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I've run into this problem many times

Depends on the person. I've gone both ways.

More often than not, I tell a girl I work online in money/risk management as a financial consultant. Almost 90% of the time, this leads to no follow-up questions but a general feeling that I'm headed somewhere. It's about the third date or so that it all comes out what exactly I do. Usually, they are enamored with me enough that they look past it.

I've known very few girls who think playing poker is a 'good' profession. Fortunately, most of those girls had self-esteem issues and abuse-inducing behaviors, so the bar was set rather low (sorry, I listen to loveline too much while playing). The real issue is letting them know I'm a convicted felon--a past job of self-employed in pharmacuetical sales can mean something entirely different than they might think.