Men: Would You Marry A Nurse?
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Anonymous
Assortative dating in DC and most major metropolis alive and well. I have said this on every thread like this, but for the UMC, like marries like is FAR more common than lawyer marries admin assistant. Nurses are sort of on the fence though, have to say. Maybe DCUM has convinced me it is at least college educated (maybe a Masters?) with borderline SAHM duties and hours? But yeah, I don't see it all that much. I see more breadwinner nurses married to blue collar guys. |
Anonymous
| I’m an RN and worked at Georgetown for the majority of my career. I was hired in 2005 when I graduated Georgetown university. I don’t know about other hospitals but Georgetown only hires Nurses with a bachelors degree. The nurses on my unit cane from great schools- Georgetown, UVA, UPenn, Villanova, Columbia, BC. It was a really educated group and most went on to become NPs and CRNAs. All this to say if you meet an RN in this area they are most likely pretty smart, educated and caring. What’s not to love!? |
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What a sexist question
Title should have been: Nurse, would you marry a man |
Anonymous
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Aw hell yeah! Smart, know about anatomy, and the uniform!
Sign me up! |
Anonymous
| Nope bc she’ll cheat with a doctor. BTDT |
Anonymous
And who did you marry? Does a SAHM marry a SAHD? |
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Nurse here.
Nurses come from all walks of life at every education level. The profession can't be easily generalized. Some nurses were stellar students with good family backgrounds, went to a great traditional 4 yr universities and majored in nursing, went on to higher education. They marry well usually to doctors, lawyers, etc. In my experience, for a decade or more, nursing has been a very attractive career option for women (and men) with a lot of baggage: divorced, single parents, changed careers, children or spouse of an abusive/alcoholic person. It is a secure employment option with decent pay that can be obtained with an associates degree. This makes it a viable option to MANY types of people. I assure you many of them are not smart, caring "called to the profession" because of their nurturing nature. There are plenty of dig-bat nurses that are just there to make a buck. |
Anonymous
No. No, I would not. I love my husband, but when he dies, I will be happily single for the rest of my life. My advice to my daughter is “Don’t get married.” Marriage gives all the advantages to men and all the work to women |
Anonymous
Agreed. There isn’t one path to nursing or in nursing. You can be “a nurse” with a one year LPN certificate or a 2 year ADN degree or a 4 year BSN from Northern State Whatever University or a BSN from Yale or a second degree accelerated BSN or a direct entry MSN. Beyond that the graduate degrees range from MBA to risk management to informatics to educator to nurse practitioner. Those are very different kinds of nurses with different class/education backgrounds and different salaries. |
Anonymous
My wife more than doubles her income and cuts her house work in half by being married to me. Seems like you didn't choose a husband very wisely. |
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A better question may be; would a nurse marry you?
We're awesome, anyone would be lucky to marry a nurse 
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Anonymous
Yes, but if not, hope she dresses up as one on Halloween |
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| I'm and RN and I always say when RNs have it together we are stellar, but when they don't, they FABULOUSLY don't. There seems to be no in between. You are either an overachiever, amazing job and pay, great at what you do, furthering the practice and doing research, awesome family... or they jump from loser to loser, ignore red flags that they would see if it was a client, slack on their attention to their kids or have an addictive issue or personality. It's a bummer. As a manager I am privy to personal lives and some of it is pretty shocking. |