Top Ten Professions from Which You Would Never Date or Marry

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Someone posted T H I S   T H R E A D over on Reddit, and I though the data was appropriate for this subforum.

Top Ten Professions from Which You Would Never Date or Marry (ranked in declining order):

• Law Enforcement: 16.966%
• Military, All Branches: 7.438%
• Nurse: 6.903%
• Attorney/Lawyer: 5.834%
• Doctor: 5.493%
• Human Resources (HR): 4.424%
• Teacher: 2.479%
• Influencer: 2.188%
• Politician: 1.750%
• Psychologist/Therapist: 1.750%

All the other professions seem to be well below 1.750%.

Were urban planners listed?

I once dated someone in sales. Had no business being with her but was horny. She wasn't even that good at it (EDIT sales).

I can't imagine how anyone could genuinely want to be in sales unless they have one or more personality disorders.

I would choose any of the professions listed by Fnord over sales.

All I'll say is Googling 40% of cops is a depressing endeavor. I agree with this list for the most part.

I understand why these professions are on this list but my vote is for Undecided. I think the personalities & economic & other circumstances of the people in those professions could vary a lot. I would take things on a case by case basis.


I'm guessing Teacher is on this list due to them tending to be majorly underpaid & bringing classwork home like grading tests & making lesson plans. I would be very wary about dating a teacher for an entirely different reason. My mom was a teacher & mostly taught pre-K. When mom was going to school English was her best subject. She was the teacher's pet & was practically valedictorian in college. Whereas I struggled majorly in lots of subjects due to dyslexia, ADD, & other related learning problems & English was one of my poorer subjects. Both my parents recognized that I had lots of problems with school but mom could not relate to it. She thought I could of done a lot better if I tried harder at home but I did not learn from studying like my mom had learned & I needed to wind down at home from being at school. Looking back on things I think they were lots of times when my mom was acting like a teacher with me when it might of been better if she was acting more like my mom instead & on the flip-side I think there were lots of times when it might of been better if my mom acted more like a teacher with me & less like my mom; if this makes sense?. I think if I had her as a teacher when going to school she probably would of been one of my favorites but me & mom fought a lot at home. My concern about dating a teacher is due to the turbulent relationship I had with my mom.


I know lots of reasons why Psychologist/Therapist might be listed here. What's interesting is that my current girlfriend has read & researched lots of psychology stuff. Cass even took a college course on psychology but that was the only class she took so she wasn't earning college credit. She slacked off & quit going after a while since it wouldn't of mattered. Cass has lots of various mental stuff & she wants to better understand herself & manage things better. She also likes reading biographies & other things by people who have various mental stuff. Cass has seen a few different therapists at different points.

I've researched mental stuff a bit as well to figure myself & things out. I saw a therapist briefly like 15/20 years ago when I was dealing with a bad depression that was somewhat psychotic. I also saw a psychiatrist for about five years then. I felt like the professionals did not really understand me & had my causes & effects mixed-up. Some of that was probably my own fault for being very guarded with them & keeping certain things private. I've had much better luck joining this forum & posting about things aLOT. I researched psychiatry meds a bit as well & asked my general practitioner docs to prescribe certain ones. I understand myself alot better than the professionals do. My own judgement about my psych meds tends to be pretty good usually but I have lots of bad experiences during that five year stretch that I've tried to analyze & learn from.

Me & Cass seem to understand each other a lot better than anyone else does. Supporting each other can be very hit & miss sometimes though & during bad points we can kind of trigger each other. What works/helps me may not work/help Cass & vice-versa. I need to remember to follow my own advice for her more which is focus on taking care of myself more so I can better support Cass when she's doing bad. My med ideas for Cass can be very hit & miss as well but overall probably slightly better than her psychiatrist's ideas. Cass is the patient, not me so I don't want to overstep too much by suggesting things during her appointments but I do suggest some.

I would be very wary about dating a psychologist/therapist type who does not have a major history of their own mental health struggles.