would you date the help?

For women who work in an office, would you feel comfortable dating the men that work around the office, maintaining it? Like the janitorial staff, trash picker uppers, painters, movers, etc? If you would / do / did, how would you handle parading them to the rest of your co-workers?

wld I be comfortable...not really

Renike:

would I be comfortable...not really

why not?

I wouldn't mind. They're people too.

monister:

why not?

well, considering myself a professional degree holder.Even if am in love ,there wld be a point in time where there wld be an arguement of d "jobs". Insecurity is a bastard.
I really dont care what ppl wld say. I am just "reading" into d future. meaning am looking for a degree holder like myself.

You're right!

What do you think about two degree holders in a power struggle?

vexxy:

You're right!

What do you think about two degree holders in a power struggle?

very true ..some couples are like dat but i fink itz really silly. Of course, jealously slips in once in a while but if i were dating a guy who has a problem with me being a doc. , he is so out of d door.
just setting urself up for sadness/pain if u marry him ( or her sef)

True! I think there can be problems in any relationship or different levels of status. It's all in the way you handle it

Note for everybody: A blue-collar worker is a working class employee who performs manual or technical labor, such as in a factory or in technical maintenance "trades," in contrast to a white-collar worker, who does non-manual work generally at a desk.

Never underestimate the powers of attraction.....................................between a man and a woman

i can't date any one that work were i work.

vexxy:

I wouldn't mind. They're people too.

True.. But then again............

icingbaby:

i can't date any one that work were i work.

Exactly!

Renike:

well, considering myself a professional degree holder.Even if am in love ,there would be a point in time where there would be an arguement of d "jobs". Insecurity is a bastard.
I really don't care what people would say. I am just "reading" into d future. meaning am looking for a degree holder like myself.

True talk!!!I am with you.

I.B.:

I believed he got intimidated by me because I was making most of the money working in the office.

that is the word rite dere..intimidated ...(sorry about that oo)
but what i don't understand is that..even if u are a degree holder, why shld u ever be intimidated ( i heard it happen most times) ..arent they meant to be supportive/happy or what?..na wa oo

am not a woman

Funny thing: There's a guy who does maintenance work for a top security company. He get's about $35 an hour to work. Some people even with degrees don't make that much to start.

I used to be a blue collar worker myself. I did janitorial work and construction. I also got started in the electrical field with my uncle who owns an electrical wiring company. He'd be pulling in $4-5k every two weeks. You also have to be very intelligent to work those kinds of fields. . . at least when it comes to auto-mechanics, electricians and the like. It's not like you'd be dealing with an ignorant person because they don't have a particular degree. Although when it comes to those types of trades you need to be certified and that takes training. The apprinteship programs are rough and demanding. It's no easy feat.

Ok, I think I've talked too much now.

true dat vexxy
but the thing is dat not all blue collar workers make $35 an hr.
when u mention blue collar to anyone...they go "someone who is not well to do as any professional is"

True talk. But check the lists of our rich men today, they started with the blue collar thing, so let us not discriminate o

because u dont want something doesnt mean one is discriminating..they are 2 different things..

Yes but great things had humble beginnings. Look at Diddy who started by working for free getting coffee for people. Someone could have easily dismissed him and now look at where he is. If someone goes for him now he'd wonder if it was because of his money.

the problem is not with the kind of job
the problem is with the troubles dat comes along..see, i have no time for a guy to be putting me down cos there is a "gap" in our working condition
or for a guy to be cheating on me...etc
most times, guys of those caliber get intimidated easily and are not easy to deal with...why put urself thru all dat all in the name dat "i dont want to discriminate" or " o well, itz just a start"

You're right but then it's not the work you'd need to worry about but how secure he is as a person. Only an insecure man would hate on his woman for making more. It doesn't matter who's the bread winner as long as there's enough bread to eat.

very correct, but if the guy is not the breadwinner or not bring more bread..we have a problem
and very true also, it does not matter watever work a guy does ..itz the insecurity thing
but not to generalize, u see most of this things happening if the lady is higher.

I won't exactly say "NO, I WON'T" cos i sure do belive in the power of love and won't dare underestimate it's effects. So there goes my answer!

I cant believe nairalanders are talking like this,
for christ's sake dont u know what the meaning
of LOVE is, TRUE LOVE for that matter.
irrespective of class, status,colour whateva
provided the two parties are matured enough to handle
their own personal issues.

I think that 'Men must be the breadwinner' mentality is flawed. I'm the breadwinner between my husband and myself and we've never had any 'I'm in charge because I make more' fights.

What you're doing is that you're assuming that would be the case without you even experiencing it.

@ Ocho... which one is the power of love... This is nigeria and our love here wears glasses if not why are all the big topshot girls looking 4 husband... after all they have the money to "toch" them blue collar guys to their taste now abi... Leave love jo... Or have u not heard that "Love has died at OKIRIGWE junction"

madam:

@ Ocho, which one is the power of love, This is nigeria and our love here wears glasses if not why are all the big topshot girls looking 4 husband, after all they have the money to "toch" them blue collar guys to their taste now abi, Leave love jo, Or have u not heard that "Love has died at OKIRIGWE junction"

i think classy chicks wont like that.but its something personal.depends on what we all want.and pls i hate it when we dont really understand what LOVE is.not like or lust.ok.

all these degree holders if na for naija you go school just shut up because the blue collar guy is better qualified than you when you come to the western world, especially Europe