Did you marry a doctor?

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My mom says ill meet a doctor to marry when im a nurse lol

I started dating my wife while we both worked at the same hospital and didn't have any issues. We work at the same hospital now also, but I'm contracted from another company.

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Specializes in critical care.
I also hope you didn't become a nurse to marry a doctor. :|

There was one student in my class who did become a nurse to marry a doctor, and was not shy to declare it, either.

One of our doctors is married to a nurse who PRNs at our hospital. I'm not sure how long they've been married, but they have kids approaching college-aged. They are both wonderful, nice and funny people. Beautiful relationship, and he is probably the one doctor who is the most comfortable and natural around the nurses. Absolutely zero us and them vibe from him. I'm pretty sure they are the only nurse/doctor couple where I work.

I've only worked with one person I was in a relationship with and our personalities were blended so perfectly, it was good for us. I think if my husband and I worked together, we'd end up divorced. I don't think for a second he'd be able to keep personal feelings away from the professional environment, and he would take it very personally when I could. Work isn't the place for that.

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Specializes in Oncology.

I am to marry a doctor. I met him in high school and we're still together after 11 years.

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

I only work with female physicians. While I adore them, my love is non-romantic. And they're all married anyway. Oh yeah, so am I. To a man. So there's that.

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

All doctors are already married- to the job and to the pager. I wouldn't want to compete with that.

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Specializes in Healthcare risk management and liability.

My plan for retirement is to marry a 45 year old red-haired diagnostic radiologist. Preferably female, since I can't switch teams at this age. Diagnostic radiologists make excellent money and pretty much work just M-F during normal business hours, since they all contract with the nighthawk services for after-hours and weekend coverage. Mrs. RiskManager is not very supportive of my plans, however. :no:

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Place me in the 'didn't marry a doctor' catagory.

My husband is a self-employed small business owner.

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Specializes in Hospice.
I wouldnt put myself through 3 years of schooling in hopes that I might marry a doctor haha. I was only joking ;)

And once again, I quote Ellen DeGeneris:

"If you have to say 'just kidding' (or any version thereof), you really aren't".

Besides, this is the 21st century. Who's your mom, Cherry Ames? Sue Barton?

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Nope. I married a stay at home Dad.. To me that's better than anything an MD could give me. I get the freedom to work and go to school, and I don't have to worry about who is taking care of our child. It is not who my Mother envisioned me marrying either, and in fact she cannot stand that he is not "THE PROVIDER" for my family. I couldn't care less, and wouldn't marry 99% of the males I have met in the medical field (docs aren't the only money makers in the medical arena).

In fact if you are looking for someone who makes BIG bucks and is never at home due to living at work, pick someone in a union who builds scaffolding. My good friend married a gentleman who has that as his career, and he out earns several of the docs I work with.

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Specializes in PACU, pre/postoperative, ortho.

Didn't marry a doctor but getting ready to put one thru med school. His dad & I do sorta look at that as a retirement plan, lol. He should be able to afford a nice ALF/NH for us :rolleyes:

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Specializes in ICU.

Marrying another nurse would be way better. Then, we could both pick up travel gigs and get to see the whole US one travel assignment at a time. It would be perfect.

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Yes, but at the time I was her ski instructor. I was working in the Alps, and the ski company I worked for has a charity week where they bring around 40-50 children from around the world who have had organ transplants, and my wife was the doctor chaperoning a group of Polish girls with transplants. I had the beginner group that week, and the doctor in charge was moaning that is was scary at the top of the mountain, as we had to walk down a small slope to get to the beginner bowl. The last thing I needed was to waste my time baby sitting the chaperone, while I had kids eager to ski. So the first words to my future wife were - 'shut and start walking, or I'll leave you behind.'

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