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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Surgeon's wife here. I don't have any answers for you. The crazy hours (overnight on call  at the hospital) 14 hrs a day on the weekend and 80 hour weeks are sadly completely the norm for most medical specialities. They would work these kind of hours even if it were not required, I think. Most docs are possessed by their work--my DH, his brother and FIL are all the same with this (all docs) It is a lonely life for the spouses--Unless you could convince your spouse to take some kind of fed position--I don't see that ever changing. [/quote]

OP here.  Surgeon's wife, would you like to talk by email?  I don't actually know any other physician spouses.  DH's colleagues are all in their 50's and 60's pretty much so we never got to know them socially.  I'd love to chat with someone else who understands the loneliness.

How do you deal with the lonely lifestyle?  How have you coped?  I've been married a long time but have never really been able to be successful at managing the loneliness.  [/quote]

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