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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a doctor's wife.  I have a full-time career of my own as well, not in medicine.  I work significantly fewer hours than DH.

Anyhow, I am wondering how other doctor's spouses deal with the loneliness of their spouse's long work hours/overnight call at the hospital, etc.  I have been married for 9 years but still have never felt comfortable with my husband's long hours.  He works about 80 hours a week, and I am lonely all the time, especially when he is on overnight call at the hospital.  We have no family in the area and have only lived in the DC area a few years, so only have made a few new friends, who are busy with their own lives most of the time and don't have time to hang out with me during the lonely nights and weekends.  I hate sitting home alone while DH is working late or working weekends.  I do go out by myself for a nice lunch, dinner, or movie, etc., but don't really enjoy doing it alone.  We don't have children yet.  We spend all of DH's free time together but it's not very much and I need more connection.  Sometimes the loneliness overwhelms me and I just feel sad a lot of the time, because I don't have a close social circle to spend time with during the lonely times.  DH's work hours will never change, they have always been like this.  How do other doctor's spouses deal with this? 
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