# What have you had more of, jobs or SOs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 8, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737 "2013-02-08T22:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Altivu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@Altivu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Altivu)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/1 "2013-02-08T22:27:47Z")
Just a silly mundane little poll that popped up in my head. You can use your own terms for what constitutes a job or a significant other. I’m thinking the results are gonna be kinda obvious, but I guess I’d just like to see how society is nowadays…or something. ETA: I made it a private poll in case the topic was sensitive for some people. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/2 "2013-02-08T22:42:09Z")
Assuming you have to be 18+ to qualify, then I’ve had only two SOs, and one might not count because it was for 3 days. I started dating my husband when I was 19 so I didn’t have much time to hook up with other guys. I’ve had far more jobs than that. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/3 "2013-02-08T22:49:08Z")
I lost track of the number, for both. ---
**Author:** ![Altivu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@Altivu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Altivu)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/4 "2013-02-08T22:59:00Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Assuming you have to be 18+ to qualify, then I’ve had only two SOs, and one might not count because it was for 3 days. I started dating my husband when I was 19 so I didn’t have much time to hook up with other guys. I’ve had far more jobs than that. I thought about that, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the youngins will definitely have more SOs or anything; heck, you can start work at the age of 14 in some places, probably even earlier in others (well, legally, or as a casual job). On the flip side, people could just be very…outgoing and have had one very supportive job. Works both ways, in theory. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/5 "2013-02-09T00:50:24Z")
It _really_ depends on what you consider “jobs” and what you consider “Significant Others” for me… haha… I voted for jobs \> SO’s, but in reality, it’s kind of fuzzy. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/6 "2013-02-09T01:11:15Z")
More jobs than SOs, but I don’t consider everyone I’ve dated to be a SO. I do consider every different employer to be a job. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/7 "2013-02-09T01:41:12Z")
7 jobs, 0 SOs. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/8 "2013-02-09T01:50:01Z")
If I count nannying/babysitting as a single job, and not each family as one, then I’m at 7, I think. About the same as my significant significant others. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/9 "2013-02-09T02:08:57Z")
3 SOs that matter - well, one that _really_ matters! - and two jobs, one in college, and one in ‘real life’. So in a few years I’ll probably sit on the other side of the scale, since I’m not planning on acquiring any more SOs in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/10 "2013-02-09T03:03:54Z")
I voted jobs; of SOs I have really only had three or four. I have _dated_ many more women, but I would not rally count them as SOs. Jobs, I have had maybe a dozen worth noting. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/11 "2013-02-09T03:51:18Z")
My wife is the only one who was ever even close to being a SO. Of jobs, well only counting those after I finished my education, I’ve had two though they were really the same job at two different universities. If you want to count jobs during/before college and graduate school or consulting jobs since, then jobs wins big time. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-had-more-of-jobs-or-sos/649737/12 "2013-02-09T04:41:50Z")
Well, I’ve had exactly zero of each. So I guess that means that they’re equal. 😉