Would you marry a doctor?

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I thought being a nurse would be an excellent way to meet doctors to marry...but after a few weeks as a young nurse...I change my mind.

They work too much, they're arrogant, and they think they're God's gift to man kind.

Yea, the young ones are nice...but the older ones...forget it.

With the experiences you had working with doctors, would you marry one?

I am sorry, but you have got to be kidding right? This is just a post to get people interacting????? Please say it is so.

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Nope . who stays at home while I,m on night duty? I rather go for non medical professional

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I thought being a nurse would be an excellent way to meet doctors to marry...

Uhhhhhh... Yikes!

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Been maried once that cured me for good! How ever I would date a doctor if she was Smart, pretty, nice, and all of the things you look for in a mate regardless of what they do!

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No desire to marry a doctor. I can barely stand to be around most of them. They have no life, so if you marry them you have no life too. Chances are good that they will cheat on you because so many goofballs seem to want them. Heck, they might even go to nursing school just to marry one! No, unless I was also a doctor I would not want one.

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would i marry a doctor? maybe yes, depends on our compatibility as partners, his personality and character, how he is as a person outside his profession. honestly, i would marry someone not for what he does, but for what kind of person he is. it would be unfair for me to answer "hell no" to that question coz not all doctors are the same (the brutal worship me kind of attitude)... if we are in love, why not?

but then.... to become a nurse with the intention of meeting doctors as future spouses: unworthy for the profession.

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
clearly, your gran is not a catholic. :jester:

catholics don't marry for love?

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.

I can't imagine going through nursing (hell) school just to possible marry a physician. Ludicrous if you ask me.

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Specializes in med/surg 1 year, ER 5 years.

Sooooo, you probably shouldn't let folks know that you got into nursing to marry a doctor....it's not a good look! However, as to whether or not I would marry a doctor...yes, why not?

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Specializes in Intrested in hospice & psych.

This is too disturbing/funny! If it is moola she wants she should sit at the end of a rainbow and maybe a leprechaun will propose. Broke, fresh out of med school (the young ones) doc will not...they have bills! They can't afford a gold digger wife who does not want to work. The older doc's (if you are into the silver foxes ;)) maybe but they may not be interested in a third or forth wife...too much alimony and child support already!!!

Love is love and if it happens it happens but to go through nursing school to "get a doc," absurd!:uhoh3:

This was truly hilarious:yeah:

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Specializes in Family Practice, ICU.

You don't need to become a nurse to marry a doctor. In fact, I don't know if that helps any, it might even work against you, as it seems like a lot of doctors want to marry someone who is farther removed from their profession.

If you're really trying to go the golddigger route, just get some huge fake boobs and get some menial job where you're frequently within eyeshot of the docs. True, you're going to attract guys based on nothing but superficiality, but since you're not concerned with substance it'll probably work out for you. :D

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Specializes in ICU, Surgical Services.

I found it very surprising how judgmental and insulting folks are being in their responses...and we are NURSES! WE have been trained to be THERAPEUTIC, to be NON-JUDGMENTAL, to ASSESS a situation before taking action.

Here's my assessment: OP seems quite young/immature, is new in nursing, and from her user ID was probably born in 1986 making her about 23. She's honest enough to post her beliefs even if they're unpopular. She mentioned in a previous thread that some doc was hitting on her or something like that. Come on people, do we really want to bash a young girl for being just that: young/immature?

Based on all this I would guess OP is probably infatuated with the whole idea of nursing and being with a doc (and there are so many girls like that), she probably was seeking input from other nurses on what they thought about the idea. I know how young girls get when they may be interested in some guy/situation, they ask around, "hey you think dating a guy that goes here would be cool?" and depending on what others say ("ew! no way" or "cool") they go for it or do not.

Folks need to chill out, one girl going to nursing school to marry an MD isn't going to end the world of nursing. Frankly, anyone who would make it through nursing school just for that goal deserves some respect, talk about dedication to a cause (jk).

I don't think folks should judge other people's reasons for making life choices. We all have our reason for getting into nursing and not everyone did it for the honor: "to save lives." Folks do it: "To pay the bills," "to go to CRNA school," "to get my parents off my back" (got that from Philippino friend) , "I couldn't hack med school,"... the list goes on.

NOW to answer OP's question: I don't know that I can marry one. My dad's one and we had our good and bad days. If I fall in love with one and he is a good man then we could make it work. One just never knows but I doubt if I would go out and pick one if I had a choice between an MD and some other profession.

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