Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

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REALITY CHECK!

After reading some of other threads, a theme of nurse-doctor dating/marrying prevails...

I thought we were past that...maybe not.

Reminds me of the throwback nurses of the 1950's and 1960's who were gah-gah over the television characters Dr. Kildare and Dr. Ben Casey...

...or the nurses of the 1970's who cooed over the television character Dr. Marcus Welby and also actor James Brolin...(Forgive I can't remember if James Brolin Performed in TV program Marcus Welby, MD or Medical Center)...

I thought we were all past that...

I can remember some women, yes women, admitting to entering the nursing profession in order "to meet and marry a doctor."...

I don't get it.

Are we still salivating the ancient fantasies of the past?

Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

i'd marry a veterinarian. :paw:

leslie

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i'd marry a veterinarian. :paw:

leslie

There ya go . . . . .

steph

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Specializes in Peds Critical Care, Dialysis, General.

I had one or two classmates who got into nursing to marry a doctor. One of them pretty much messed that up by making the news (regional & national) in an embarrassing incident.

Can't imagine why anyone would want to marry an MD after being around a few.

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I don't know if I would marry a doctor per say, but I don't think I could marry someone who isn't in the medical field. I'm an EMT currently and my bf is an EMT/Navy Corpsman and it is much easier after a long day at work coming home to someone who understands what I do and how to help me feel better about a bad day. I've dated people outside the medical field and they just don't get what I do. That's just my opinion.

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Oh come on guys!!!

In my case, I wasn't just another woman looking to marry a doctor...but life just happens sometimes. I'm a nursing student (with 4 more quarters to go!!!) and my boyfriend/best buddy of 5 years is now in medical school. We first met 5 years ago when we were penniless mental health case managers. It wasn't planned and I'm definitely not the kind of woman who seeks out doctors but like I said...it just ended up that way. I'm not marrying him for who he will become, I'm marrying him because of who he is...he's so lovely and I'm so in love and I was in love way before we both entered the medical field.

Krystal;)

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i'd marry a veterinarian. :paw:

leslie

Guess what?? I DID!!!!

Better end of the spectrum!

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Oh come on guys!!!

In my case, I wasn't just another woman looking to marry a doctor...but life just happens sometimes. I'm a nursing student (with 4 more quarters to go!!!) and my boyfriend/best buddy of 5 years is now in medical school. We first met 5 years ago when we were penniless mental health case managers. It wasn't planned and I'm definitely not the kind of woman who seeks out doctors but like I said...it just ended up that way. I'm not marrying him for who he will become, I'm marrying him because of who he is...he's so lovely and I'm so in love and I was in love way before we both entered the medical field.

Krystal;)

I HEAR YOU!!!

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Oh come on guys!!!

In my case, I wasn't just another woman looking to marry a doctor...but life just happens sometimes. I'm a nursing student (with 4 more quarters to go!!!) and my boyfriend/best buddy of 5 years is now in medical school. We first met 5 years ago when we were penniless mental health case managers. It wasn't planned and I'm definitely not the kind of woman who seeks out doctors but like I said...it just ended up that way. I'm not marrying him for who he will become, I'm marrying him because of who he is...he's so lovely and I'm so in love and I was in love way before we both entered the medical field.

Krystal;)

i appreciate your sentiments, and believe most of us would/do.

this threads focus is on setting one's sights on marrying a doctor, first and foremost.

the love and its endearments, would likely be secondary.

wishing you and yours, the very best. :balloons:

leslie

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NO. If I wanted to live a Dr's lifestyle I would've become one. Don't want it, don't want to be married to it.

Ditto, you said it all :cheers:,

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I am already married to my true love (almost 18 yrs now) who is an engineer for the space program at NASA. He gets over 95 K a year, and has regular work hours. Don't have any interest in a doctor. As a child 6-17 yrs old, I saw doctors regularly, and NONE of them could help me medically with my seizures. After I married my engineer student husband, 2 years later I got seizure surgery to fix my seizures, and that only took him 2 years to figure out. I think I'll stick with my electrical engineer husband. Sorry Doctors.

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i appreciate your sentiments, and believe most of us would/do.

this threads focus is on setting one's sights on marrying a doctor, first and foremost.

the love and its endearments, would likely be secondary.

wishing you and yours, the very best. :balloons:

leslie

I think so too . ...

Plus, you can't just go on "love and its endearments" . . .you have to look at whether you can live the lifestyle too. You have to look at all kinds of things. Can you live with a man who has to leave all the time? What about choosing someone of a different faith? When the kids come along, what then? How about a "momma's boy"? Do you want a marriage where mommy runs everything? Or what about money? What if he believes in running the entire show and just giving you an allowance? Or if he thinks he should stay home with the baby and you should work full time?

There are so many other aspects to marriage . .. .besides the feelings.

Setting your cap for a doc has many repercussions . . . it is best to think of that too.

steph

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I hate the word "housewife" but I love being a homemaker and stay-at-home mom.

steph

Sorry! I've actually always hated the term too, I can't believe I just used it. It has always seemed to be such a critical and disrespectful word, and the truth is I respect stay-at-home moms/homemakers a great deal. I certainly did not mean any disrespect, so my apologies.

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