“Several of my friends have what I would consider ‘romcom jobs’ but my favorite has got to be my friend who is a flavor scientist for celsius,” Cary, AKA @brokebackstan, tweeted.
Immediately, the internet was taken with this phrase. “Looking thru replies to see other ‘romcom jobs’ for career inspo,” one tweet reads.
There were also a lot of people giving feedback for Cary’s friend on various Celsius flavors (major shout out to white peach, I guess?).
But mostly people were talking about how apt this term is. “Haven’t been able to stop thinking about how great a phrase ‘romcom job’ is since seeing this tweet earlier this month. Like you immediately know what this means,” a user wrote.
And, they’re right! There’s no exact definition for “rom-com jobs,” but the term encompasses a hyper-specific vibe. You think “rom-com job,” and can immediately picture a job so idyllic and whimsical that only Meg Ryan could do it. Like a children’s bookstore owner, or reporter in ’90s New York.
In Cary’s twitter thread, people are discussing which professions fit into this “rom-com jobs” category, and the responses are amazing. Like, I’ve never even heard of some of these job titles. Here are some of the “rom-com jobs” the people of Twitter shared:
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