What did you put as your occupation on bub's birth certificate application?

[ikis84]

Hehehe. I feel so cheeky... I just filled it out and put my occupation as "domestic engineer" :laughing:.

It's an oldie, but a goodie. Has anyone else been norty like me :shame::raspberry:.

[CrazyCatLady]

:laughing: That's a classic

Perhaps I should put 'negotiater' on bubs:p

[ellie13]

maybe houshold manager-lol

[lianas1stbub]

my pjs say DOMESIC GODESS

bit silly cuz im totally not.... (funny today I am)

[neostudded]

I wrote, homemaker :)

[punkbaby]

I am kinda embarrassed here but hey it was a job LOL when i had dd ten years ago i was working as a chat line operator, you know call 1900 to chat to ladies tonite, that sort of thing, anyhow it kept food on the table it was fun at the time and it was a job :) and a big learning curve :laughing:. Stupid me put it on dds birth certificate, its clearly written "adult chat operator" :p

Not in that line of work now and havent been for a long time but i still cringe when i have to hand it over for schools etc i think Hmm i wonder what they are thinking of me!!

[*Cj*]

PB sorry but thats too funny

[OopsieDaisy]

:laughing:

[Kattus]

PunkBaby- :laughing: Bugger!!

[Harlequin]

Lol pb that's hilarious! :D

I just put artist on mine cos I was a miniature painter at the time. Dh said to just write artist so I did.

[ikis84]

hahahaha pb!!

[onemummmy]

I wrote student :)

[Noah_and_Elijah]

I wrote 'Accounts Manager' because that's what I was at the time, before going on leave.

This time around I don't know what I'm going to put. Perhaps 'Doula' because it's my only occupation right now other than 'Mum' - :p

[0BleSseD0]

I put Homemaker on both.

Because I literally MAKE the home. :p Not exciting, but it gets the message across.

:laughing: PB.. How embarrassing. :laughing:

[onemummmy]

I actually hate the term homemaker, usually because its preceded by "just a" & that ps me off

[preciousbabyboy]

I actually hate the term homemaker, usually because its preceded by "just a" & that ps me off


I dont like it either.


I put 'mummy' :) Seemed logical to me

[neuralblokk]

i wrote barista but it seems sorta lame...

[cheezelkat]

OMG PB! That is hilarious!
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

[Babymaker]

I put Child Care Assistant, because that is what I was before going on leave, I should of put CEO Domestic Duties ;)

[WitchHazel]

I put my occupation down on DS's certificate, and I'll just put the same on this baby's. I only went on leave again in Jan, so it's still right (even though I intend to be at home after this bub fulltime).

[Owen&Noah's_mum]

mine said student

[shanz]

i put the occupation i was previous to having DS, so Bakery Assistant, no idea this time round.
And PB tooooo funny

[lukaelmo]

I am kinda embarrassed here but hey it was a job LOL when i had dd ten years ago i was working as a chat line operator, you know call 1900 to chat to ladies tonite, that sort of thing, anyhow it kept food on the table it was fun at the time and it was a job :) and a big learning curve :laughing:. Stupid me put it on dds birth certificate, its clearly written "adult chat operator" :p

Along with always having wanted to be a check out chick, this is my all time number one, "what I'd like to be"... have got no idea why, I just think it's hilarious :D.

Back to jobs on the BC though, I put nothing special, teacher I think... but DXP...

...put ASTRONAUT :laughing:!

[KapowSchazam]

Stupid me put it on dds birth certificate, its clearly written "adult chat operator"

Oh lordy!!! :laughing: That had me nearly wet my pants! Where's the Depend when you need 'em aye?!?!?! :o

I put my previous job...finance manager or similar...

Why do they ask that anyway? I mean, you can put ANYTHING, right??? Why even have it?? How does it MATTER?

[DonnaL]

Registered Nurse.

[Pixie]

I think I put housewife...now I can actually put a job as I am working again lol

[Widget]

Same on both BC for the girls... I was doing the same job both times and while I'm hoping to resign while on leave this time, I don't like my chances...

I pretty mine up by calling it "Finance Administration" it's not, but I work int he accountants area, with them, though my team doesn't have anything to do with them (apart from my boss)...

Always contemplated Abused customer service rep... But it's too long nad then you'd have to explain all the time that you get blamed for missing money from inside and outside the company...

I've babbled now... :o bye...

