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I understand how they can track swiping, but there is no database field for occupation...and that doesn't even account for the people who don't put their profession (which is most, in my anecdotal experience). So I have no idea how they're grabbing this data, and they're not telling, which is a bad sign.
Warning: Statements of interpretation below. In addition, while the list of male jobs are mostly those that are notorious of being appealing to women, the list of female jobs are simply the ones that are the most common among women, with 1-2 exceptions.
No, amazingly, we get turned on without any deep, meaningful reason sometimes too.
Yerp. Happens...
Since that was the original design/intent for Tinder to begin with, it makes sense that these professions are making appearances with such frequency (per the "study", anyway).
I met and married my husband before Tinder became what it is today. I guess "student" would apply for me back then, but there's no option for freelance/creative work.
My husband's profession isn't listed. The vast majority of men I was matched with elsewhere were involved in STEM - computers, education or academia. I wasn't interested in pilots, or I don't ever remember meeting a pilot, and LE and military weren't on my list at all. I met a number of veterans, and some AD, but I did not seek them out, mainly due to lack of compatibility in most cases.
I have rarely known a pilot in my life but if I did I'd just have to call him Goose merely to pizz him off.
It would pretty much be an imperative!
I wouldn't choose "pilot" as a relationship must, though. It's dangerous. Dude could die. I can see that it would be sexy, maybe for something short-term, but personally I've always wondered how mates of pilots, firefighters, cops, etc. handle their fears of what could happen on any given work day. Wonderful, amazing people who perform such jobs and I get that there's no such thing as "no risk" (could marry an accountant and he might be broadsided on his way to work one day and wind up in the hospital, anything can happen, thinking about it logically) but...just not for me.
I guess it's for other women, though! At least if Tinder is to be believed.
I have around 10,000 hours mostly in transport category jets (US airline). Flying hands down is the safest mode of transportation. I often joke the most dangerous part of the day is the van ride to the airport.
Sometimes the time away is hard, however for us it has always been normal. As you begin your career you first work for peanuts and very long days, at an airline you are gone around 3-4 days at a time but then home for 3-4 days. We don't live where I am based and as such I get on an airplane to get to work and come home. It's been over a decade since I graduated college, but my schedule has gone from being home only 13-14 days a month to 22+, sometimes as much as only working three days in a month.
My wife works from home, so we have tons of time together, and has made the initial sacrifice of being gone so many days worth it. We had a long term view, it's not something you decide to do and a year or two later you are doing it.
I think one of the main benefits for us, especially since she can work anywhere, is the travel. Also, now the money is pretty good. But she is good, still very frugal and doesn't waste it. A keeper .
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I would definitely be interested in a woman who is or is a veteran of the US Armed Forces or civilian law enforcement, or a firefighter or emergency medical person. We would have many common experiences, as I too am a military veteran.
Of course, it is very rare for me to have romantic feelings for people (as opposed to just sexual lust), regardless of their background. And I have never actually had such feelings for a military girl, if only because I have known few of them; there were no females on submarines when I served. But they definitely interest me.
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pipsters, "statistically, it is still the safest way to travel." -- Superman, regarding airline travel, after he prevented the jet from crashing in Superman Returns.
Where I live, police officers, firefighters, and military almost always have the ring on their hand before the ink on their diplomas is even dry. It's like cockroaches on a crumb...for lack of a better metaphor.
#7 on the male list must be a cruel joke. I am exhibit A.
In fact I'd argue that engineers are notoriously undatable; the stereotype of being robotic, parsimonious and socially inept, is very difficult to dispel... especially when it's true.
I don't even read the profile. There will be time for that when we match.
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