What occupation do engineers marry?

[tymr]

My husband and I met working at the same the same construction company. He was the paving foreman, and I was the QA/estimator. Now he does auto body work, and I work for an engineering firm.

 

[csb]

I gotta quit. I'm running out of room to bury 'em ....

:lmao:

 

[snickerd3]

JR: I gotta quit. I'm running out of room to bury 'em ....

Hey that happens for real. My great Uncle is on wife 4 or 5. He has lost each of his wives to breast cancer. He is like a target for bad stuff happening.

 

[wvgirl14]

My husband is a welder (he welds screen for dams, coal plants, and etc.) We met at church.

Of our lincensed PE's here:

Engineer/nurse

Engineer/doctor

3 Engineer/stay at home mom

Engineer/receptionist

Of The rest of the staff engineers:

Several Engineer/stay at moms

Engineer/Paralegal

Engineer/PA

Engineer/Retail Manager

Engineer/Nurse

Engineer/Photographer

Engineer/Daycare Provider

Engineer/Teacher

 

[MGX]

I think engineer/teacher or nurse combo works best.

I'm going to be a total hard-nosed jerk with my kids so they'll grow up and think life is easy compared to spending their childhood under my iron fist so having a woman who does the touchy-feely thing probably works to the greatest good to balance someone like me out.

 

[FLJhawk]

I think engineer/teacher or nurse combo works best.
I'm going to be a total hard-nosed jerk with my kids so they'll grow up and think life is easy compared to spending their childhood under my iron fist so having a woman who does the touchy-feely thing probably works to the greatest good to balance someone like me out.

My fiancée and I were discussing this just the other day. I'm definitely going to have to be the one to lay down the law as she is totally going to be a pushover in comparison. I foresee a little bit of difficulties with this plan given that the kids will always just go to her instead of me to ask for stuff. She's just going to have to get used to saying, "Ask your father."

 

[Supe]

If by some chance some little demon Hellspawn sprouts from my loins, he will quickly learn that his father is indeed the Devil himself. God forbid it's a girl, she'll be in her late 30's before she's allowed to have her first "boyfriend."

 

[OSUguy98]

If by some chance some little demon Hellspawn sprouts from my loins, he will quickly learn that his father is indeed the Devil himself. God forbid it's a girl, she'll be in her late 30's before she's allowed to have her first "boyfriend."

I've already drawn up plans for the moat... not to mention the sniper roost above the front door for prom night... If I had the $$ and the time, I'd probably end up making a castle (in ruins, much like Prince of Persia,etc) for the little ******* to navigate lol... nothing like a spinning log with swords/spikes to keep the solicitors away....

 

[Ble_PE]

When I met my wife, she was studying architecture and I was studying civil engineering (I know, opposites attract!). Now she is the VP of a small language institute teaching Spanish, and is about to become a stay at home mom when our first son is born in August .

 

[geofs_PE]

I've already drawn up plans for the moat... not to mention the sniper roost above the front door for prom night... If I had the $ and the time, I'd probably end up making a castle (in ruins, much like Prince of Persia,etc) for the little ******* to navigate lol... nothing like a spinning log with swords/spikes to keep the solicitors away....

Advice: boys- keep the 2x4's handy

Girls: the AK-47's

I don't have girls, but I know how to raise boys...

 

[Chucktown PE]

My wife got a marketing degree and worked in consumer product marketing for 4 years after she graduated until our son was born. She tried working for a while but it didn't pan out too well.

MGX and FLJhawk, I think you'd be suprised how your wives will handle discipline when you have children. I always thought my wife would be the pushover but since she's home with them and around them 75% of the time she has more of a stake in making sure they're well behaved. I wouldn't say she's a drill sergeant or anything but neither am I for that matter. IMHO, that doesn't work too well with kids anyway.

 

[Paul S]

I'm going to be a total hard-nosed jerk with my kids so they'll grow up and think life is easy compared to spending their childhood under my iron fist

I have to second Chucktown, do you want your kids to grow up hating and fearing you?

My wife is a reading specialist, but is now a stay-at-home watching all three of the girls.

 

[Fluvial]

^^ That reminds me ... of all the things you say before you have kids. "I'll never do XYZ with my kids !!!", XYZ being whatever things your parents did or didn't do ... heh ... all that kind of falls by the wayside later.

 

[Paul S]

^^ That reminds me ... of all the things you say before you have kids. "I'll never do XYZ with my kids !!!", XYZ being whatever things your parents did or didn't do ... heh ... all that kind of falls by the wayside later.

Save doing the XYZ with adults. :eyebrows:

 

[chaosiscash]

My wife is a Nurse.

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Pair of engineers here. It's not pretty.

 

[MGX]

I have to second Chucktown, do you want your kids to grow up hating and fearing you?

Hate, no.

Fear, yes!

My dad was a bit of a ******* to me and I appreciate him for it. He was a jerk in such a way that I learned to behave and have good habits like not leaving stuff lying around because it would end up in the trash or he'd run over it with the truck "by accident" and I wouldn't get another unless I bought it myself. I was self sufficient by 16 when I moved out so I say he did a good job. He also is big on teaching people how to do things so they don't need help later.

 

[Paul S]

Hate, no.Fear, yes!

My dad was a bit of a ******* to me and I appreciate him for it. He was a jerk in such a way that I learned to behave and have good habits like not leaving stuff lying around because it would end up in the trash or he'd run over it with the truck "by accident" and I wouldn't get another unless I bought it myself. I was self sufficient by 16 when I moved out so I say he did a good job. He also is big on teaching people how to do things so they don't need help later.

I agree with some others that once little ones come along some plans are thrown out and replaced by others.

I think it is good to install a respect for authority, and I bet the fear tactic will work with boys (no first experience here(, but I wonder if this will work with girls?

 

[cement]

my wife's a lawyer -obscure corporate type stuff.

it's funny, I read that there are alot of engineer/engineer or engineer/teacher marriges but in my office they are mostly divorced.

good thing she put that justifiable homicide clause in the wedding vows. we are quite happy.

 

[CivE Bricky]

I'm a (female) civil engineer married to a material scientist turned electrical engineer.

We both have a creative arty side, but our issue is we both want to run the show - we can't even cook dinner together without choosing someone to be in charge....or we fight the entire time. It is nice understanding enough of each other's work to truly celebrate each others' professional sucesses.

Interestingly, our two girls (middle & elem age) seem to have a balance of interests and talents so far. My nutshell parenting advice is clear expectations, single warning, then swift, sure, disagreeable consequences....and providing attention for positive behavior, never negative. And have fun together!

My parents were electrical engr and high level exec asst/stay at home mom

Bro 1 IT exec, partner Radiologist

Bro 2 Operations Research Engr, wife bookkeeper/accountant

Bro 3 CPA, wife CPA (former wife sociologist)

At my work:

PE's (all male) are with:

serial arty girlfriends

finance office manager

another civil engr (PE also I think)

PhD plant science

other engineering staff are with:

HR staffer former nutrition instructor

tax preparer

public agency educator

high school teacher

college instructor

In my experience, many (most?) female engineers marry other engineers, but the numbers just don't allow the reverse to be generally true....at least not yet!