Assuming she's attractive, would her profession matter to you?
what would the pros/cons be to you, if any?
detailed and thoughtful answers are appreciated
Pros:
They tend to be smart.
They are hard workers and are go getters.
They usually make good money.
They expect a lot out of themselves and others.
They can take charge of situations with ease.
Cons:
Their jobs can be tiring. Sometimes they need to rest after a long day.
They usually have less time for their spouses and kids as many times they are on call a lot.
They are used to taking charge and being in control. She prefers to wear the pants and likes him to follow her lead.
They like to be right and have a hard time admitting they are wrong.
They expect a lot out of themselves and others.
You’ll likely have to act more like the support spouse.
She may need you to be the homemaker, so she doesn’t have to be.
great answer! are you speaking from personal experience or is this conjecture?
I wish it were personal experience! This is a conjecture.
You are ignoring the basic tenet of being really successful: you hire people when you have too much work.
If both you and she work that much and make that much, get freaking Takl, man! Get the chores done, and get some extra childcare help even, by some college student so you don't get drowned in the drudgery and you still have energy for each other and for interacting with your kids on the meaningful things. by the way, kids ALWAYS require sacrifice. Both parents have to be ready for that, but for crying out loud upper middle-class people have hired out for childcare for decades.
@ManFrom1982 I do appreciate the input. However, he just wanted pros and cons, not how to resolve them
@LegatLanius fair enough :)
Thanks for MHO
It depends on her specialisation &/or practice. This applies to nurses (police and other selfless time consuming fields) as well.
A reasonable work-life balance is very important to me. Also the ability to schedule one's life activities is important.
I don't handle uncertainty very well and so it will be unfair to even consider getting into a relationship that's bound to fail.
If she happens to work in a practice that's generally more planned out and there's a more favourable balance, like dentists or cosmetic stuff, I'll probably give her some thought.
All this wouldn't matter if she doesn't like cats though, lol.
They make excellent wives because their entire existence is devoted to carry for sick people. My dad's friend married a female pediatrician and then he had a stroke that left him extremely disabled for several years. His doctor wife quit her job and spent over a decade nursing him back to health and taking care of him. He can now talk and go to the washroom by himself and his only health problem now is he walks slower than normal and has difficulty climbing stairs or steps. He made the right choice when he choose to marry a doctor and not somebody from a different profession. Doctors are used to saving people's lives and don't give up on their spouse when they get sick or become disabled.
If I were a guy I don't know if I would wnt a doctor woman because they are very busy and stressful career
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My sister is a doctor. She's very focused on her career and doesn't have much free time, so I doubt she'd have much time for dating if she were single. She's married to a guy she met in medical school.
It's not what you think it is.
go on
could you please elaborate in detail
Well, because I'm trying to become a chef, so it's a toss up for me. Nurses and cooks have some of the worst schedules when it comes to jobs. All holidays, evenings and weekends are forfeit. Mornings are for sleeping, or working depending if you're on call/short staffed and the random day you have off is to do everything you couldn't do for the past week. The relationship could pay off in the long run once we both get settled in our careers, but most of the relstionship would be us working and a date here or there and most of our free time would probably be spent getting fucked up and having sex, often. So, yes and no really.
I work in the medical field, but I am not a doctor. I would consider dating a woman doctor for sure. I "get it" with their busy schedule and "work first". I don't need to be around the woman who I am dating 24/7 anyway. So for me it could work out.
On the other hand, I did date a woman medical student in her final year, when I was finishing up college. I didn't date her for that long, and I guess I moved too slow, as she had sex with a friend of mine on a Saturday night, and then moved on to other guys from there. All in the course of maybe 6 weeks. I'm not saying they'd all be like that... LOL
I don't think I would. Yes, it's highly respectable to become a doctor, but the concern I have is that she would, in an effort to not burden me with the stress and emotional pain of, say, knowing about how a child had died of a disease or gsw while under her care, will, instead, turn to a person who would be more able to empathize with what she had gone through. Who else would that be but a colleague of hers? Her therapist, if she has one, perhaps? And what might start out as a well-intentioned on her part effort to spare me emotional pain by consoling in someone else could turn into a full-on emotional then physical affair. Yes, you can call that paranoid thinking, but it is also a very real possibility. I'd rather avoid having that constant concern, whether or not it's rational.
* by turning to someone else other than me, that is.
I’d assume most GaG guys wouldn’t date her because She’d be successful than most of them.
Yeah, she’d be attractive and all- which the only thing GaG guys look for, but since most of them. Think that women should not have challenging careers, they’d soon enough get tired by how demanding her job is.
