bigrigcowboy

The prospects here in Augusta (2 hours east of Atlanta) are good, best opportunities for new grads is the Veterans Administration hospitals (yes we have two). Good luck, we need all the male nurses we can get here.

Originally Posted by bigrigcowboy I have to ask for future reference: What is the male version of Negative Nancy? [keep it clean if you can] LOL Disappointing Dick :) Pretty sure I dated him I think I worked with a ***** Paul once HAHA

Inbetween Real Estate and Nursing School I had to make some money so I drove an 18 wheeler (BigRig) and was dancing c/w line dancing competitions and was president of Georgia Gay Rodeo Association (Cowboy)

I have to ask for future reference: What is the male version of Negative Nancy? [keep it clean if you can] LOL

Yes NASCAR, I live in Georgia, it's required!!

thanks Tom, I was beginning to think I was just being oversensative. I also wanted to assure the "Real Men" that from what I have seen lately they sure don't have to worry about getting hit on that should put their minds at ease.

Something has been bothering me for quite some time on this forum and I have not known exactly what it was. Well I figured it out and y'all may not like it. So often when reading posts on the Men in Nursing or Male Nursing Student sections I feel like I am part of one of the most homophobic systems I have been a part of since I left the US Navy. If I read one more post in which the man feels he must refer to himself as "Normal", "Married", "not one of them", "Real Man" etc. [not kidding, direct quotes] I am going to scream. You can say it STUD, we get it, you are straight and we're damn glad for you. [better you than me] One question I want to ask you students is just how the hell do you know for sure which of the guys in your class are "abNormal", "unMarried", "one of them", "not a Real Man" etc. have your instructors had everyone disclose their sexual orientation during introductions? I have seen pretty well adjusted men turn up the testosterone so far when in the presence of a known gay man that they loose all sense and become flaming A**HOLES to prove that they are not "one of them". Not a way to become part of the team sparky. Let me give all you Normal, Married, Real Men a reality check. The cold hard truth is that there are gay men in nursing. Thank goodness nursing has been a profession that really didn't care one way or the other as long as you were a good nurse. Unfortunately the schools and media in an effort to make sure everyone knows all male nurses aren't gay [Are you man enough campaign?] that it feels like we are being pushed back into the closet. Last piece of advice and I will shut up. DO NOT ASSUME. I assure you when you meet me you will not know that I am gay; I love NASCAR, Rodeo, Horses, Motorcycles, camping, just like a real man. The only difference is that my SO is a man. The one stereotype I will admit to here is I can be one vindictive ***** and I will not be receptive to your good ole boy jokes or you making sure I know you are not "one of them". So yes there are more and more men entering nursing which is a great thing, but like any change their will be growing pains, we need to identify them, not sweep them under the rug and hope they go away.

I may see part of your problem Sir. Please do not be offended, this isn't an accusation, just an observation. I too am 52 yo but would NEVER use the word old when referring to myself. I have seen men (yes, normal, real men) become so flustered in any situation that they may come in contact with a gay man that they lose all thier senses and become flaming A**HOLES!! Believe me, trying to set yourself apart from the gay guy will in no way endear you to your female classmates. Yes, I am a normal guy, love NASCAR, Rodeo, ride horses and motorcycles, go camping (not really into killing animals for sport though ). Just so happens my SO is male. Yes Blanch, there are gay men in Nursing, better get on their good side

Thanks y'all, 7 days clean today. Have found a great NA mtg too. This disease sure as hell is cunning, baffeling and powerful. Thank God I chose to work my program and stay clean TODAY!!

Well here goes, first time I have done a first step in a long time. As it is 0400 I hope y'all don't mind me using this forum to get some stuff out. I dragged myself into the doors of AA in September of 1987 (ya 23 years ago). Have been through some very rough times over the years, deaths, breakup of 14 yr relationship, job losses, bankruptcy etc. No matter what was thrown at me I knew that I didn't have to drink over it, all I had to do was work the steps, go to meetings, and pray like Hell. Fast forward to present. I am 52 yo, I have two pre-reqs left before I (hopefully) start ADN clinicals in August 2011. I am still clean from alcohol, pot, Rx drugs. What I can't comprehend is how two years ago I got addicted to huffing aerosol video head cleaner. THERE I SAID IT!! The last sentence is incorrect, I know exactly how it happened, I just never thought it would happen to me (slight ego problem). I quit working my program, pretty simple. [now come the excuses] I was 29 yo when I entered an outpatient program, my therapist there informed me that I must deal with my sexuality if I was ever going to get and stay sober. Fortunately I lived in a city with a very active GLBT AA community, they took me in, loved me and with their support and God's love for me I began a great journey towards being a sober, pretty well adjusted gay man. Three years ago I moved to a small town [bible belt] to help care for aging parents, my previous career had fell apart with the decline in the housing market and the depression. I went to a few meetings when I got here, with my resentments of having to move and loose my friends and my meetings nothing stuck. Yes my life has become unmanageable. This little habit is costing me $140.00 a week (I make $8 as a security guard at night while in school), I am on the verge of getting kicked out of my parents home and I just received a notice from school that I have been administratively withdrawn from my English class for attendance [required for NS] I am going to my first NA meeting Monday, I just had to do something towards recovery NOW. Thanks for listening.

Don't you think that one reason they (women) flirt with the new guy is to find out his preference? I am not all that but seem to attract the girl when I really want to get to know her brother LOL

It's ok Boratz, we don't need nail polish, we can pee standing up HAHA

Very interesting thread. Yes I know personally what has happened to Realtors recently. In my last quarter of Pre-Reqs, just turned 51, working as a security guard at night and going to school during the day. I don't remember when I have been happier. It's time in my life that I did something that can truly make a difference.

CROC'S? Even I'm not that Gay (and I'm pretty damned Gay) LOL

A question for the 2010 class. How many actually made it into the program and how many of those are men?