Can I date the nurse who took care my mother before she passed away?

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My mother had some heart problems and passed away after three weeks of hospital stays. There was a nurse that I liked. We shared some great moments, especially she was on duty on my birthday and gave me a birthday cake in a surprise way and also gave me a hug. I did not receive hugs from any other nurses. She also told me that she was just divorced. One month after my mom passed away, I went back to the hospital and dropped off some thank you cards for some nurses who gave very good cares to mother. Surprisingly, she was there on that day too. We talked, then I gave her a "special" thank you card. We had another hug before we go. In that "special" thank you card, I wrote I wanted to see her, hear from her, and I miss her. I also wrote down my number there. But I did not wrote down anything to ask her to call me back as I did not want her to get in troubles with her works.

It has been another four months for now, I still have not received a call back from her. I understand may be the hospital has some policies keeping her to call me, or may be she still need more time to heal from her divorce, just like I am still healing from the lost of my mother, or may be she did not open the thank you card I gave her, or she just lost the card. But during this four months, I am sure I really like her and really want to spend the rest of my life with her.

Now, I want to ask if I am allowed to date her legally as I am her former patient family member? I also want to ask if you should mail a thank you card to the hospital for her and tell her I like her and want her to call me back when she has a chance? Or is this just my fantasy that I should just move on?

Thank you for reading my long story. I really appreciate your time and look for good advises.

A lot of us would consider "one phone call" at home from a client's family member to be stalking ...

Yes that crosses the line imo. I would not be happy with someone contacting me via personal phone.

BSN GCU 2014. ED Residency ;)

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