Where do you meet single teachers?

[patek1]

I've always had a thing for attractive single teachers. In fact, I could definitely see a school teacher as an ideal wife. Gentlemen - where or how do you go about meeting school teachers? I have a demanding business career and don't really get to hang out at the local middle school very often, although I would love to meet all of the early 20s recent grads who work there.

[hoodie]

Have a child? Just kidding.
Check online as to when the local schools have parent-teacher conferences, then haunt the bars that night. Most teachers I know (myself included) need to throw a few back after conferences. :p

Also be active and out-and-about all summer, since that's when we come out of our "go to bed early, wake up early" type hybernation due to the schedule. That's all I got.

[Rage]

I'm surprised you don't have any friends who are teachers you could go out with to meet others. I know three or four now from school.

[workaholic?]

at my job, we have a program called Lunch Buddies, where you go eat lunch once a week with an elementary school kid. one of my male friends at work joined Lunch Buddies, inquired about one of the young teachers he saw there, and learned she was single...the other teachers thought this was very cute and got them set up together, and voila! now, they've been dating for several months.

we thought we might start using this example to get more guys involved in the program ;):

[LakeJay]

I met one teacher through my 8th grade teacher when I went to visit the school one day. About a week or so later I went back to the school (my elementary school alma mater) before classes started and asked said teacher for her number. She gave it to me but she would eventually flake out on me. Oh well.

I went out on a date with another teacher from my alma mater about a year later. I coach CYO basketball and one of my player's mother also teaches at the school. She approached me before one practice asked if I was single. I chuckled nervously at first but then replied "yes". She said that she had the perfect girl for me...a new teacher at the school. We eventually went out on a date but there weren't really any sparks.

Moral of the story: Know someone who knows someone.

[PenforPrez]

I know a lot of teachers being a quiz bowl person. Problem is, I've only met one single female teacher in all of my work in the field. And she doesn't like me. :cry: But hanging around any sort of high school extracurricular activity might help, especially one with a lot of schools involved like a quiz bowl event, speech and debate, band, etc.

Paul

[redav]

A large majority of the single ladies I know are teachers; it just kind of ends up that way. I think much of it is due to living in the suburbs.

It reminds me of some colleges that organize student activities between the education & engineering schools--one is all female & the other all male, so it works out well. :)

[LaFille]

I've always had a thing for attractive single teachers. In fact, I could definitely see a school teacher as an ideal wife. Gentlemen - where or how do you go about meeting school teachers?

i'm not a gentleman but i can tell you where my schoolteacher friends are almost every friday at 3:30 -- the bar. i kid not. maybe my friends aren't the type you are looking for though.

out of curiosity, what makes a schoolteacher an ideal wife?

[lazy ass]

out of curiosity, what makes a schoolteacher an ideal wife?

-hotness
-attention to detail
-doesn't make more money than you
-etc.

[DuckFan]

i'm not a gentleman but i can tell you where my schoolteacher friends are almost every friday at 3:30 -- the bar. i kid not. maybe my friends aren't the type you are looking for though.

out of curiosity, what makes a schoolteacher an ideal wife?

Except for NOT being a girl--I resemble that statement.

Bars were built for teachers and writers.

[ugarachel82]

Are you kidding me with this thread? Seriously.

[patek1]

i'm not a gentleman but i can tell you where my schoolteacher friends are almost every friday at 3:30 -- the bar. i kid not. maybe my friends aren't the type you are looking for though.

out of curiosity, what makes a schoolteacher an ideal wife?

Well, I was joking more than anything. I'm 23 years old and probably won't get married for a while, so I really don't know what would make an ideal wife.

I have a fairly demanding business career and generally work 60-65 hours/week, I am ambitous, plan to climb the corporate ladder, etc. etc. I do not desire a trophy wife, and would prefer a woman who has a career and keeps herself occupied. Considering this, I believe an ideal spouse would be someone who has a less demanding career, who can take care of the household and the kids. I would never ever want a nanny. Teachers, Artists, Non-profit workers all ring a bell with me, but I like teachers the best for some reason.

