Chart: Who Marries . . .

[winnieandwine]

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-who-marries-whom/

Interesting to play around with! Make sure to pay attention to the direction of the gender lines

Who does it say you're likely to marry? 

Who does it say your spouse would marry?

Was it correct? Close?

[winnieandwine]

In order of relationship strength, I got:
Misc. Manager
Lawyer/Judge
Retail Supervisor
Elementary, Middle, or Secondary School Teacher

My H:
Elementary and Middle School Teacher
Retail Salesperson


So... not at all close for either of us!

[mbcdefg]

Nope

Mine says I should've married a manager or software developer.

His says he should've married a teacher.

[imojoebunny]

Feb 11, 2016 19:29:19 GMT -5 winnieandwine said:

Interesting to play around with! Make sure to pay attention to the direction of the gender lines

Who does it say you're likely to marry? A miscellaneous manager

Who does it say your spouse would marry?  

A nurse, admin, teacher, or me

Was it correct? Close?
Yep.  Dead on.  A peer in the same profession.  

As an Edit, when people ask me what DH does, I am going to start telling them he is a "miscellaneous manager".

[spunkarella]

I'm an accountant, and likely to marry a misc manager or an accountant.

He's a software developer, and likely to marry a software developer, teacher, RN, or accountant.

[LoveTrains]

Interesting.

Mine says I should marry:
Miscellaneous Managers
Chief Executives and Legislators
Computer Support Specialists

H's said he should marry:
Elementary & Secondary School teachers
Industrial Engineers
Registered Nurses
Accountants & Auditors
Secretaries & Administrative Assistants

[dragon's breath]

According to my occupation, I should be a man or a lesbian. I'm neither :/ (one blue-blue line, one pink-pink line, all the rest were blue-pink)

[steph96]

Yup!

I'm an accountant. He's a miscellaneous manager. We match each other.

[Marmee]

The only female (non-lesbian) line circled back....and yep, I'm an Architect married to one. DH would have more options...secretaries, designers, misc managers & teachers...lol.

[laurensmomma]

Mine was pretty close, but Dh apparently didn't marry the right girl, lol.

[compassrose]

Ours is marries within occupation, so dead on. He could also have picked a teacher or nurse.

[agnes]

Feb 11, 2016 19:29:19 GMT -5 winnieandwine said:

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-who-marries-whom/

Interesting to play around with! Make sure to pay attention to the direction of the gender lines

Who does it say you're likely to marry? 

Who does it say your spouse would marry?

Was it correct? Close?

Thickest line is Miscellaneous Managers 
Thickest line is Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
I am pretty much an Admin Assistant and H is a Mechanic who tends to run things.  

[thatgirl2478]

Wow - not even close. Of course, our careers are kind of reversed. My DH is a social worker (LCSW), I was a software QA tester (which I think falls best under 'other computer support'). DH's job is more 'female' and mine is more 'male'. Social workers are supposed to marry Misc Managers & truck drivers and retail supervisors.

[Deleted]

I should have married a truck driver?  :^)  I'll let DH know in case the hospital admin thing doesn't work out. 

[boiler717]

Yes, lots of pharmacist-pharmacist marriages

[kore2]

This was interesting!

I'm a manager. It says I marry male misc managers or female food preparation supervisors. Nice.

BF is a secondary teacher & coach. His options for the former are all teachers. Misc female manager comes up under coach.

So, a 25% match?

[lightbulbsun]

I used the closest thing to my job, which is electrical engineer. It only had male to female matches, or female to female matches, haha. H is a civil engineer, and got basically the same thing as me. We both got thick lines for elementary and middle school teachers, then other lines for RN, secretary, and accountants.

Not even close, haha.

[starryfish]

Did i do this wrong? I entered my occupation in and it says its all male occupation (all the lines start with blue except the female to female line).

[starryfish]

Feb 12, 2016 8:29:53 GMT -5 lightbulbsun said:

I used the closest thing to my job, which is electrical engineer. It only had male to female matches, or female to female matches, haha. H is a civil engineer, and got basically the same thing as me. We both got thick lines for elementary and middle school teachers, then other lines for RN, secretary, and accountants.

Not even close, haha.

I am an engineer and had the same problem! 

[Deleted]

Mine says I should marry a truck driver, nope, been there done that not planning to do it again. The other option is Financial Managers. I'll have to keep my eyes open for one of those 

[Deleted]

I'm well aware upper managers don't generally marry construction workers. I GET IT BLOOMBERG.

[emisi]

Geez, apparently people who want the most possible pairing opportunities should be elementary or middle school teachers. Everyone marries that group!

[lagom]

Huh. Apparently my profession marries each other or supports sah spouses.
I don't know any couples in my profession, but lots of us have trailing spouses.

My husband's was incorrect, but I understand why.

[insominac]

They forgot Pharmaceutical/Medical Equipment Sales for the male doctors.

[elcjet]

Who does it say you're likely to marry?
Financial Analysts


Who does it say your spouse would marry?
Financial Managers


Was it correct? Close?
 Dead on???  Although our paths to these titles were from completely different backgrounds.  

[pinkdutchtulips]

It says the me the paralegal should marry

Misc Managers
Lawyers/Judges (nope to this, won't date/marry my own kind lol)
Truck Drivers (ahem xh)
Retail Sales (mmm retail sales include high end robotics by any chance lol)
Retail Supervisors

[Deleted]

After looking again it appears that DH and I could be married (not my strongest connection but about 3rd in line) if he became a woman. You were *this close*, Bloomberg, *this close*.

[dr.girlfriend]

It says I should marry within my profession, a miscellaneous manager, or a lawyer/judge. DH's profession isn't listed, but he's an internet/tech guy so not a match unless you really have a broad interpretation of miscellaneous manager.

[Deleted]

If I'm reading this right, it says I should have a male/male relationship with a counselor. Which, my BF is a counselor so I guess that's sort of right? But I'm a girl

It says he should marry a teacher, which I am not, but I do work in higher education and training. So similar enough for me.

[v]

Am I the only one who is staring at the lines and circles and doesn't understand at all what they mean?