# Professions that Marry Well (literally)? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 21, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406 "2007-08-21T18:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/21 "2007-08-21T21:41:44Z")
[QUOTE=fessie] Dh - Research Scientist Me - Artist [/QUOTE] Us too! Me: Research Hydrologist Her: Artist We should hang out sometime. ---
**Author:** ![SparrowHawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SparrowHawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparrowHawk)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/22 "2007-08-21T21:55:32Z")
[QUOTE=Enginerd] Us too! Me: Research Hydrologist Her: Artist We should hang out sometime. [/QUOTE] And us! Him: Marine geophysicist Me: Artist So, where ya wanna hang? ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/23 "2007-08-21T22:01:16Z")
Me: undergrad student in Classics (emphasis on art history) applying to law school this fall. Him: law student with an undergrad degree in History with emphasis on Late Antiquity and Medieval Europe. Yup, two peas in a pod. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/24 "2007-08-21T22:08:04Z")
Me: Regulatory stuff for a pharma/bioetch Him: Applications development (from home)/art stuff/homemaker. Works for me. What’s housework? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/25 "2007-08-21T22:14:19Z")
[QUOTE=SparrowHawk] And us! So, where ya wanna hang? [/QUOTE] Well, checking our locations… **fessie** has “same bat time…,” I’ve got “Great Basin,” and you’ve got “paradise.” How about your place? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/26 "2007-08-21T22:45:40Z")
Me: Computer Science/Electrical Engineering Her: Biology/Freelance writer Kids before they were in college: Who needs Google. Just ask the parents. She’s a good editor. I know lots of trivia about history and other useful things. I’m not sure I could stand anyone without a scientific mindset. ---
**Author:** ![fuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuffle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/27 "2007-08-21T22:56:25Z")
We’re both editors. We spend a lot of time decrying the downfall of the English language or trying to stump each other with rare words or obscure grammar points. We also consult throughout the workday on tricky sentences. It’s a lot of fun. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/28 "2007-08-22T01:19:27Z")
Him: Software Engineer, working as a Sound Engineer Me: Analytical chemist… until Friday. Then I’ll be a student, trying for Mechanical Engineering (aeronautical) ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/29 "2007-08-22T01:29:12Z")
Me - tech writer DH - graphic designer ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/30 "2007-08-22T01:42:38Z")
We work in the same job and have three other times, too. Mostly retail in the past, now e-commerce. We’re planning on opening a bookstore together in the future. He’s science minded (anthropology, geology) and I’m art minded (film, photography). He stimulates my scientific side and vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/31 "2007-08-22T01:45:02Z")
[QUOTE=Enginerd] Well, checking our locations… **fessie** has “same bat time…,” I’ve got “Great Basin,” and you’ve got “paradise.” How about your place? 🆒 [/QUOTE] I’m in! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/32 "2007-08-22T01:53:42Z")
Um, er what about “Not Marry Well?” Me - Education bureaucrat and consultant Her - Educator I write the laws, she tries to argue about how to interpret them. She complains about specific kids, I have options to try but don’t get listened to. I had 15 years experience and a Master’s degree and was writing curriculum before she got her first teaching job. I don’t talk about work at home. I sometimes wish I was with someone who had no idea what I do. whistlepig ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/33 "2007-08-22T02:06:06Z")
Seems like what works best for most couples is: **He:** left brain, hard-line, results oriented profession. **She:** right brain, touchy-feely, people-oriented vocation. The exceptions are few enough they seem to pretty much prove the rule. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/34 "2007-08-22T02:07:06Z")
Me: Elementary School Media Specialist and Librarian Him: Concert, Lecture, and Special Events Coordinator at a small university and currently a law student with an undergrad in Medieval Literature. None of these things seem to match, but we get along very well. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/35 "2007-08-22T02:13:28Z")
I don’t really give a shit about work (though I’m good at what I do and am reasonably successful), so I don’t know how much this really applies: Me: Project Scheduler Her: Consultant at a Character Education nonprofit (teaching is her field) I’m a singer/guitarist/songwriter; I think of myself as that more than whatever job I’m working, though at least I have sense enough not to quit my dayjob. People here in DC are waaaaaay too into their dayjobs; it’s a huge buzzkill to be around people who take themselves so seriously. It’s actually really annoying, because all that seriousness is pretty much for naught; being all serious and uptight doesn’t make one competent, it just makes one an asshole. My wife and I love each other and are committed to each other and our kids; the other stuff is just window dressing. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/36 "2007-08-22T02:21:14Z")
Me: musician (and future teacher). Her: musician (and teacher). We both went about it all wrong–musicians are supposed to marry money (to support their habit). ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/37 "2007-08-22T02:36:17Z")
Me: writer, graphic designer, currently stay-at-home-mom Him: entrepreneur, handyman, computer tech How we co-exist sometimes baffles me. Mad love, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/38 "2007-08-22T09:27:49Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Seems like what works best for most couples is: **He:** left brain, hard-line, results oriented profession. **She:** right brain, touchy-feely, people-oriented vocation. The exceptions are few enough they seem to pretty much prove the rule. [/QUOTE] Or the other way round! Me: Manager and salesman. Her: Accountant My job is about people and hers is very hard-line! ETA: it works well for us because she gets weekends off, and I get Sunday off plus a day in the week. So we get time together and our own personal time too. Plus we get to have lunch together most days which is nice. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/39 "2007-08-22T13:17:43Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] GF - Rates bonds for mortgage-backed securities Me - Management and litigation consulting firm that investigates corporate fraud [/QUOTE] Are you currently investigating HER? Me: programmer. Her: artist/small business. ---
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406/40 "2007-08-22T15:06:32Z")
We’re both engineers. We solve problems very well and usually dispassionately. Still crazy in love after 10 years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professions-that-marry-well-literally/416406.md?page=3)