thanks for sharing your stories! keep em comin. i'm a nurse dating a nurse right now, we've been together for about 7 months now so it's still a pretty young relationship. he's great and it's nice to be able to understand each other profession-wise. i don't have a job yet and he does, so he tells me all his great stories about work and vents when he needs to (we're both fairly new nurses). sometimes though, i feel like he puts his degree and job over my degree and lack of a job because he graduated first and got a job before me. it's all in teasing form of course, but he does it ever so often that it makes me think that he feels like he is the better nurse. don't get me wrong, he IS a great nurse. i guess that's just my fear...competition in the workforce will be a con in our relationship once i do get a job. i'm sorry to hear that eriksoln, i didn't even take that into consideration! different days off and constantly venting can be tough. hopefully all is well with the two of you!