I like being a nurse but the hours make it so hard to meet somebody. I work every other weekend, nights and holidays. It seems as though every nurse I know who is married or in a relationship met their spouses prior to becoming a nurse or on the job (not possible for me). I am not super social and between my ft and prn hospital jobs, I just don't feel like I have time to meet someone especially with night shift.
My daughter and her husband met on Match.com. I work weekends so it's darn near impossible. I've been single so long now, but I'm much older than you. Try match and see if it works for you.
Met my current boyfriend (dating a year and four months now) on OkCupid and he is such a catch! Handsome, gentleman, has a degree and career in IT...our schedules are crazy and we wouldn't have met otherwise.
I met my boyfriend on another non nursing related job. Luckily, he works nights and so do I. The only thing I could suggest is to meet someone in the hospital
Specializes in Ambulatory Care, Clinical Care Coordination, LTC.
One of our former Allnurses.com moderators met her husband online while playing World of Warcraft. He was a fellow W.O.W. player who lived several states away. To keep a long story short, she relocated to be near him and they're now married with two very young children.
That's actually exactly what happened to me:laugh:
I met my fiance 10 years ago playing WoW. We became great friends way back then (both in long term relationships from the start), played a lot together, shared music, and each took long breaks from the game- including when said long-term relationships ended. We actually lost touch for about 2 years, then reconnected outside of the game about 2 years ago, and it's just been a whirlwind since then. I relocated to where he and his family are and brought school with me.
As far as being leery of partners who list videogames/gaming as a hobby - it's very possible to find a partner who loves gaming and considers themselves a gamer, but whose life doesn't revolve around it (I promise!) It really just depends on what else they have going on in their lives.
Specializes in Cath/EP lab, CCU, Cardiac stepdown.
Oh man so many wowers in here, not gonna lie that game was addicting. But fortunately it has become boring to me now.
Anywho, too many people view gamers as people who are lazy, unmotivated, and won't accomplish anything but I am glad that I got plenty of fellow nurses who are gamers here too.
Go to ER and work! I met a wonderful firefighter! He used to bring me lots of patients. Was in the middle of a rough divorce..I wasn't even looking. We became friends and eventually married. Together a decade yesterday!
Met my husband online, we've been married 7 years now on the way to forever. I never thought I would find a man online and I wasn't even looking, just was part of that community interacting and posting to forums and voila!
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Date night? Don't even think about not wearing a Go Pro on your crown, Princess.