Don't know what most GaG would say, but look it, as a fairly career-successful male this is EXACTLY what I want in my partner. She'd be way, way more capable of understanding just how demanding jobs can be, and oh by the way, it's nice to be pooling resources with another successful person. She could make twice what I make (or more) and all I could see is all the doors that would open for the two of us together long term.
Successful men don't get intimidated by women that are even more accomplished than they are. They wear her accomplishments as a badge of honor because they were capable of being her choice of mate.
@ManFrom1982 I agree with you. Someone who's successful knows the value and struggle for it.
You're xper 1 so you're a new user maybe... But tbh most guys here don't think like you.
I agree with him I may not have to work so I can do a fun job like cleaning
@Schrodingerscat fair enough. I'd also argue, though, that the vast majority of guys in general are not going to pull off marrying a female doctor (who's standards are going to require her man to be pretty successful too), and thus their opinions are much less valid than say... a guy that understands your name is a quantum mechanics reference 😉
One of the biggest business lessons I learned is only listen to people that are successful at what you want to do, because all anyone else can tell you it's how to fail at it. Likewise, opinions on whether a guy would be okay with a partner who's a doctor only really make any sense if said guy has some sort of prayer of landing her in the first place. The others should be tuned out because said hypothetical doctor would likely feel pretty meh about them as partners even if they were desperate to give her a ring.
I'd be perfectly fine with it. Good for her, she's someone who's dedicated, smart, and hard working, that's awesome. The only issues would arise, for me, if I had to end up being a stay at home dad. I do have a sense of pride, and that would absolutely shatter it.
I did do, and she was nuts.
That was one individual, but... Very long hours, high stress job probably does not bring out the best in people.
That was the last Anglo-bird I ever went out with. Go figure...
what "team' did you switch to afterwards?
I'm no doctor by any means. I've done first aid and that's it, though I've sort of turned into the 'family doctor'. In the sense of "is this gonna kill me"
"No it's nothing."
She'd call me out on so much bullshit 😂😂😂😂
Jokes aside no I wouldn't care. I'd probably prefer it since it would be proof that she's intelligent 👍👍
She can't be my doctor. Because that shit isn't allowed and would get her license revoked.
Id take a doctor though maybe. The only problem with it is she won't have any time for life doctors are constantly working. Can you really have a relationsho with someone who is always busy. I guess it depends on what kind of doctor they are for how busy they are.
Female doctors usually have a lot of cons. Most of them get entitlement programs and scholarships that could've been used to help a man living in poverty to become a doctor. Most female doctors are risk adverse and only take on position that involve the less amount of risk like psychiatrist. It's usually male doctors that provide more value and take on more risky positions like surgeon. Women don't choose to become a surgeon or anything risky because they're scared of being sued. Most female doctors get overwhelm by work and give up or get pregnant and drop out of the work force to become a wife and a mother. And there goes all that money that was invested into giving her an education. It's a waste in most cases. We need more male doctors and need to stop with this gender equality thing.
@Raven93 I never said they weren't allowed to be doctors. I just said stop giving them exclusive female only entitlement programs and scholar ships.
@Raven93 I just said the male doctor provides more value and that It's a waste in most cases for women to become doctors. I never said "They aren't allowed to be doctors".
@Raven93 Alright, you can stay in disbelief. You can believe what you want. I don't have to prove anything to you. You're not anyone important.
I don't think that being a doctor/nurse should be as sexualised as it is - it's nothing like that at all.
I know, pic was just for fun, people are reading it too seriously
Let go full GaG guy and say Im insecure with her anally examining other guy’s rectums. She should only ever stick things up my shitter.
Big no for me I like my women pure.
I don’t think saving others lives on a daily basis should be sexualized.
pic was just for fun, people are reading it too seriously
it wasn't
@SwoleCook I think you're incredibly attractive
@SwoleCook you're famous for it
@SwoleCook I aspire to be as swole as you
Doctors (especially residents) work a TON. So when they get off work they'll be exhausted and reluctant to go out and have fun. But there are plenty of happily married docs out there so it can be done.
I would date her, have no problem with it , I would know she has a demanding job and support her in any way I could , just as long as she treats me right her profession wouldn't be an issue
In general I find doctors arrogant and tend not to enjoy their company. That being said gender isn't really a factor there for me.
I'm a trauma surgeon myself so I would date a female doctor
I'm proud of you for achieving that level of success at such a young age.
I aspire to be like you
Thank you
I would be impressed and it’s always a good thing, to be impressed and admire your SO. Really. It makes all the difference
I would love to be intellectually challenged by an attractive female doctor as my girlfriend 😍😍😍
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