Would you marry a Doctor?

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Specializes in Psych, Med/Surg, LTC.

no thanks, not for me. I want someone with some what normal work hours and available to actually help with kids/parenting. I want the family to always come first.....:redbeathe

OP here, I have to say, reading some of these replies has given me a laugh at just how catty and presuming some of you are! Easy killers, #1 Alot of you look like fools presuming that I went to Nursing school specifically to marry a Dr. Um, where in the world do you see that written in my post? I would never put myself through the he** and debt of Nursing school in the sheer hopes that I 'might' marry a Dr! Are you kidding me!? I do happen, however, to be in Nursing school and with some luck and God, am likely to become a Nurse, SO in that case, I will be exposed to lots of Drs. and I would love it if I ended up marrying one! So what!, what is the big deal ladies!? I do fully admit that one of the attributes/requirements of any man I date is that he has the potential to be an excellent provider, however, that doesnt make one a 'gold-digger' at all. Im quite capable of financially supporting myself and I happen to believe that all women should be able to, I just happen to not want to. I much rather focus my time and attention on my children. Thats just me. I have no interest in being a career woman other than financial. To each his own. So to the presumtious posters with the gold-digger, 'she went to school to marry a Dr' comments, youre the ones who sound naive-not everything is so black and white.

You have to be careful what you say on here. They'll skin you alive! I work with plenty of great doctors, and while I've never dated any, it's not to say I wouldn't if I wasn't already dating the most wonderful, sexy, loving man in the world!!

CannondaleRN

47 Posts

Specializes in medical.

In my experience doctors are not interested in nurses. They usually marry other doctors. It is also a fallacy that all doctors are rich. Medical school is not cheap and lasts a very long time. :lol2:

gemimi

38 Posts

Nope, never around, never stop talking medical, never a "different" slant on your life ~ just the disease process and how crappy the help is. I love having some diversion in my life. Good thing about it is that they're probably never around so you can do as you wish ....

TylerDurdenRN

23 Posts

Specializes in MICU, ER, Tele Step-down..

As a Nurse who is a male, I say, Yes, I would marry a Doctor who was female, now only if they were willing to marry a nurse.

Specializes in Hospice, ONC, Tele, Med Surg, Endo/Output.
Nope, never around, never stop talking medical, never a "different" slant on your life ~ just the disease process and how crappy the help is. I love having some diversion in my life. Good thing about it is that they're probably never around so you can do as you wish ....

Yep, more nerdy than IT people 24-7. One of them actually told me that art of any form was a waste of time.

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Rose_Queen, BSN, MSN, RN

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

I would marry the person I happen to fall in love with. If she happens to be a doctor, I won't hold it against her. I plan to fall in love with a person, not an occupation. My ex was an engineer, but I won't hold her actions against all engineers.

Sk8ermomRN

47 Posts

My guy is an engineer. Intelligent, educated, successful, and home at night. We talk about everything except work. Marry a doc? No way.

regularRN

400 Posts

Ha! Ha! This thread is very interesting and entertaining... I am not married to a doctor, but I know many nurses who are. Male nurses married to female MDs, and female nurses married to male MDs, and of course MDs married to MDs and nurses married to nurses.

As with most professions, both jobs come with financial and time constraints. MDs and nurses face professional commitments that other professions also encounter. Teachers, lawyers, firemen, EMTs, veterinaries, engineers, business owners, etc. also spend long hours away from home.

When one falls in love, the profession of the apple of one's eye flies out the window - my husband was unemployed when we met 28 years ago... he's now an engineer. It's not difficult to say that we are still together because our relationship is based on love and mutual respect. If he was an MD when we first met at the age of 18, then yes, I still would have married him. ;)

Give the lady some slack !!!

If we love each other, then why not? Besides we will always have food on our table, where i don't have to be the breadwinner (in my country medical doctors never go hungry, no matter how poor they practice)

I am surprised at the number of people here who say that doctors are not rich. The few that I know are very wealthy. Isn't the average salary around 200K? I would never marry solely for money, but 200K/year is a sexy figure.

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