[QUOTE=Cocosurviving;4814547]I just recently got approved. I've had people start to ask me questions like "how was your work day?" I just reply and say I've had a busy day. I recently met a guy and he asked for my number. The "where do you work?" will come up. I've had one family member tell me I'm wasting my degree sitting on disability??? But he gets SSI! I worked as a general social worker and mental health social worker. I thought to say "I'm a retired social worker" but I'm 39. I look real young more like 25 so saying retired people will look at me crazy. LOL

Anyone at a loss for an answer to 'where do you work?' now that they're receiving SSDI benefits may smoothly and confidently reply that they run an exclusive local distributorship for a guy named Lefty the Salesman. I'll vouch for you if necessary. If pressed for details, obfuscate. I can provide supporting disinformation upon request... until we're concurrently investigated by Social Security, the Hawaii Department of Taxation and the Internal Revenue Service.

Seriously, make up a cover story, like you're a CIA officer, and stick to it. Tell people you sell fossils on eBay. Tell people with a straight face that you're a sayanim, an embedded asset of the Mossad. Tell them you work from home as a B2B marketing consultant for the adult entertainment industry. Social Security does not have agents afield listening to what you tell people at parties. You presumably have a mental illness diagnosis... use it.