OMG, Louise, you talk to people! I don’t have that problem. In the last… oh dear, long long time, any questions relating to “So what do you do?” have been satisfied with “I’m retired” and that’s all, folks!
To be fair, I have a wingman (wingwoman? wing-person? person of wing?) who handles 98% of our combined social interactions. I do quips. I’m happy with my quips, and so is everybody else. It shows I’m listening to people when they talk about themselves.
Also: I’d rather see beauty. Otherwise I would never see my beautiful wife!