Another problem with the suggestions listed above - I live in a major metropolitan city, not the suburbs. The city is full of attractive girls who are in fields like PR, Finance, and Law, not nearly enough teachers :( Getting out there in the summer is a great idea.

[Krishna]

If I found out someone wanted to date me only because I was a good looking teacher I'd wave goodbye with one finger on each hand.

[capella]

Well, I was joking more than anything. I'm 23 years old and probably won't get married for a while, so I really don't know what would make an ideal wife.

I have a fairly demanding business career and generally work 60-65 hours/week, I am ambitous, plan to climb the corporate ladder, etc. etc. I do not desire a trophy wife, and would prefer a woman who has a career and keeps herself occupied. Considering this, I believe an ideal spouse would be someone who has a less demanding career, who can take care of the household and the kids. I would never ever want a nanny. Teachers, Artists, Non-profit workers all ring a bell with me, but I like teachers the best for some reason.

Another problem with the suggestions listed above - I live in a major metropolitan city, not the suburbs. The city is full of attractive girls who are in fields like PR, Finance, and Law, not nearly enough teachers :( Getting out there in the summer is a great idea.
Do you not realize what a demanding career teaching is? Don't bet on having your "ideal" teacher wife sitting there waiting for you to get home with a hot dinner on the stove and your slippers by the door. I think you should focus on meeting a person not a career.

[and1grad]

Are you kidding me with this thread? Seriously.
My sentiments exactly.

[arrow]

The thing I loved most about having parents for teachers is that they had all the same holidays as me so we could take family vacations every year. Also, they were gentle people who were concerned with education and the mind, and less concerned with earning lots of money and having lots of stuff. Plus, their hours were awesome so we got to see them a lot. Except they had to do homework every night and spent a lot of time at teacher's conferences and meetings, but the homework they could often do in front of the tv during the evenings.

I could see the attraction to teachers, but I wouldn't expect a clean house or food on the table every night, like capella pointed out. It's an exhausting job, too.

[Bsig84]

My sentiments exactly.

Yeah Im really confused over this thread. I really didnt even know what to think when I first read it. Is he being serious?

[embrassezla]

Are you kidding me with this thread? Seriously.
I almost wrote the same thing yesterday when I first saw this. Talk about creepy.

[hoodie]

Wow. My first instinct was just that it was a tongue-in-cheek joke framing on a general commentary that teachers, as a group, tend to be nice and cool, so I responded. But the part about teachers being the ideal wives because their jobs are less demanding? Um, no. Maybe three months a year but the rest of the time more than makes up for it. Tip of the hat to amy for pointing that out. Don't even get me started on what lazy-ass said...

[dengeist]

I have a fairly demanding business career and generally work 60-65 hours/week, I am ambitous, plan to climb the corporate ladder, etc. etc. I do not desire a trophy wife, and would prefer a woman who has a career and keeps herself occupied. Considering this, I believe an ideal spouse would be someone who has a less demanding career, who can take care of the household and the kids. I would never ever want a nanny. Teachers, Artists, Non-profit workers all ring a bell with me, but I like teachers the best for some reason.


All I can say is, any chance you had of finding one on this forum, you killed.

(hint)
Never tell a teacher their job isn't demanding.

[LaFille]

If I found out someone wanted to date me only because I was a good looking teacher I'd wave goodbye with one finger on each hand.

Ha yeah no kidding! SERIOUSLY ridiculous! I don't know if it's more offensive if you ARE a teacher (since he's set all these predefined ideals for you) or if you AREN'T (since you are clearly not worthy.)

Any man who is out looking for a woman who would make a "good wife" is trouble. You should be looking for your best friend, not someone who is going to be excellent at taking care of you!

[and1grad]

Any man who is out looking for a woman who would make a "good wife" is trouble. You should be looking for your best friend, not someone who is going to be excellent at taking care of you!
Shouldnt you be looking for both?

