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@ Mrsboots, no no no, your response is welcomed! I have been out with a few friends at bars. But the quality of females you meet at bars, or heck, night clubs, are not the kind of mate you want to be with for the rest of your life. Trust me, I have been in a relationship that I have established from a night club "fling" and the relationship only lasted ONE week. LOL! I am still "young," at least that's what my parents tell me, in my early 30's. Yet, my younger sister got married four years ago, and gave birth to her son last year. Another former friend of mine (since he moved out of town for his fellowship, lost contact with him) also got married two years ago. I feel like I'm behind that of other siblings, relatives and friends.

Hey fellow colleagues. So I have just graduated from nursing school this past May, passed my nursing board exam, and have started working as a nurse aid at an acute-care hospital about a month ago. I am just waiting for the new graduate program to open up at my current facility. Today, I got a letter in mail from the hospital's union (union for the nurses, nurse aids, LPN's etc.), telling me congratulations for working at my current facility. But in addition to that, has paperwork in the envelope asking me to fill it out, sign it, and mail it back to the union's headquarter. The form basically allows the union to automatically deduct "union fees" from my paychecks. But it doesn't specify how much the union fees are. I know that I will call the headquarter office up, come Monday. From you experienced nurses point of view, what are the benefits and detriments of joining a union? From what I understand, the union have representatives who supposedly is there to protect you from unfair managers, or employees, who try to cut corners to make your work environment bad.

I know this is the male "student" section, and this is not a Match.com or PlentyofFish forum. But I would like to ask my fellow "Murses" a question. For me, I just recently finished/graduated from my nursing program, and looking at the next step in life - getting a girlfriend and finding a future wife. While I was studying in nursing school, I did not care much for dating. It's been almost SIX years since I was in a last relationship. Actually, the truth is, there were some decent-looking or okay-looking female students in my nursing class cohort. It's just that I was more on the quiet/introverted side. I also had no luck, as I have found out through the 'grape vines' that either the girl already has a BF, or is already married to a guy. Shucks! So do you guys know of any murses who found a girlfriend while working in a hospital, LT care facility, and eventually got married to that person? I have just started my work as a nurse aid in a hospital about a month ago. So far, a lot of the younger female employees in my department are already married, or already have a BF. =( I have already tried the bar scenes, joining a church, hanging out at other college campuses, and still have not been successful in finding a significant other.