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Originally Posted by Not Bob
Imaginary friends of the FB, I need your help. I had lunch with a client today, and was stumped by a question -- "what hobbies do you have?"
The truth is, I don't have any hobbies -- at least not ones that I can share with a client ("well, Ted, I like to swill Manhattans while watching "Girls" on HBO and regretting the fact that I never dated that one Shoshana-like girl in college who sat next to me in Econ 101").
I mean, I read, but so what? I need a plausible and socially-acceptable for a Tool of the Patriarchy fake hobby. I suppose I could say that I golf -- I hit the links once every 2 or 3 years, and if actually invited by a client, could beg off with some excuse. Plus, my honest assessment of my golfing ability ("my handicap is in triple digits" or, personal favorite, "I can usually get the ball past the windmill into the clown's mouth in 3") comes across as modest self-deprecation.
Any other suggestions? For some reason, I can't mention playing tennis with a straight face. I can't fake sailing (I'm too Irish, and not in the lace-curtain Kennedy way) or biking (Flower's stories scare me).
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You've never been to an art museum? Seen a pretty picture? Boom, you're interested in art. Taken a picture of something that wasn't a highway historical marker or your summer rental? You're a photographer.
If you like food, you can either be a foodie or a cook. You don't literally do nothing but read, drink, and think unpure thoughts about Lena Dunham, who is really just a half-step above precocious, but everyone thinks is so
avant garde because she's willing to take her top off. What interests you? Makes you curious?
You can try to fake it, but you're really much better off going with something you have an actual interest (or at least a familiarity) in.
