Would you marry a Doctor?

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Im new to this site and have been looking around. I was pretty shocked to read so many nurses saying they would never with a capital N, marry a DR? Are you kidding me? I would love nothing more to fall in love with and marry an intelligent, powerful, rich man who I have something in common with (healthcare). In fact, that would be like a dream come true for me. I dont get it???

Specializes in Critical Care, Postpartum.

Not all doctors are rich. Would he still be appealing to you if he wasn't? There are plenty of doctors who actually treat patients for free. And of course there are those doctors who are married to their work.

Powerful and rich are not the qualities I dream about in a potential mate.

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Specializes in Telemetry.
Im new to this site and have been looking around. I was pretty shocked to read so many nurses saying they would never with a capital N, marry a DR? Are you kidding me? I would love nothing more to fall in love with and marry an intelligent, powerful, rich man who I have something in common with (healthcare). In fact, that would be like a dream come true for me. I dont get it???

have you spent a lot of time working with and getting to know doctors, like the nurses who responded have?

the lives of many doctors are not very glamorous at all. their wives might have a lot of money to spend and they may be invited to fancy events and know important people, but i wouldn't want to marry someone as stressed as many of the doctors i have encountered.

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Im new to this site and have been looking around. I was pretty shocked to read so many nurses saying they would never with a capital N, marry a DR? Are you kidding me? I would love nothing more to fall in love with and marry an intelligent, powerful, rich man who I have something in common with (healthcare). In fact, that would be like a dream come true for me. I dont get it???

Those intelligent, powerful, rich men will smell you coming from a mile away if you are in love with their earning potential. And unless you have something desirable to offer, you won't have a chance.

And I'm not kidding.

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If we loved each other and he asked me to marry him.

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fall in love with and marry an intelligent, powerful, rich man

Trust me. There's not as many of these in healthcare as you think there is.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

I always feel bad calling a doctor's home late at night for something urgent, and his 5 year old daughter answers, or his wife.... ALWAYS feel bad for interrupting... but I would marry a doctor just as i would marry a police officer who does late runs, a firefighter who has emergency calls, a business man whos phone always rings off the hook, or a pilot who has to fly across the world... whats the difference?

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Im new to this site and have been looking around. I was pretty shocked to read so many nurses saying they would never with a capital N, marry a DR? Are you kidding me? I would love nothing more to fall in love with and marry an intelligent, powerful, rich man who I have something in common with (healthcare). In fact, that would be like a dream come true for me. I dont get it???

Wow-I have a feeling you are a doctor chaser.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
I would love nothing more to fall in love with and marry an intelligent, powerful, rich man who I have something in common with (healthcare). In fact, that would be like a dream come true for me. I dont get it???
Not all doctors are rich and powerful. For example, family practice docs and general practitioners don't make much money these days when you take into account all of the education that they have attained. In addition, they tend to have much less power and prestige than the neurosurgeon or the neonatologist.

The blunt truth is that physicians must eat, sleep, urinate, defecate, brush, floss, take showers, and get oil changes just like you, me, and everyone else in the world. Behind the degrees and the immense amount of education and knowledge, they are ordinary folks. There's no reason to treat a regular person like a dreamy god.

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Specializes in CCU,ICU,ER retired.

UGH!!!!! The egos turn me way off! Their phone rings all night when they are on call, and there are soooo many Doctor chasers. They are NEVER home they leave at 8am and most don't come home until 9 or 10 at night. Their kids don't even know them. I could go on forever. In 38 years of working in a hospital I never met a doc I would even want

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My fiance is a med student at UCSF but it is definitely not a big deal. I am glad he is pursuing his dream of becoming a physician but I would marry him if he dropped out tomorrow:redbeathe

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Specializes in OB.

As regards the "powerful, rich" docs - first spend a few years working around them and realize how arrogant and self important the majority of these types are. Then observe how many of them are "pager only - never call home number". Wanna guess why?

There are some great individuals out there who happen to be doctors, but unlikely to be interested in someone who comes across as a gold-digger.

A couple of these recent posts sound like someone has been reading too many Harlequin Romances!

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Specializes in PACU, OR.

The only type of breed in the entire genus that's even worth considering is an anaesthetist; they're generally more lighthearted and laid back than others. The rest have a habit of growing up to be opinionated, egotistical a**holes; there are some shining exceptions, but trust me, honey, by the time you get anywhere near them they're already taken.

Besides, who wants to be disturbed on the job by a ringing phone? :D

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