Guy I'm dating told he was a doctor ... but google says he's just a physicians assistant

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Anonymous wrote:Google's not always right.

lol like he went to medical school after pa school? Riiight.

Uh that's exactly what I did.

4 years bachelors. 2 years PA school. Still have to do all 4 years of medical school?

Why is this so confusing to you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Too bad. He could have been a good catch. PAs are awesome. Great job. In my opinion, a much more practical investment for many. But, turns out he is a lying douche.

Please . You wanted to tell your friends you were dating a doctor and now you can't. You both are pathetic!

Oh, please. The guy was caught in a pretty significant outright lie. He was misleading her on purpose. That's bad. I don't care what your profession is.

Truth hurts doesn't it! Don't worry sweetie keeping trying and you might land a surgeon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Too bad. He could have been a good catch. PAs are awesome. Great job. In my opinion, a much more practical investment for many. But, turns out he is a lying douche.

Please . You wanted to tell your friends you were dating a doctor and now you can't. You both are pathetic!

Oh, please. The guy was caught in a pretty significant outright lie. He was misleading her on purpose. That's bad. I don't care what your profession is.

Truth hurts doesn't it! Don't worry sweetie keeping trying and you might land a surgeon.

Maybe I've already got what I want. An honest guy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You sure you got the right guy when you googled? Because it seems strange that he'd tell you he was a doctor when a simple google search would reveal otherwise.

Yes, this! The lying is weird, but a guy so dumb that he didn't realize the truth could be found in .2 seconds? Scary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happened to me. Guy said he was a lawyer. In fact, he had graduated law school but failed the bar and was working as a paralegal. One of the attorneys from my firm went to work at his organization, so he came clean to me. I wasn't crazy about him for other reasons, but I really didn't like the lying, or the implication that I wouldn't have been interested in a paralegal. He passed the bar at some point and actually became a lawyer.

Splitting hairs. He was a lawyer, wasn't Esquire.

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Anonymous wrote:This happened to me. Guy said he was a lawyer. In fact, he had graduated law school but failed the bar and was working as a paralegal. One of the attorneys from my firm went to work at his organization, so he came clean to me. I wasn't crazy about him for other reasons, but I really didn't like the lying, or the implication that I wouldn't have been interested in a paralegal. He passed the bar at some point and actually became a lawyer.

Splitting hairs. He was a lawyer, wasn't Esquire.

To the contrary, he has a JD. He isn't a lawyer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This happened to me. Guy said he was a lawyer. In fact, he had graduated law school but failed the bar and was working as a paralegal. One of the attorneys from my firm went to work at his organization, so he came clean to me. I wasn't crazy about him for other reasons, but I really didn't like the lying, or the implication that I wouldn't have been interested in a paralegal. He passed the bar at some point and actually became a lawyer.

Splitting hairs. He was a lawyer, wasn't Esquire.

To the contrary, he has a JD. He isn't a lawyer.

He was an out of work attorney. Still, he probably should have been upfront about the fact that he was slumming it out as a paralegal.

If someone graduates from medical school, but doesn't have a job, are they not a doctor?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This happened to me. Guy said he was a lawyer. In fact, he had graduated law school but failed the bar and was working as a paralegal. One of the attorneys from my firm went to work at his organization, so he came clean to me. I wasn't crazy about him for other reasons, but I really didn't like the lying, or the implication that I wouldn't have been interested in a paralegal. He passed the bar at some point and actually became a lawyer.

Splitting hairs. He was a lawyer, wasn't Esquire.

To the contrary, he has a JD. He isn't a lawyer.

He was an out of work attorney. Still, he probably should have been upfront about the fact that he was slumming it out as a paralegal.

If someone graduates from medical school, but doesn't have a job, are they not a doctor?

If you don't go through internship and residency, they are not doctors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a JD and on applications that don't relate to legal work I will, sometimes, mark Doctorate if JD isn't an option.

Careful. Please refer to the infamous thread discussing JDs - Masters vs PhD?

[Anonymous]

What about DO vs MD?

[Anonymous]

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PhDs don't call themselves doctors by convention.
PAs are not medical doctors.

Wrong. Like many other PhDs, my business card says "Dr. So-and-so" and in a professional setting I am called by that title that I earned.

[Anonymous]

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Uh...Vets ARE called doctors because that's what they are. They go through veterinary med school. I've never heard of a vet imply that he/she was a physician/surgeon to humans. They are usually pretty proud to be called animal doctors.

A vet calling herself a doctor is more fraudulent than a PA calling himself a doctor. And she's also stupid, because it invites people to ask, "what is your medical specialty and at which hospital do you work", and then she is forced to provide the humiliating explanation, "um, I'm a vet and I work at the strip mall".

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Uh...Vets ARE called doctors because that's what they are. They go through veterinary med school. I've never heard of a vet imply that he/she was a physician/surgeon to humans. They are usually pretty proud to be called animal doctors.

A vet calling herself a doctor is more fraudulent than a PA calling himself a doctor. And she's also stupid, because it invites people to ask, "what is your medical specialty and at which hospital do you work", and then she is forced to provide the humiliating explanation, "um, I'm a vet and I work at the strip mall".

Is that more embarrassing than the human doctor who works next door in the strip mall at the urgent care?

And I'm guessing you've never had any serious issues with your pets that required visits to animal hospitals or specialists. Be thankful.

[Anonymous]

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Uh...Vets ARE called doctors because that's what they are. They go through veterinary med school. I've never heard of a vet imply that he/she was a physician/surgeon to humans. They are usually pretty proud to be called animal doctors.

A vet calling herself a doctor is more fraudulent than a PA calling himself a doctor. And she's also stupid, because it invites people to ask, "what is your medical specialty and at which hospital do you work", and then she is forced to provide the humiliating explanation, "um, I'm a vet and I work at the strip mall".

Is that more embarrassing than the human doctor who works next door in the strip mall at the urgent care?

And I'm guessing you've never had any serious issues with your pets that required visits to animal hospitals or specialists. Be thankful.

Vets go through 4 years of vet school, so why is that fraudulent? They still perform surgeries, but on animals. I dated a vet previously, and she worked really hard for not very good pay.

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Uh...Vets ARE called doctors because that's what they are. They go through veterinary med school. I've never heard of a vet imply that he/she was a physician/surgeon to humans. They are usually pretty proud to be called animal doctors.

A vet calling herself a doctor is more fraudulent than a PA calling himself a doctor. And she's also stupid, because it invites people to ask, "what is your medical specialty and at which hospital do you work", and then she is forced to provide the humiliating explanation, "um, I'm a vet and I work at the strip mall".

Most people disagree with you, you know. Vet school is as rigorous as med school, and of course vets are doctors! And strip malls? Plenty of vets work in animal hospitals or offices, and even if they work in strip malls, so what? We all know that vets aren't paid as well as MDs, but that doesn't diminish the rigor of their field/academic preparation.