Hospital Love Stories ! ! !

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it would be nice to read about someone having a crush on one of their co-workers or how you fell in love with that special someone.....this would be cute, so everyone share your stories.........:heartbeat

I have seen some nasty so-called "love stories" in 2 of the 3 hospitals where I worked that actually compromised morale and the chain of command, on our units. The behavior involved was very indiscreet and improper and generated gossip that was unnecessary and inappropriate---not to mention insanely distracting. I hold that love stories belong OUTSIDE work, not at the worksite.

Now did I say no one should fall in love with a coworker, ever? Nope, nowhere did I say that. I said, keep it at home, not at work. And I stand by what I said. This is not "General Hospital!"

True love, vs. petty BS does not know when it is inside a hospital or outside. It just is. In an ideal world we would all find our spouses outside of work. But being in medicine is unique in some ways. There are few people that really understand us. We laugh at things that aren't funny. We joke about things that are sad. It's called survival. When you run across someone that "gets it" and you also fall in love, you don't give that up because you are in a hospital (or medical) setting. It simply is.

I agree with you regarding keeping the petty BS out of your employment setting. We are professionals that need to maintain professionalism. But we are still human and quite frankly, stuff happens.

I have lived the last 17 years of my life with a doc that absolutely annoyed the ever living snot out of me at first. He made me angry in more ways than one, if I was a violent woman I could have socked it to him and good! Had I not met him in a hospital, we wouldn't have shared the last 17 years together.

Overall, I agree. Keep the romance out of the work setting. Put it where it belongs, at home. With that said, don't turn down love because you are in a medical setting. One most certainly can fall in love and maintain professionalism at the same time.

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Well it would seem you and I agree, Bipley. I think at work, professionalism is key-----the love life is what we have after work is done. I would also say, a nurse/dr relationship may be ok, as long as it does not affect the morale of the hospital/unit or chain of command issues.

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Well it would seem you and I agree, Bipley. I think at work, professionalism is key-----the love life is what we have after work is done. I would also say, a nurse/dr relationship may be ok, as long as it does not affect the morale of the hospital/unit or chain of command issues.

I could not possibly agree with you more.

You know what issue I adore about R the most? It is simple, he treats the housekeepers with the absolute same respect he does his fellow MDs. People are people, regardless of title.

Point being, even if I would have attempted to make this a BS issue within a medical facility, he would have never permitted it, and rightfully so.

I would have never permitted it either, perhaps that is why this works as well as it does.

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He sounds very special to me, Bipley. I am so happy for you!

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He sounds very special to me, Bipley. I am so happy for you!

He is quite special, and seriously unique. He's from India and HIS culture is such that women are not as worthy as men. Long story short, he is quite Americanized. :)

I *am* proud of him. As I explained earlier, he treats the housekeepers with the exact same respect he has for his fellow MDs. He honestly, seriously, believes that housekeepers work every bit as hard as his MD peers. Now be honest, how many docs would say the same and mean it?

He doesn't look at job duties, he looks at work efforts. Suffice it to say, he has taught me a thing or two.

I am quite proud of him, and rightfully so. He is the light of my life. He makes living worthwhile. Not sure how else to describe it. Noooo, not saying life is worthless without him, but I am saying he has reminded me of what I already know. People are people and we all do the best we can in life. As long as we do *really* well in whatever our profession, we are seriously good people.

HE has reminded me of this simple fact and he continues to remind me when the lesson is needed.

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I'm an RN in the emergency room. My sweetheart is a paramedic. We have been dating for 19 months now and I've never had it so good. We started out as just friends who spoke at work. We both had major changes in our lives at the same time and really just started out by encouraging each other. For some reason, everytime he would bring a violent,agitated,or psychiatric patient, it seemed I was the only nurse with an empty room. I still tease him that he was putting me in danger so he could rescue me and be my hero!:p

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That is so sweet. :)

(I know you've been a member for a couple of months now, but welcome to AllNurses.com.) :balloons:

I'm an RN in the emergency room. My sweetheart is a paramedic. We have been dating for 19 months now and I've never had it so good. We started out as just friends who spoke at work. We both had major changes in our lives at the same time and really just started out by encouraging each other. For some reason, everytime he would bring a violent,agitated,or psychiatric patient, it seemed I was the only nurse with an empty room. I still tease him that he was putting me in danger so he could rescue me and be my hero!:p
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I am an LPN on a LTC Vent unit and when I started my job I was married, not happily, I had just found out that my husband was cheating while I was at work. I went through the seperation and then it was like a meat market with all of these single guys. I was like pretty anti-man at the time and just getting used to the flow of my job and totally distraut over the end of my marriage. I became friends with one of the Respiratory Therapists that I worked with, he had been through a divorce too and we really had a lot in common. We pretty much just clicked. He was a single dad and when his dad suffered a massive heart attack he didn't have a baby-sitter for his son when he worked and those nights just happened to be when I was off. So I got to know his son and then we started dating and we've been together for almost 2 years now and it's wonderful. My ex never understood or cared to understand my job and didn't understand why I would be so tired and frazled after work and it's great to have someone who knows what it's like to lose a pt after you've coded for an hour on someone you've taken care of for a year and gotten to know their family. We remain very professional on the job and most people didn't even know that we were a couple.

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I laughed when I read this. Very true! :chuckle Let's stay in reality.

Reality? I shared my hospital love story with ya'll, however looks like no one appreciates my reality story. :uhoh21:

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I am an LPN on a LTC Vent unit and when I started my job I was married, not happily, I had just found out that my husband was cheating while I was at work. I went through the seperation and then it was like a meat market with all of these single guys. I was like pretty anti-man at the time and just getting used to the flow of my job and totally distraut over the end of my marriage. I became friends with one of the Respiratory Therapists that I worked with, he had been through a divorce too and we really had a lot in common. We pretty much just clicked. He was a single dad and when his dad suffered a massive heart attack he didn't have a baby-sitter for his son when he worked and those nights just happened to be when I was off. So I got to know his son and then we started dating and we've been together for almost 2 years now and it's wonderful. My ex never understood or cared to understand my job and didn't understand why I would be so tired and frazled after work and it's great to have someone who knows what it's like to lose a pt after you've coded for an hour on someone you've taken care of for a year and gotten to know their family. We remain very professional on the job and most people didn't even know that we were a couple.

Nice story! Thanks for sharing. I can appreciate having that special someone that truly understands the world of taking care of patients.

BTW, when ya'll getting married? :wink2:

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Don't dip your nib in the office ink. . .

~faith,

Timothy.

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Don't dip your nib in the office ink. . .

~faith,

Timothy.

Why are so many allnurse.com members wanting to spoil this Thread?

I've enjoyed reading the positive, constructive, and happy hospital love stories shared by some of us. IMHO, this Thread did not ask for advice on the do's & don'ts of hospital love stories. This Thread was meant for those that would like to share there positive experience R/T a hospital love story.

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