| | Professional looking for professionalPage 2 of 2 (1, 2) | I agree with others, your profile is a bit odd, referencing princesses, the corporate ladder, etc.???
^^^professional does not mean doing something and getting paid for it!! lol It is based criteria, such as a liberal education. | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/4/2012 4:42:45 PM | professional does not mean doing something and getting paid for it!! lol It is based criteria, such as a liberal education.
Incorrect. A professional is merely one who excels in a particular field based on knowledge and skills. It is not necessarily based on educational level. The white collar world just perverted it in an attempt to segregate themselves from others. Further, true professionalism also carries a code of conduct and ethics.
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OP, let the buyer beware. Applying a 'professional' moniker to your criteria, as a barometer, is far from a guarantee you will improve the quality of women you find.
Quality people come from all walks of life, as do poor quality ones. | |
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Posted: 7/6/2012 1:00:30 PM | | I'm unclear about your use of the term "professional". In my world, a "professional" is someone with a professional degree (engineer, accountant, pharmacist, doctor, lawyer, etc). I'm a lawyer. Unless your profile is inaccurate, it says that your educati0n level is high school. | |
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Posted: 7/9/2012 3:46:49 PM | I hate to break it to you, but a HR "professional" with a High School diploma isn't actually what a professional woman would consider "professional". When one here's professional they think Doctor, Lawyer, Engineer, Teacher, etc, someone with an advanced degree, in a field that requires an advanced degree. (sorry your masters in Theater doesn't cut it when you are flipping burgers at Mickey D's) I think what you are looking for is a woman with a job or a career. That might be a better way to put it without sounding snobby. Also remove the 'sweaty sex' and 'women are sexy in a business suit' sounds creepy and pervy
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/9/2012 4:09:18 PM | professional is yet another word elitist use to separate themselves from the rest of us,,,and the notion that you 'work hard' must really get the goat of the guy working 12 hours a day in the sun doing manual labor or the people in the coal mines risking their lives every single day while you "professionals" sit in an air conditioned office trying to figure out new ways to sell us things we don't even need or want...
seriously,,,define "work hard" to me again? perhaps we view it differently,,thus the confusion
and to answer your question,,,no one obnoxious elitist insisting on only wanting to meet another,,,is kind of why they use the term in the first place....
"I'm sorry,,we won't match for you see,,I'm a professional and YOU just have a job,,,sorry!"
of course,,i could be wrong and maybe it is not a word people use to feel superior to other people and i am probably just saying all this because i am bitter and jealous because that's the usual response when someone points out things like this...
i simply call it misdirection..it is far easier to point the finger at someone and indict them for pointing out your flaws,,then to actually examine the reason someone would come to such a conclusion...
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/11/2012 5:03:50 AM |
being a mommy.... translation=looking for a payday.
being a mummy doesn't always mean looking for a meal ticket, there are some genuine honest single mums out there. for me when i first thought about dating i had struggled with the thought I couldn't expect a man to take on and be financially responsible for my children. it's a catch 22 situation though, mums/dads & their children are a package deal, but that package doesn't always mean financial dependance. | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/13/2012 9:32:00 AM | How do you define "professional?" According to some of the posts I am not a professional because the field I work in is not related to my degree, although at least a B.A. or B.S. was required to apply and I currently earn about twice the ceiling of the profession for which my degree was earned.
As to the OP's original question, I would just state it as the first line in your profile and ignore those who do not respect this criterion. | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/13/2012 10:10:58 AM | Don't feel bad, finding a good woman over the age of 30 is a difficult process. So it goes both ways for men and women. I think when we get into out 30's we know exactly what we want in a relationship, and what we don't want or will not put up with.
But you'll have to go on a ton of dates before you find the right woman. Good Luck ! | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/13/2012 2:48:00 PM | | OP, this is a free dating site so don't be so surprised that there are people without any money looking for someone with money. I see men doing the same thing to women here. If you want a career woman, you may have to move to a paid site for executive dating. | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/15/2012 8:33:40 AM | As I've stated several times, I date PEOPLE, not their resumes.
