When it comes to dating, most of us have an idea of the type of person we'd like to date, including certain physical attributes and interests.
But some of us go so far as to have workplace wish list items, including the professions we'd never consider dating.
Curious, Redditor Scary_Drawing8175 asked:
"Which is that one profession you'll never date?"
Night Life
"I would avoid people who work at bars and nightclubs. Just because their working hours would make it very difficult for me."
- hordrama
"They also tend to date each other as much as they tend bar."
- Fahernheit98
"It's hard to find anyone else to hang out with at 2:00 AM on Saturday or 10:00 AM on Wednesday, so bar staff dates other bar staff and at worst... regulars."
"Some people just like hanging out at the same place, but there is a certain kind of bar fly that works through half the bartenders in the block and they are always bats**t crazy in a sad way."
"I loved bartending and most of the people I work with, but it can be very isolating and a terrible influence on your life choices."
- FizzyBeverage
Film Industry
"If you are not in the film industry, DO NOT date someone who works in the industry."
- sucobe
"As a woman who works on set, I would never date a film dude, so I can confirm what you said."
- barely_human88
"Yeah the 16-hour work days, s**t pay, and zero job security aren’t very conducive to a good relationship. Part of the reason I got out."
- WildcardFriend
Geochronology
"Geochronologists."
"They'll date any old thing."
- Rockknocker
"Nice joke. I might even say, an oldie but a geody."
- frostking79
Multi-Level Marketing
"Someone who's in multi-level marketing."
- Immediate_Loan_1414
"Calling it a profession is a stretch."
- Lil-Miss-Anthropy
"You know, I know that, but they don't seem to."
- Immediate_Loan_1414
Founding Members
"Someone calling themselves CEO and Founder on LinkedIn. Exhausting."
- Spiritualnerdy
"Oh gosh, the worst person I know (by way of my husband’s family) is the CEO of like five 'companies' that were just Facebook Business pages, lol (laughing out loud)."
- BrasserieNight
Social Media Culture
"Social media 'influencers.' Cringe."
- Hen7aiisgood
"My biggest fear is that we'd get into an argument, and then I'd wake up to thousands of death threats from their followers."
- IpsoKinetikon
Putting Out Fires
"I'm a firefighter and honestly I can't blame anyone with what I've seen. I've never cheated, and only 'helped' someone else cheat once (I think), without knowing."
"These guys, literally all of them, simply can't believe that I've never cheated, that I value my dignity over physical gratification."
"We actually have a joke, that isn't really a joke, that you have to be divorced once to be a firefighter."
"Oddly enough, I am divorced, but only because I had a not-so-honest marriage in the army for the benefits. (It was technically and annulment, so there legally was no marriage or divorce, but firefighters aren't smart enough to know the difference anyway)."
- Smelliphant
Correctional Workers
"People talk about cops being sadistic and unhinged but they don’t have anything on correctional officers. They’re whack."
- Ok_Employment_6179
"My cousin married a correctional officer. He was insanely abusive. He would lock his son up in the bathroom and shut off the lights, because he was naughty and would not give him dinner. I swear to god, I wish I was making that up."
"My cousin has always dated questionable folk, but this one took the cake. They divorced, and he still tries to ruin her life, and he has a restraining order for his kids. He can not go near his children. Thank god, but that won't stop him to do s**t."
- celebral_x
The Legal Field
"I was always told to never date a lawyer or a police officer because if it ended badly, they could f**k up your life."
- MeGaManMaDeMe
"Can confirm. Especially a narcissistic lawyer who instead of having a conversation about breaking up, has a restraining order issued to remove you from their house and tear you out of your child’s life."
- DadsBigHonker
Flying High
"Pilots. I dated a pilot once. Like a big group of adult frat boys. They ALL cheated with hostesses. They were all self-inflated."
"But how would you know if someone’s a pilot, you might ask? Don’t worry. They’ll tell you. It will be the FIRST thing they tell you."
- Recent_Body_5784
"It will be the first thing they tell you makes me laugh! I care for a gentleman who used to be a pilot. He has dementia and can’t remember anything except he used to be a pilot. When we go out, he tells literally everyone we meet. He even told one man to ‘look him up’!!!"
- Thick-Advantage-6891
Medical Ego
"I met a neurologist on the bus yesterday. We just shuffled onto the bus, bumped into each other, apologized, and he said he was a neurologist."
"I don’t know what the connection to bumping into one another is to being a neurologist, but he seemed very expectant that I would ask him about it. I certainly wouldn't date him to find out more."
- docwrites
What's In The Cards
"Psychics. Talk about gaslighting. They're the masters of manipulation."
- brakenbonzey
"If someone told me they were a psychic, I would think they were joking. Gaslighting aside, I would find them too ridiculous to take seriously."
- ReorientRecluse
Any Of The Bros
"Finance bros or life coaches."
- butteronmywindowsill
"Oh please, if they fall within the stereotypical 'bro' categories, then I'm out."
"I'm leaning lesbian after a thousand hot girls there's a hot boy but never have they been one of those, nor gym bros, tech bros, I'm not into those bragging hard. And the bigotry in many of these boys is as hard as the average bigotry of individuals of the upcoming US admin."
- Mtfdurian
Future Dental Work
"Probably a dentist. I’m not ready for someone who can look at me and instantly think, 'Yikes, your gums are in trouble.'"
- Historical-Change286
"I have a crush on a dental hygienist and I’m pretty sure she feels the same way about me, but I don’t think I could. I don’t floss as much as I should."
- AdvisorMaleficent979
No Vacation Ever
"Anyone who can't 'turn off' their profession. Politicians, popo, jailers, comedians, pilots, magicians, chefs, psychologists, bartenders, firefighters."
"The undatable ones all have it in common. They can't turn it off. Not during a family gathering, dinner, sex, travel, while reading a book. Their entire life IS their profession. That is what makes them unbalanced, unhealthy, and miserable to be around."
- FoamboardDinosaur
While a person can't necessarily be deemed as undateable by their profession alone, it's valid that there are some professions that a person would find incompatible with their lifestyle and interests. If two people can't agree on those things, regardless of the profession, the relationship won't last.
