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?

Specializes in Pediatrics.

Yes! My BF is a first year med student and wants to be a pediatric surgeon. We've been dating since high school, and we have both been interested in the medical world for longer than that. I think it's natural that two people from the same professional genre would be friends/date/marry because you already probably have a lot in common.

But becoming an nurse for the sole purpose of finding yourself an MD mate..that's another can of worms..

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There are a lot of perks to marrying a man who makes good money.

Doctors marry and date other doctors generally.

If you have a goal of marrying a doctor, medical school is a better bet.

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I would, if I was in love with him.

I would marry anyone that I loved- no matter what they did, actually.

I don't think the OP was saying that she became a nurse to meet Dr's. ( I hope not anyway!) I think, that like most immature women, as soon as they become a nurse and start working they fantasize about how cool it would be to have a relationship with a doctor - like Grey's Anatomy, ER.

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My friend just married a doctor last year. She just finished her residency at UCSF and specialized in neuro/trauma with peds. She's one of the most humble, genuine, sweet, beautiful people I've ever met AND she's a fantastic doctor. My friend is one luck man!

This kind of seems like a silly thread to me too. If you love someone, and decide to marry, I certainly hope it's for amazing individual qualities that you adore and respect. Not some generalizations about their profession. Just a note: who really acts like themselves at work anyways?

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Techinically, my husband is a doctor (of physical therapy). But I have dated construction workers, cattle farmers, lawyers, and a mechinic in the past. Point being, a decision on whom to marry or not to marry should be based on love and respect for that person, not the title they hold. You seem to be a very immature girl, and have a lot of growing and learning to do before you marry any one.

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Specializes in Med-Surg.
i do believe QTpie86 has posted this question before.....

very immature thought process

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/nurses-dating-doctors-425627.html

Yep, I thought this all sounded a little familiar. OP either as mature as a 12 year old or a troll.

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Specializes in Psychiatric.

Yep, OP has posted on this topic before, and, correct me if I'm wrong, did in fact say that she went to nursing school in order to find a doctor to marry.

I said on that thread and will say here too...that is sad. My opinion.

Anyhoo, back to THIS question by OP...no, I wouldn't even entertain the thought of dating, much less marrying, a doctor...don't like their hours, for the most part, and most of them have the personality of a doorknob...MOST of them. Having said that, one of my best friends is a doctor...now she and I get along just fine, but she can be a bit abrasive to most folks. I think there are nice ones and there are not so nice ones...I just wouldn't want to be with one forever.

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Specializes in LTC.

You really posted this again!?? *cough* *snicker* Ook.

Yeah I'd marry a doctor if he looked like Alex O'Loughlin and was sweet and kinda and was JUST Like the fake doctors on tv..suuure!! *bobs ponytail*

I just can't believe this is round two...*giggles* So yah basically...No it ain't gonna happen cause real doctors hours and lives suck.

Docs are real men...they don't want soemone who just wants them for their degree..soo...good luck with that..*snort*

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Specializes in TraumaER ,NICUx2days, HEMEONC CathLab IV.

I dated name withheld before he became a doctor, handsome nice polite, kind sweet loving. I moved away. Fast forward 30 yrs. Now he is a practicing thoracic surgeon. I asked a few OR nurses if they knew him and the response shocked me. " that

( * ) hole he is the meanest sob." What do they do to these people in med school???

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Yeah I'll keep my handsome Respiratory Therapist thank you! HAHA but don't worry I didn't meet him at work. I was with him before he even started college and now we are married. Its nice having a husband in a similar profession, we can ask each other questions and vent about work and the other person understands.

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Specializes in Psych, EMS.

Sure.

If I found man who was nice, respectful, caring, a good listener, attractive, sincere, funny, loyal, intelligent, loving, affectionate, supportive, etc. I would consider spending the rest of my life with him, whether he was a physician or a trashman.

I don't think all this negative judgment towards you is warranted..so you got into nursing to marry a doctor. Most people in my Accelerated BSN program just got into the field to become CRNAs for the $ and prestige. I did it for the travel opportunities. If you feel "called" into nursing and it is your passion, that's great, but as long as the rest of us are competent nurses why does it matter what our intentions are?

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Specializes in LTC, Memory loss, PDN.

The ONLY person I could marry would be a doctor, because if my wife found out, I'd need one. :D

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