[Scarlett_Jasper_Rafferty]

Producer / creative director.... as that is what I do,... I now just have to locate those birth certificates,...hmmm,.. they seem to have gone missing:o

[PrincessT]

I put pubicist because thats my profession regardless if I am empoyed or not - its what I am trained as!!
I guess there is a difference between profession and job isnt there.. I mean, I know of a lawyer who is a courier and when people ask him what he does he says courier but it still doesnt mean he is not a lawyer hey? I also know another lawyer who is a self proclaimed 'courtesan' - and she makes more money in two nights than a week at the office.... damn, I know too many lawyers.

[Mum&bubs]

I just put 'Homemaker' I should have put something extrodionary though!

[cassie0011]

on my son's i put dog groomer even thou i hadnt done it for a year or more but b4 he was born i was a sandwich maker! On the new baby's one im not sure yet!

[Milliner]

With DS I am a model and DP is a rockstar, he picked the occupations. On DD's we are both nothing, we forgot.

[Yummy Mummy of 5]

Very boring here just a hairdresser :hair:

[the dargonfly faery]

I put Registered Nurse, cause that is what I was before going on leave.

[mum_I'm_hungry]

Why do they ask that anyway? I mean, you can put ANYTHING, right??? Why even have it?? How does it MATTER?

I never really thought about it until now, but putting down your real job (as in not something 'cute') can actually be helpful to future generations when they are looking up birth records for ancestral reasons.

[our little treasures]

I am kinda embarrassed here but hey it was a job LOL when i had dd ten years ago i was working as a chat line operator, you know call 1900 to chat to ladies tonite, that sort of thing, anyhow it kept food on the table it was fun at the time and it was a job :) and a big learning curve :laughing:. Stupid me put it on dds birth certificate, its clearly written "adult chat operator" :p

Not in that line of work now and havent been for a long time but i still cringe when i have to hand it over for schools etc i think Hmm i wonder what they are thinking of me!!

That is just hilarious:laughing::laughing:

[phineas]

I am boring, I just put "student" as I was a student both times.

Next time I can put "graduate" :D
Or maybe I should just put "psychologist" even though I won't have worked a day yet :laughing:

[missie_mack]

I never really thought about it until now, but putting down your real job (as in not something 'cute') can actually be helpful to future generations when they are looking up birth records for ancestral reasons.

:yes: :iagree: :yes: :iagree:

Its actually really difficult to find out what peoples occupations were when you do family history and this makes BDM certificates a wealth of information- some states are better than others too.

I think they also use it for statistical puposes :)

[Jaileth]

punkbaby - classic!!!

I think I rolled my eyes and wrote 'Mother'

I've always hated the term 'homemaker' as it reminds me of the 1940s-eternally-smiling-creepy-housewives. Or of the Kmart brand. :p But that's just me.

[toni796]

I am kinda embarrassed here but hey it was a job LOL when i had dd ten years ago i was working as a chat line operator, you know call 1900 to chat to ladies tonite, that sort of thing, anyhow it kept food on the table it was fun at the time and it was a job :) and a big learning curve :laughing:. Stupid me put it on dds birth certificate, its clearly written "adult chat operator" :p

Not in that line of work now and havent been for a long time but i still cringe when i have to hand it over for schools etc i think Hmm i wonder what they are thinking of me!!
:laughing: To funny.

DD1's I am down as a student as I was still studying when I had her and the other 3 I am down as home duties.

[mnmum]

My plan at this stage is Domestic CEO...

[Mummaholic]

As an avid family historian, these things are very important to me.

In future generations, certificates like these may be our descendants' only clues to how we lived.

I know when I find an interesting or unusual occupation, it often leads me in a whole new direction with my research. If they were misleading, I would waste many hours trying to follow up what they put down as a joke.

It may seem silly now, but one day your great great grandchildren might be wondering about you and what you were like. Just something to consider.

[MotherOfPearl]

I racked my brains trying to put something that really described what I do-
not just housewife-
I do lots of things- be a Mum & wife, cook for workers we might have staying with us, all the office work for us personally and the station, paddock/shed hand when required-
but nothing sounded right so I ended up putting "home & office duties"

[4B2L]

I put home duties. Nothing really desribes what I do, so I just went with the usual.

I would never lie on it, as I think it is great to look back on for our kids and future generations to know what thier parents,/grandparents were doing when they had thier babies. I know I love looking at my parents birth certificates to see my grandparents occupation.