Dating dilemma: Is their/your job too sexy?
I was bypassing the TV One network and spotted a show called Love Addiction. This particular episode featured Dr. Tartt, who has guest blogged on our MIA blog before, talking to a couple in distress. I am not sure where the addiction came in, but the woman was dating a guy who is paid to rub on dangerously naked women all day.
I started to wonder which jobs, careers brought a slew of potential dangers if you were in a relationship. Obviously a massage therapist has to look at women all day as they moan in pleasure (if he’s doing it right!), is pretty close to most sexiest jobs. What about an OB/GYN? Or a bartender?
Do you think that certain jobs or careers would require a super secure, totally understanding partner, for things to work?
I can not imagine having to constantly explain about “clients” to a significant other. Then again, what is it really like having to deal with your mate, basically flirting and turning on charm for a living?
What do you think? Would it bother you if you were dating someone in an industry that involved hot bodies and flirting? Are you in that kind of career now? Has it caused dating problems for you? If so, how did you handle it?
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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i'm swiss
June 21st, 2012
10:43 am
Who said Prince was funny looking?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3KskO3_2YQ
SlimUno
June 21st, 2012
10:48 am
swiss – I’d love for Dave to bring his show back. I wonder how Ced the Entertainers new sitcom is going to be.
SlimUno
June 21st, 2012
10:52 am
Ex – I don’t like them because I see how they are and deal with them on a weekly basis. And I wouldn’t just call out the used dealers because the new car salesmen are just as bad. And how do you know what goes on in the Immi arena??? Sounds like you have a story to tell about yourself or family members perhaps…do tell
kimmie
June 21st, 2012
10:52 am
Can anyone name a “real” musician, a male, that looks “normal”? Especially one in pop, rock, R&B or just more mainstream music. The creative types always come off unique and different, I just accept that as part of the territory with them. Thus folk like Prince never raised an eyebrow with me. It’s part of the showmanship. Come on, do you see him walking on stage wearing a gray business suit and white shirt with sensible shoes? Come on! That’s part of the fun of going to the shows and seeing them on the Grammys and other award shows – what are they going to show up in? Plus, no amount of crazy clothes or hairstyles are going to make up for lack of talent.
Now if my banker or lawyer rolled up in a purple suit with an orange tie, we might have some issues!LOL!!
i'm swiss
June 21st, 2012
10:55 am
kimmie — To be fair, Prince could put on a grey business suit, shirt, tie and sensible shoes, and he’d still be an odd-looking dude.
kimmie
June 21st, 2012
11:00 am
Swiss – You’re right. He always pulls the pretty women though!LOL!! I guess him being odd-looking is old news to me though. He’s always pushed the envelope.
It seems to me the odder-looking the musician/artist, the better they are at what they do. All are weird to me, but I like that in an artist! I’m not marrying them, I’m enjoying their art!!
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:04 am
Ex ~ not trying to be grammer mistress. I thought I was about to learn a new word. Should I no longer ask when I see a new word that may enhance my vocabulary? My mistake for giving you the benefit of the doubt. I’ll definitely know going forward.
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:05 am
grammar…
SlimUno
June 21st, 2012
11:05 am
swiss – You’re wrong for that one. But strangely, I think folks would be honestly shocked to see him wear anything remotely normal. I’d pay $5 to see him in some jeans, a t-shirt and a pair of Nikes lol
SlimUno
June 21st, 2012
11:07 am
…with a low hair cut too lol
disco
June 21st, 2012
11:07 am
slim – maybe that’s why he dresses crazy. folks are only willing to pay $5 to see him in jeans. lol.
SlimUno
June 21st, 2012
11:11 am
disco – touche my blog friend, touche
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:15 am
Cold cut artist = Joe (404) 741-1075 = tix to Jackson Tour.
kimmie
June 21st, 2012
11:15 am
disco – LOL!!!
I remember when KrissKross were out. They had a picture of the 2 of them in the paper because one was from ATL. One had braids, the other had on a bandana. This lady I worked with, and not an old lady either, was just besides herself about the one in the bandana! She’s like “no way would my son go out the house with a scarf on”! I looked at her like she had 3 eyes. He’s a kid rapper wearing clothes that are 2 sizes too big backwards! A nice, neat church suit and haircut won’t exactly fit the image, do you think?LOL!!!
Purple Reign
June 21st, 2012
11:15 am
Yes my work environment is a huge threat to my relationship. Have any of you fellas ever really stared at a cow’s ass?
Prince is perfectly normal. LOL
Leggs, I made it!
SexyCool
June 21st, 2012
11:16 am
There ain’t a damn thing sexy about writing up misbehaving, rule-breaking adults or reviewing employee evaluations. My job is NOT sexy.
i'm swiss
June 21st, 2012
11:18 am
“He always pulls the pretty women though!”
kimmie — It doesn’t matter what you look like when you’re a rock star. Just look at Keith Richards. No really, I know it’s hard, but just look at that ugly m___f__er.
Purple Reign
June 21st, 2012
11:19 am
The sheep look real sexy when they are grazing! I live in a place where men are men and sheep are scared!
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:20 am
Nice, PR!
kimmie
June 21st, 2012
11:21 am
swiss – You are so right, Keith Richards looks like he’s been microwaved over and over!!!LOL!!
kimmie
June 21st, 2012
11:21 am
Hey Purp!!
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:21 am
“Just look at Keith Richards. No really, I know it’s hard, but just look at that ugly m___f__er. ” – I am in hysterics, that isht was funny!
The man formerly know as Dan - still...Superior
June 21st, 2012
11:24 am
@SC
Yeah it is….
“you’ve been a bad girl (boy) [as the case may be], you must be punished….get over here”
Bom, chicky baw wump, chicky baw wump….
SlimUno
June 21st, 2012
11:24 am
Ex – So a chick wouldn’t be mad giving up her cooter to a new car salesmen but walking away with a $700/mo car note? lol
Purple Reign
June 21st, 2012
11:24 am
Hi kimmie! Still cooking and karate chopping?
SlimUno
June 21st, 2012
11:28 am
swiss – DAYUM, why did I google him…
SlimUno
June 21st, 2012
11:29 am
Ex – I sense a hint of sarcasm in your last post to Leggs (11:27) lol
Purple Reign
June 21st, 2012
11:30 am
Hey Exiled, no I don’t do those type of deliveries.(is this a trick question)?
Hey Slim and Sexy Cool!
kimmie
June 21st, 2012
11:32 am
Purple – Still cooking, but taking a little break from martial arts, this month anyway. I’m doing a fitness bootcamp 3 days a week thru June and it’s kicking my behind! But I am determined to finish it and not quit!!
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:34 am
Ex ~ don’t get it twisted. I do not think you’re better. I just wasn’t sure if you were being our usual non-spelling self. I gave you the benefit of the doubt. Pinching myself, because I should have known better.
BTW, very rare for me to use the urban dictionary.
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:35 am
I won, I won. Just wanted to make sure my twitter account was working. I gave tix back (lol).
Purple Reign
June 21st, 2012
11:35 am
kimmie, stick with it!
The man formerly know as Dan - still...Superior
June 21st, 2012
11:35 am
@Slim
As a former doorman (and karate expert), [some] women will give up the cooter to bypass the line to give up the cooter to someone (slightly) more famous.
Purple Reign
June 21st, 2012
11:36 am
Hey Dan!
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:37 am
Carol Blackmon is laughing at me!
i'm swiss
June 21st, 2012
11:37 am
Wassup, Purp?
disco
June 21st, 2012
11:38 am
if times ever get hard enough that you can’t negotiate/barter with cooter it will be a very sad day.
Purple Reign
June 21st, 2012
11:40 am
Yo Swiss! How’s it going? Is the bambino showing in your wife yet?
SlimUno
June 21st, 2012
11:42 am
Dan – So chicks commit a double cooter-hit in one night?
SlimUno
June 21st, 2012
11:43 am
Leggs – You could’ve held a blog auction for those tix lol
PR – Howdy, my Farmer Fione Friend
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:43 am
Well, dang disco, what are you promoting there?? I see you could never work “Vice” (lol).
Purple Reign
June 21st, 2012
11:45 am
Exiled, she is doing great! I am not purposely working a third.
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:46 am
SlimUno ~ I thought something along those lines, but didn’t feel it was worth me being on probation for 90 days until I can play again. Hell, couldn’t get through for Diana Ross or Anita Baker, but I got through for The Jackson.
disco
June 21st, 2012
11:46 am
leggs – it was seeming like cooter negotiators were about to get a bad rap. lol. they are contributing to society/the economy in their own way. just imagine a cooter recession. things might get real ugly real quick.
SlimUno
June 21st, 2012
11:51 am
Leggs – At first thought, I was like, dag free concert tix….but on 2nd thought I thought The Jacksons??? Naw i’ll pass
I know that’s wrong but it is what it is
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:52 am
:”So chicks commit a double cooter-hit in one night? ” – Unfortunately, some sure do.
i'm swiss
June 21st, 2012
11:52 am
Purp — Going well, man. Hope all’s well up there. Yeah, Mrs. Swiss is starting to show a little. Still a pretty small baby bump at this point, but it has nowhere to hide, so you can tell.
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:54 am
Yeah Ex, like I said, I must have fallen and bumped my head giving you the benefit of the doubt! You won’t catch me off guard like that again, mister!!!
The man formerly know as Dan - still...Superior
June 21st, 2012
11:57 am
@Purp – wassup mayne.
@Slim – a triple if she was really gettin it in…
Leggs
June 21st, 2012
11:57 am
swiss ~ seeing ms. swiss, she’ll probably look like she’s carry a basketball much throughout her pregnancy (lol). Perhaps she can be fortunate enough to do what I did and never buy maturity clothes…just buy a size large!