good at your job, you'll have the confidence to say what you do (and how good you do it) without serious consequences. And if she loses interest just cuz you work at some retail place or some crap, she's probably going to give you more headaches that head.

 

[Jitterbug]

I either describe my job in a way that makes it interesting or mysterious, or make her guess. Let her play detective, let her have fun trying to guess my profession from my appearance & personality. Chicks love cold reading (done to them or vice versa).