[Fender247]

I have a fairly demanding business career and generally work 60-65 hours/week, I am ambitous, plan to climb the corporate ladder, etc. etc. I do not desire a trophy wife, and would prefer a woman who has a career and keeps herself occupied. Considering this, I believe an ideal spouse would be someone who has a less demanding career, who can take care of the household and the kids. I would never ever want a nanny. Teachers, Artists, Non-profit workers all ring a bell with me, but I like teachers the best for some reason.


A less demanding career?!?!? Hate to break it to you Mr. Corporate but those jobs you list can be very demanding and stressful. Teacher? 9-3pm and summers off right? I guess it depends on the grade/subject you teach but my teacher friends work preparing lessons, grading papers till late night lots of days and the work carries over to weekends plus they have to deal with punk @$$ kids all day. If you get a crappy district it makes things suckier.

Non-profit? They often have lots to do and less financial resources to work with. So if there is something that needs to get done everyone top to bottom rolls up their sleeves and pitches in. There are no summer breaks on this one either....

Artist? Dated an artsy girl a few years back. She was painting or drawing all the time for classes/grades. She would be up weird hours in the night finishing up or redoing stuff she didn't like. In other words every into what she did. Her place was very very clean art supplies everywhere. If someone was doing it for a living or running a gallery I'm sure it is just as stressful.

Maybe you are looking for a trophy wife? Where's a good place to meet teachers? A school would be a good place to start. Sorry if this post comes off wrong but I just think people should do some research before they make assumptions about anything.

[dengeist]

Just a side note, about a week ago at a staff meeting the principal laid some heavy work on us. One of the teachers said "ALL THIS WORK, I NEED A WIFE!"














Yes, it was a female. True story.

[redav]

Any man who is out looking for a woman who would make a "good wife" is trouble. You should be looking for your best friend, not someone who is going to be excellent at taking care of you!
It seems not everyone has the same idea as you what a "good wife" is.

There are plenty of guys (myself included) who would never consider it to be someone "taking care of me." Also, I can't imagine a woman being a good wife who isn't my best friend.

[and1grad]

Shouldnt you be looking for both?
I should clarify. I wouldnt want someone TO take care of me as much as I would want someone who maybe COULD if the need arises. I like to think that I would be able to take care of someone should I need/want to and I would also want that in a partner.

[Krishna]

All I can say is, any chance you had of finding one on this forum, you killed.

(hint)
Never tell a teacher their job isn't demanding.


No kidding. I've ripped into more than one person in the past for suggesting that...

[imhappy]

If you want to have kids, teachers make great wives and mothers. The schedule matches with the kid schedule, so you don't have to worry about after school care. Teachers do like molding people, so they might nag you once in a while. But there are a lot of single teachers and they are organized and pleasant, so I think they would make good wives. Try volunteering at a nearby school during your lunch break. Good luck!

[hoodie]

If you want to have kids, teachers make great wives and mothers. The schedule matches with the kid schedule, so you don't have to worry about after school care. Teachers do like molding people, so they might nag you once in a while. But there are a lot of single teachers and they are organized and pleasant, so I think they would make good wives. Try volunteering at a nearby school during your lunch break. Good luck!

Seriously? Seriously???
I wish this thread was never written. As a teacher who has virtually no maternal instinct, who does not nag, and who is not organized in the slightest I'm really kind of irritated at all the bizarre and sometimes untrue blanket statements that people seem willing to make about teachers. Where is this stuff even coming from??
I don't see any threads on how good of a spouse a lawyer, sanitary worker, dental hygenist etc. This would be because it's simply ridiculous to tag someone as being a good spouse or having certain qualities based on what they do for a living.

[vinsanity]

This thread is really weird :eek:

[dengeist]

This thread is really weird :eek:

What's really weird is people aren't getting the message. :evil:

[vinsanity]

What's really weird is people aren't getting the message. :evil:

Oh, I get the message alright...go to a bar and find a teacher because since they work with kids and crap, they MUST be the best housewives, right? :evil: :rolleyes: