I am having a quarter-life crisis[1] and I have decided I am going to start writing smut novels (or any kind of novel) in my off time so I can get those mad dollar bills yo.

This is related because I dislike the question of "Work/occupation?" when it's straight off, as a "getting to know you" question, because a) my work is very boring to talk about and b) telling you what I do tells anyone very little about me. I don't mind if it works its way up in the conversation organically. Then it can even be interesting.

But anyway, if I start writing smut in my spare time (or better - I'll write this book but I'm going to make it a million times better) then I guess I can tell people I write books. "Blogging and poetry" is so clearly income-less that it doesn't fly as a response. Then someone will ask, "No, but what do you really do?"

You know if someone likes their job if they come home with good stories about work, or with little snippets that they enjoy sharing. In that way I'd say "how was your day" is a better soft open.

It would be delightful to tell people I wrote smut but - I don't think I could do it justice. I think I'd get all amused and satirical.

[1] Bah, really? Not really, probably.

So who is right and what is the secret meaning of "What do you do for a living?" (Is it just a better question than "What's your sign?")