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iRon Joined Tue 04/10/07 Posts: 2786	Sat 04/12/08 10:33 PM
When a women describes herself as "I am a professional" without reference to her carer but in reference to who she is, what does that mean? A lot of women start off with this statement when describing themselves over being a nice person, good person, or things I would think are far more important than being a professional is. I get that she works in an office or in a professional setting of some sort 8 to 10 hrs a day. Does this mean that the other 14 hrs a day she wears a suit, converses in a manner that would be considered professional and conducts herself in a professional manner. I looked it up in the dictionary and all it said was, someone who has a profession. Doesn't most Americans have some sort of a profession and isn't that just a given? This really confuses me and I find it irrelevant that they have a profession. I just assume most people do and we can talk about it in conversation but it is so not important to me what a person does for work as long as they are OK with what they do and it makes them happy and its of course moral and ethical. Can someone help clear this up for me, in a professional manner of course

Italy0219 Joined Sun 12/02/07 Posts: 2523	Sat 04/12/08 10:34 PM
It's just a fancy term for someone who wants to be important, but really isn't....

lcjw Joined Thu 10/11/07 Posts: 8594	Sat 04/12/08 10:34 PM
Sorry, I wasn't being professional

brooke007 Joined Sat 10/13/07 Posts: 5469	Sat 04/12/08 10:34 PM
I am a professional bank robber!!!

Queene123 Joined Tue 06/26/07 Posts: 17056	Sat 04/12/08 10:35 PM Edited by Queene123 on Sat 04/12/08 10:37 PM
humm i can say im a professional drug dealer.. (but im not) geeze what else can i say what about a professional escort

jerry1950 Joined Thu 04/10/08 Posts: 26	Sat 04/12/08 10:36 PM
She doesn't work

Totage Joined Sat 10/13/07 Posts: 24210	Sat 04/12/08 10:37 PM
When a women describes herself as "I am a professional" without reference to her carer but in reference to who she is, what does that mean? A lot of women start off with this statement when describing themselves over being a nice person, good person, or things I would think are far more important than being a professional is. I get that she works in an office or in a professional setting of some sort 8 to 10 hrs a day. Does this mean that the other 14 hrs a day she wears a suit, converses in a manner that would be considered professional and conducts herself in a professional manner. I looked it up in the dictionary and all it said was, someone who has a profession. Doesn't most Americans have some sort of a profession and isn't that just a given? This really confuses me and I find it irrelevant that they have a profession. I just assume most people do and we can talk about it in conversation but it is so not important to me what a person does for work as long as they are OK with what they do and it makes them happy and its of course moral and ethical. Can someone help clear this up for me, in a professional manner of course hhmm... I was thinking more along the lines of a PRO(stitute).

ujGearhead Joined Wed 10/10/07 Posts: 6612	Sat 04/12/08 10:38 PM
Maybe that's the new PC way of saying she's a hooker?

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Sat 04/12/08 10:38 PM
When a women describes herself as "I am a professional" without reference to her carer but in reference to who she is, what does that mean? A lot of women start off with this statement when describing themselves over being a nice person, good person, or things I would think are far more important than being a professional is. I get that she works in an office or in a professional setting of some sort 8 to 10 hrs a day. Does this mean that the other 14 hrs a day she wears a suit, converses in a manner that would be considered professional and conducts herself in a professional manner. I looked it up in the dictionary and all it said was, someone who has a profession. Doesn't most Americans have some sort of a profession and isn't that just a given? This really confuses me and I find it irrelevant that they have a profession. I just assume most people do and we can talk about it in conversation but it is so not important to me what a person does for work as long as they are OK with what they do and it makes them happy and its of course moral and ethical. Can someone help clear this up for me, in a professional manner of course its the

misty44 Joined Wed 04/02/08 Posts: 24	Sat 04/12/08 10:39 PM
sounds to me as though she wants you to know up front that she wears the panties JMHO good luck!

brooke007 Joined Sat 10/13/07 Posts: 5469	Sat 04/12/08 10:39 PM
did u know that washing enough dishes, can make u lose your fingerprints??? Being a professional takes preperation!!

iRon Joined Tue 04/10/07 Posts: 2786	Sat 04/12/08 10:40 PM
It's just a fancy term for someone who wants to be important, but really isn't.... Good answer

iRon Joined Tue 04/10/07 Posts: 2786	Sat 04/12/08 10:41 PM
sounds to me as though she wants you to know up front that she wears the panties JMHO good luck! Scary but may be the truth....

LexFonteyne Joined Thu 12/07/06 Posts: 32131	Sat 04/12/08 10:43 PM
I see it as just another example of "profile filler" -- along the lines of "I'm laid back and easy going" or "No game players, please" or "I like to go out or stay in." It has no meaning other than to take up space and make it look like the person actually had something of substance to say. Which they almost never do. A person who wanted to facilitate the opening of communication would be more inclined to explain what his/her work is, and why they do it, why it's important to them, etc., which would give people some useful information. However, since most people put less effort into their profiles than they do into flushing the toilet (an apt metaphor, to be sure), there's little point in expecting a profile to contain more than cliches and hackneyed platitudes.

forever_fifites Joined Mon 02/25/08 Posts: 1092	Sat 04/12/08 10:44 PM
It's just a fancy term for someone who wants to be important, but really isn't.... Concise and to the point and applies to male and female alike.

littleredhen Joined Sat 01/12/08 Posts: 6837	Sat 04/12/08 10:51 PM
To me a "professional" is someone who has a real career they have trained for & earned some repect in thier field. My sister is an RN I consider that a profession. I work in a factory. A monkey could do my job, it's not a profession, but it is an honest living. Seems to me a professional would be proud of thier career & state what it is specifically. By just saying "professional" it seems she may be trying to say she has a high value on success & wants someone who is equally educated & employed.

iRon Joined Tue 04/10/07 Posts: 2786	Sat 04/12/08 11:13 PM
To me a "professional" is someone who has a real career they have trained for & earned some repect in thier field. My sister is an RN I consider that a profession. I work in a factory. A monkey could do my job, it's not a profession, but it is an honest living. Seems to me a professional would be proud of thier career & state what it is specifically. By just saying "professional" it seems she may be trying to say she has a high value on success & wants someone who is equally educated & employed. OK a voice of solid reason......Looking for an equal is valid and sound. It just seems to me, that when this is used and it is used a lot, it comes across as false pride. My pride comes form who I am not what I have accomplished nor what I do but who I am. The person I am has given me what I have i.e. my carer, my material things, my education, etc... See I could lose my carer, my car and house, even my education tomorrow but I will never lose the good, fair, honest, kind, loving person I am and that to me is what is all that is important.

littleredhen Joined Sat 01/12/08 Posts: 6837	Sun 04/13/08 12:34 AM


coquibella Joined Sat 11/17/07 Posts: 268	Sun 04/13/08 12:41 AM
To me a "professional" is someone who has a real career they have trained for & earned some repect in thier field. My sister is an RN I consider that a profession. I work in a factory. A monkey could do my job, it's not a profession, but it is an honest living. Seems to me a professional would be proud of thier career & state what it is specifically. By just saying "professional" it seems she may be trying to say she has a high value on success & wants someone who is equally educated & employed. OK a voice of solid reason......Looking for an equal is valid and sound. It just seems to me, that when this is used and it is used a lot, it comes across as false pride. My pride comes form who I am not what I have accomplished nor what I do but who I am. The person I am has given me what I have i.e. my carer, my material things, my education, etc... See I could lose my carer, my car and house, even my education tomorrow but I will never lose the good, fair, honest, kind, loving person I am and that to me is what is all that is important. I normally think that someone that states "professional" as their occupation is in a sort of profession that would attract perhaps golddiggers, like a doctor or lawyer. Those jobs equate to money in some minds and single men and women flock to them. Lawyer friend of mine does it. It may not be the truth for everyone but that's what crosses my mind when I see it. Someone trying to be noticed for who they are not what they are.

JulieMP Joined Sat 03/01/08 Posts: 1249	Sun 04/13/08 03:21 AM
When a women describes herself as "I am a professional" without reference to her carer but in reference to who she is, what does that mean? A lot of women start off with this statement when describing themselves over being a nice person, good person, or things I would think are far more important than being a professional is. I get that she works in an office or in a professional setting of some sort 8 to 10 hrs a day. Does this mean that the other 14 hrs a day she wears a suit, converses in a manner that would be considered professional and conducts herself in a professional manner. I looked it up in the dictionary and all it said was, someone who has a profession. Doesn't most Americans have some sort of a profession and isn't that just a given? This really confuses me and I find it irrelevant that they have a profession. I just assume most people do and we can talk about it in conversation but it is so not important to me what a person does for work as long as they are OK with what they do and it makes them happy and its of course moral and ethical. Can someone help clear this up for me, in a professional manner of course IN my opinion. you can not call youself a professional unless you 1. Have a degree...associates is stretching it. 2. Have a license (after an apprenticeship or etc)to practice said profession. C. Are from the oldest profession for at least 7 days. 4. I am not an ageist, but given the clocked hours, if you have over 6 years worth of full time work time on any given job I would think you have the right to be called a pro, (many people fall out of this category because slackers can cause that to collapse like so much horrid alphabet soup). I thnk you know the type. but mostly I think, IN my opinion, in order to be able to be called a professional you musn't be amateur.