Tuesday, 22 September 2009
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Relationships are Like Jobs, Sex is Like Money
I had a conversation with SerenaDante about increased sexuality after a breakup. I replied that that's a lot like money when you're jobless. From that rose these 5 reasons relationships are like a job, and sex is a lot like money.
1. A breakup is emotionally like being fired from a job or quitting. Your biggest worry is trying to find another job that will take you in, no matter how long it takes you. Meanwhile your biggest focus is on what you are going to do with your skills in the meantime.
2. The protocol is if you do the job you love right, you get the money. The less you do it or the worse you are at it, the less money you earn.
3. You don't think about it much when you already get it. But when you don't have it (sex or money), that's when you just wish you could have more of it.
4. Despite the ills that made some people hate sex and money, and the fulfilling aspect that makes most people love them, the point pretty much is that at some point, you just have to have them.
5. You can never ever tell anyone that the reason you want somebody is for the sex (or the reason you want a job is for the money). Ever. Even if you mean it. Because if you do, you'll get either nobody or cheap, unfulfilling pity sex.
What other comparisons between sex and money can you think of?
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nice.
good list & quote. sex Is a lot like money, cause some ppl spend it in hopes of getting/anchoring a relationship.
I like all of the rules, but I think # 5 has some holes in it (at least for me). At my job I think we all fully agree (and have no qualms expressing) It is Only for the Rent/$. And hey! sometimes cheap unfulfilling sex is exactly what fills me up- pun intended. Lol.
cell phones are a necessity and sex is a luxury.
nicely put. what if someone has multiple jobs?
=)
This is stupid.
@inthemillions@xanga - Your um... face... is stupid. So there.
Big props, Chris. PERFECT analogy. I'll go...
I was an Illustrator/Graphic Designer(aka corporate art slave) : I had a corporate job with benefits and 401k that looked REALLY looked good on my resume and my friends and family were proud; but I had to do a lot of things I hated, deal with assholes who were my boss but not as talented and hadn't been in school since the Carter or Reagan Administration. I was rushed on things that SHOULD take more than 40 hours a week but I wasn't given overtime pay because I was on a yearly salary... I also had a side job doing freelance photography / illustration which was WAY more fun/fulfilling but was a pain in the ass looking for gigs while trying not to get fired for doing my side job WHILE at my main job. I even had co workers rat me out to my supervisor about doing freelance while on the clock but they didn't mind as long as I wasn't slipping on their end. The pay for the WORK put in was MUCH higher, but it wasn't consistent pay and I had to go out looking for it and often had to turn it down due to my main job needing me there to pick up the slack for lazy bosses(those 2008 election charts graphs polls caricatures and info graphics dont design themselves!!).
My main industry is a dying media so there was downsizing and I was given an ultimatum either stay and have to do the same stuff I was doing BEFORE I got my 4 raises, 2 promotions and my own office for less hours/pay a week... OR quit altogether, take pension/2 month severance and sell back my sick/vacation hours and go freelance FULLTIME. My boss and her boss told me "hey, you get a lot of freelance right, so you'd be ok to leave" meaning it would be cheaper for the company for me to leave and take pension, then stay at lesser pay(they also have websites that they can download stock art from for a small fee, it isnt custom but if you look long enough you can find something that fits an article) ...I did the latter, and freelance became more and more scarce because my skills weren't put to the test everyday when i was a workaholic and now I might get one gig a month which ISNT paying the bills like I thought it would. So now I draw for myself, upload my new crap to the web and work on my portfolio and sell paintings to old galleries i used to be a part of before i got my main job and have to fork up anywhere from 15%-75% commission. I still talk to my old co workers and they say it sucks hard since I left. True Story.
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my corporate art job decent woman, she's kinda straight laced and doesn't put up with your shit but you love her, she is kind of mean and often takes you for granted, but she understands you and there's mutual mutual respect; at FIRST she gave you LOTS of sex and stroked your ego gave you quality time/conversation. But over time shes less impressed & demands more from you without really giving back on her part. freelance photography/illustration the girl on the side; WAY more fun than your main chick and the sex was 10 times better/more fun/imaginative but emotionally/intelligence-wise she's not really all there. your friends say you should dump your main girl and just go with the side chick but you know better. my supervisor's boss(editor in chief) the main chick's mom brown-nosing co workers Girl's friends ratting you out. The chick on the side knows you have a main squeeze and doesn't blow your spot.. but your main girl didn't know until her nosy ass friends told her... but after you two break up they say she isnt the same since you left and she misses you and may even want you back... free stock art that gets the job done without having to hire/pay another employee for it your girl choosing to use a vibrator and watch porn instead of get a new boyfriend right away.the local art gallery circuit, updating my website & applying for new jobs some of which im not really qualified for/working on my portfolio. strip clubs, pornography; and what you do after said activities(haha). becoming less desirable to the side chick after being dumped by the main chick so you two only hook up on occasion, but in the meantime you look up ex/gfs who are still single and hit on girls who are better looking than the main chick was but they're kind of out of your league so you hit the gym and work out so you can better attract them.
This can work for food too I think. That was fun.
Very good analogies!
I don't consider a relationship to be a job, I actually enjoy it. But coming from a male, it makes sense that you're only in it for the sex. Typical.
very nice
i agree with all of them except 2. some people just choose not to have sex, and i think their relationship can certainly be meaningful without it.
i just laughed wondering to myself what different people will think of a person with abundant "job experience." =p
I always thought relationships were more like economics in their unpredictability since they both are an imperfect art. What works one time could cause a market crash or a break up another time. Then again, I don't care about sex and relationships, so how should I know? XD
All I can think of is the phrase "jobs with benefits". Kinda drops out of the analogy a bit. Or maybe it would be analogous in the sense of "hobbies with benefits"?
@goofball4@xanga - Nobody needs multiple jobs. If someone has that, they are just greedy. There are people in the world struggling to find themselves a job right now.
I agree with your thoughts on this subject. My brain is not working because some bacteria is eating it right now, but thumbs up.
Also:
#6. When your job is no longer paying you, it's time to look for a new employer
#7 Sometimes you stay with a job you hate, because the pay is just that great
#8 Some people, occasionally, work more than one job, to earn enough money to make them happy
Good analogies. (:
I'm totally with you on this. I just got laid off, as did my 'boyfriend" and this situation is causing both a financial loss and a relationship loss. double f'in whammy.
I loved my job and my guy...So my job was like the relationship, something I truly enjoyed...but I wouldn't have spent 40 hours a week at it without the paycheck (couldn't afford to) and at this point in life, yeah, I want the sex in our relationship. He's moving away, and honestly neither of us thinks that "love is enough, wouldn't it be nice if it were, but cash and sex are two things we realize (neither of us starry eyes youths) that we need in our lives.
and here is another analogy...when issues come up in job or relationship, and you are tempted to walk, often more money or sex is offered to keep you around.
Sex can be a solace, an indulgence to make you feel better, distract you, feel like you have some control...just like shopping spree or splurge.
and a bad investment can come back and bite us in the ass...losing big bucks, getting an STD, ending up having a kid with the wrong person
but sometimes an investment risk can have HUGE payoffs too, sometimes a hook up turns into a winning lottery ticket and continues to pay out for a good long time
@driftingpebble@xanga - good one
:] good
@erahslover@xanga - haha, i love your comparisons. brought a giggle to my day!
@flamingfuzzy@xanga - great additions!
When you juggle jobs, they tend to be low paying and don't require much attention to detail.
And if you put in overtime, you get paid time and a half