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BIGLAW bros: do women FALL ASLEEP when you talk about your work?
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Date: December 10th, 2012 10:42 AM Author: Thriller chocolate ape trailer park that is, if you're trying to pick up women, how do you avoid relating that your day to day work life is meaningless and boring? do you just lie and make it sound fun/interesting, or do you just act self-deprecating? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22204712) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 10:45 AM Author: Abnormal Pea-brained Set Laser Beams I'm not trying to pick up women, but I take the self deprecating route, like I am embarrassed...which I am (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22204724) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 10:47 AM Author: Arousing Filthy Native I give the old "I just do this now so I can go sell coconuts on a beach in key west although I somewhat enjoy succeeding at something that is hard" speech. New girl works with in house guys in my particular field so we can talk substantively, although I don't want to (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22204737) |
Date: December 10th, 2012 10:47 AM Author: puce brethren women don't want to hear about your work unless you're a professional athlete, entertainer, or adventurer of some kind. you just need to sound passionate or driven by something. that could be work, could also be something else. I usually have a project on the side that I am more excited about than my primary legal work, girls see my excitement about whatever that is and they tend to like that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22204736) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 10:52 AM Author: Bistre shrine rigor med school/doctor bros usually have crazy stories about all the people they deal with. probably instant panty- droppers too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22204753) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 2:59 PM Author: puce brethren some do, yeah i agree with this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22205839) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 3:00 PM Author: Bistre shrine rigor peace corps --> post-bacc --> physician --> prestige --> power --> pussy --> purpose (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22205847) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 3:02 PM Author: puce brethren clinical rounds -> ER stories -> captivate girls -> pussy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22205854) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 4:34 AM Author: laughsome forum (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26954992) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 2:58 PM Author: Chartreuse tripping indirect expression temple Describe typical side projects (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22205834) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 3:01 PM Author: puce brethren mentoring, active in community, political campaign, small businesses or investments (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22205851) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 9:48 AM Author: self-centered parlour weed whacker Same here. I try to take on an interesting sounding pro bono case per year for the same reason. Help a little old lady that someone is trying to scam out of money, do an innocence project case, etc. People will actually listen to you over this, they won't for typical discovery BS. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26955561) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 3:21 PM Author: Chest-beating School Cafeteria cr. pro bono cases are usually good to talk about if you just stick to the human interest story and leave out the law bullshit, especially criminal shit. everyone loves criminal shit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26957009) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 11:30 AM Author: awkward flatulent site regret My wife cannot stand more than 90 seconds of me talking about the substance of my work, so I usually either just tell her about ridiculous staffers or oddball partners or just don't talk about it at all. TBH it kind of sucks not to be able to talk about what you do all day with your wife, but otoh being married to a lawyer would be much worse. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22204923) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 3:03 PM Author: puce brethren your wife is just mindful of your responsibility to maintain the attorney-client privilege and she is saving you from your rabid inclination to serially commit professional malpractice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22205860) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 3:09 PM Author: awkward flatulent site regret it's not an issue in any of the stuff I have ever tried to tell my wife about, believe me (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22205901) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 3:09 PM Author: puce brethren joking (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22205903) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 3:23 PM Author: awkward flatulent site regret cool cause I actually literally told my wife where Bernie Madoff's secret hidden gold is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22205980) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 3:25 PM Author: puce brethren just based on him being Jewish or more than that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22206000) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 3:20 PM Author: crystalline partner tanning salon lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22205963) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 9:54 AM Author: Impertinent dopamine legal warrant Tell her XO shitlaw boss stories, but about random partners in your firm. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26955581) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 3:15 PM Author: haunting swashbuckling indian lodge ladyboy yep. being married to a lawyer would be the absolute worst. unless she was a public interest lawyer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26956981) |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 7:07 PM Author: Milky candlestick maker base it's not difficult to make a boring biglaw job sound more interesting than it is.
of course, this would require social skills... |
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Date: December 10th, 2012 7:07 PM Author: passionate pit yes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#22208355) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 4:44 AM Author: primrose alcoholic ticket booth nibblets took me a while to realize why my law job wasn't helping with the ladies. i'd always get the excited, "oh, have you ever seen Suits?!" and i'd always respond, "no, but do they review documents all day?" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26955018) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 9:53 AM Author: slippery metal internal respiration lmfao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26955578) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 9:52 AM Author: slippery metal internal respiration My job is really exciting and immensely gratifying.
Her: "Oh really like what?"
Me: "Well this one time I had just worked 60 hours. On Saturday morning, mind you this is the day before Easter, I got an ASAP email from my partner saying that I had an emergency document production that needed my attention NOW. So needless to say I rushed to the office, worked straight through until Monday -- skyped my family on Sunday, and got the job done! That is just one story, I have about 52 other weekend stories like this." |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 12:26 PM Author: Contagious jade piazza liquid oxygen (lawyer billing 53 weekends claiming not to pad his hours) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26956183) |
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Date: August 9th, 2019 1:00 PM Author: glittery aquamarine abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#38661638) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 12:45 PM Author: comical gaping Nice job. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26956241) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 3:18 PM Author: Overrated hell nice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26956998) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 9:53 AM Author: Impertinent dopamine legal warrant No, but I fall asleep when they do. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26955579) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 10:10 AM Author: Deranged sticky psychic property "Caught one hell of a stray comma in a term sheet just last week." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26955632) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 10:17 AM Author: Buck-toothed Racy Brunch Trust Fund You should be super high level and never talk about your actual work for more than like 2 minutes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26955653) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 12:47 PM Author: Adventurous kitchen No, but I'm completely dishonest about what I actually do. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26956250) |
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Date: December 18th, 2014 12:47 PM Author: Zippy Carmine Blood Rage Just be high level and embellish a little:
I"m working on this really complicated deal. These rich middle eastern guys want to pour billions into this fund run by these genius kids. Hopefully they'll fly me to Dubai but more likely just out to SF. But first we need the Shiek to sign off. Anyway, it's super complicated. |
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Date: December 21st, 2014 12:07 AM Author: Maroon Wonderful Idiot Sans roofiez? Ofs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2133840&forum_id=2#26972277) |