I truly don't care what she does for a living, how much she makes or what her education level is. If I select a woman whose 'standard of living' may be 'above' mine, I'm approaching her solely based on mutual interests, personality and level of attraction.
'Trading up,' in my eyes, is nothing more than an illusion. I'm financially stable, so I have no need for money as a means to improve my life. Somehow, though, I believe there's a fear amongst many women who assume men are looking for a meal ticket even when we're not. Even if it were true, women have been taking from men for hundreds upon thousands of years, so maybe it's time they learned what it feels like to carry that burden.... | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/15/2012 6:41:05 PM | | Nope, not too much to ask for at all. Been on here a month and every woman I've talked to....hate to say it...is a bottom feeder. Join a highly valued paying date site because women on here....for the most part....don't have it together. I'm speaking by who I've chatted with of course. Try a local professional meet night out where other professionals gather. You'll have better luck there. | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/15/2012 8:40:28 PM | f someone is that concerned about a strand of hair and get jealous over it
Jealous???? do you really believe they are jealous?? | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/16/2012 8:37:29 AM |
OP, this is a free dating site so don't be so surprised that there are people without any money looking for someone with money. I see men doing the same thing to women here. If you want a career woman, you may have to move to a paid site for executive dating.
The OP is the one looking to date for money, he is a HR Rep with a High School Diploma, calling himself a "professional", like a Doctor, Engineer, or Lawyer. I looked up what a HR Rep average salary would be in Florida, it is not impressive, it is not bad but to a professional woman, she would be making at least 3 to 4 times what he would bring home. | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/16/2012 9:10:09 AM |
I think I am going to take time away from this site and the whole dating scene for a while and focus on spending time with my son. If you are seriously interested leave me an email and if I think it is something that is worth while to return the message I will but please don't get pissy if I don't email you back as I won't be on this site much anymore if at all soon.
<<< Just saw this on the OP's profile. I think you guys ran him off the site analysing his career and all. | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/17/2012 4:04:55 PM | Its a great idea we have a common ground,,, no point chatting to a retired men ,not being funny.
We will never click as will chat abput the pub and dominos. etc,. | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/17/2012 11:34:49 PM | | Your profile is perfect. why cant I find one just like you in Mexico .. bad luck for me.. i just have to add that you seem like a grate guy and seems like you don't even need to be in a dating page to get a grate working woman ..simply go out side of the net and there's many woman out there. i'm so sorry for your loss. I have no doubt you will make a woman very happy=) Good luck". | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/18/2012 12:54:36 AM | Maybe reword the profile. It sounds like you are simply wanting a woman who is self sufficient and financially stable - i.e no easy ride seekers.
I own my own home, have a couple of different businesses and are totally self supporting and brought all I have myself through the business'. However I would never approach a man seeking a professional as I am not a doctor, lawyer, ceo or the like.
Of course some will who are a clerical assistant, lol. But you will probably find the self sufficient ones of a true nature will feel it counts them out as they do not have a masters ;o} | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/21/2012 2:53:13 PM | | Wow, that is so true. Quality people do come from all walks of life, having a professional career doesn't necessarily make you a good person.. | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/21/2012 4:20:24 PM | cmlee14, I like you. When I was originally on pof, I sought a professional man who was looking for a professional woman, but had to drop that on my profile because all I got were replies from men who said they were retired and free to move in with me! Male gold diggers, who would have thought!
I think many people see half the message. They see "professional woman/man..." and think, "ooo yes, I want one of those..." Like an ad that reads, "non-sexual massage" but is read by some as "sexual massage" and the mind stuff goes to "ooo yes, I want some of that." Depressing, but true.
So what I have done is removed any reference to my professional status, and just meet with men who more or less fits my interests and weed out those who are looking for a free ride. Maybe this is what you, too, need to do. | |
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| Professional looking for professional
Posted: 7/22/2012 12:11:33 PM | | I just assumed that as far as dating sites go when a woman says she's looking for a "professional" man she means someone who has a high paying job. I like it when women use this term because its a good filter word. | |
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