Could you describe your partner's job?

Purplesky_2

Yep. He designs and manages/troubleshoots software for an events and hospitality company. Took me 18 months to figure out what on earth he did all day. I'm doing a phd, so my partner has no real idea what I do (although in his defense, sometimes neither do I!).

Anatidaephobia

Yes, easily.

We always tell each other about our days when we get home.

Mrs_Ryan

Yes- he sorts parcels and tips bags
I expect if anyone were to ask him what I do for a living he would say I'm unemployed :mad: if anyone asks me what I do I tell them, correctly, that I am a student.

Esqui

Yes, he's a science!


(or, more accurately, he's a Biochemistry undergraduate. But that entirely involves being a science)

Joy_Burke

He is a Lieutenant in the Australian Navy.

balletshoes

Andypandyboy wrote: »

Of course I could and so could they. We often discuss it, I don't really understand how two people who live together wouldn't know.

Don't you? My job tasks are boring and "cog in a wheel" type stuff in the main, so I prefer not to talk about them outside of work. As another poster said though, the personalities, politics, good banter and irritations of my workplace are another matter - I'll happily talk OH's ear off about those .

Seanymph

I know what OH does, what he earns, and mostly where he is doing it. Because I listen.

He knows my job title, and generally asks 'are you working from home today'. He has no idea what I do.

He decided early on it was 'boring' and he'd 'rather stick pins in his eyes all day', so whilst his face assumes the correct expression when I'm talking about my job his ears are switched off to allow his brain to shut down.

DKLS

I know what my wife does, but she rarely talks about work due to patient confidentially and other regulations and mine is usually subject to NDA's and SC so I rarely talk about mine, although she knows my job title and salary.

Gloomendoom

Joy_Burke wrote: »

He is a Lieutenant in the Australian Navy.

But what does he do?

Mr_Toad

My ex used to tell people I worked with 'those computer thingies'.

She had no interest in computers other than as a tool, email etc. If I talked about what I did her eyes would glaze over withing seconds.

She is a Psychiatric clinical nurse specialist.

However, to be fair what I did was very technical and not easy to understand. I fixed database problems would be the short description and you can't really explain how you track down problems without it getting really boring to anyone except another database geek or software engineer.

At parties I used to tell people I was a yoghurt salesman, mention computers and you get cornered by people who want you to fix their PC problems, for free, and get offended if you weren't interested. Nobody wants to talk about yoghurt.