people have a high tendency to marry those in the same professions. Police officers marry other police officers. Nurses marry other nurses. Doctors marry other doctors. It seems like if you want to marry a doctor, your best bet is to become a doctor in order marry one.
It's kinda like situationship, a lot of people have friends/partners who they work or go to school together because it's convenient for both and you get to know people because you have the same interests or something to relate to except with schools and temporary work places once one of you leaves the relationship is over because it's hard to keep in touch or find time for eachother or whatever the reason is but with nurses and doctors/police officers etc. the situationship basically never ends because it's a long time career and profession people don't get into unless they want to and are passionate about it and In the end it goes from situationship to actually a long time relationship that works because you'll have more time for eachother than with the people that don't work in the same areas as you do. Especially with doctors, they have already so minimal time away from their job so basically only people they have time for are the people they work with (medical staff, be it another doctor or a nurse or whatever people work at hospitals) at least that's how it has always looked to me
Mostly because they are in the same social group/same university or workplace and understand each other's profession better than others. Let's say doctors, they understand each other's busy and unpredictable schedules and also the way of looking and handling cases and people which many people have a difficulty to understand.. and then there are some expectations from family too in some cases, where they express that their son or daughter is an engineer or doctor, they should marry someone from the same field.
Some people meet at work. However, it's not so many either.
Importantly, a female nurse may marry a male doctor, too. When in the same organization, many woman insist on having a partner with a higher rank.
Fir example, I know a female senior manager who married an older guy even higher in the hierarchy of the same organization. Now they are a family of two high-powered professionals and one kid, but I suppose nobody really has time for the kid...
I also know a female senior manager who married an independent visual artist. I think it makes for a more balanced couple.
Nurses don't marry doctors anymore. That used to happen in the old days but not any more. Nowadays doctors tend to marry doctors. While nurses tend to marry other nurses or police officers.
A lot of people tend to marry people within the same profession
My sister is a doctor married to a fellow doctor. They met in medical school, and I think that's partly how it happens, or you meet at work or through professional contacts or at professional events. Your professional and sometimes social circle is usually full of people you know professionally. Furthermore, each of you understands what the other deals with as a member of that profession.
doctors see nurses every day too. but it seems like they dont marry nurses anymore.
@avicenna
there are more male students in med school than female. more like a 60 male and 40 male ratio.
Maybe where you live, but not in the US:
www.aamc.org/.../majority-us-medical-students-are-women-new-data-show
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The purpose of a relationship is to be understood by others and to understand others and itās easier to relate to somebody if you share the same background and lifestyle.
For most, work is 1/3 of your life, and 1/2 of your awake time spent awake NOT sleeping.
Statistically, it's one of the best ways to meet people and for some, can also be a part of their out of work social group.
In addition, many women also prefer to date men that are their peers (or a little more professionally developed). This would make sense why female doctors want to date male doctors.
male doctors prefer to date female doctors over nurses too. Its hard for a nurse to score a doctor nowadays. They mainly see nurses as hookups
i work at a hospital.
Not everyone marries into thesame job profession. Sometimes they marry thesame profession bc they got stressful jobs that only some people could relate to their hectic schedules, than those other people that would complain that they're never around when their partner are working to provide for their family.
Good way to avoid gold diggers, but men usually don't care about a woman's profession.
Similar struggle and understanding, I am a grad student and up for becoming a scientist. Most women my age who are not grad students avoid me and ghost me upon hearing. They don't want to date men of my age with significantly less income like me. Few female grad students date males but most want a more older stable partner. In scientific fields, most scientist too ends up with other scientists. Nonscientist women also consider those men as nerdy, and undesirable but someone to settle for later in life.
Possibly because they can relate to one another.
For me, I don't think I'd marry someone in my line of work. I'm actually an archaeologist. I've met many female archaeologists, and I've never liked any of them because they're usually ignorant on real world issues and tend to be foul mouthed. The last one I met, who was my supervisor, also lied about me and created false narratives about certain situations that occurred, just so she could get me fired from my job. But that's just me.
I have seen that before a few times. Not very often mind you, but I have seen that before. How do couples meet within the same professional work field and keep things together and strong between them? Your guess is as good as mine. I have to bloody clue. If anything I have questioned about that a few times myself.
you might not have seen it much but i have seen it happen A LOT.
It is only good if their profession offers a lot more money than others. I wouldn't marry an cafe worker if I am a cafe worker. (Do you get why doctors marry doctor and politicians marry politicians and etc. Since they know that other half will earn enough if one ends their career due to some issues. )
I study dentistry and the salaries of bacteriologists, nurses and doctors are very good, in addition, specialist doctors are rich, the bad thing is that the women in the health department are promiscuous.
what do you mean women in the health department? female doctors?
They live in a separate country than the rest of us. It's the medical industry/government racket. We should fly separate social flags to avoid accidental social encounters. Notice all the television shows on tv are about the medical profession or the police justice system. As if the rest of the country doesn't even exist. That's the way many of them act too.
I'm an engineer... most of the people I hung out with in college were studying engineering.
Once I got out of school, everyone at work was an engineer. Not many guys in my life weren't engineers... so it was inevitable.
oh... uh.. guilty. mainly because we can bond over it and we understand each other and our difficulties if something happens at work. we can also suggest things to each other to make things easier, etc...
and yes, we met in college so i guess that also plays a big part
Because you meet people around you so your pool of candidates are usually similar to yourself. So it's just pure statistics, if you meet mostly doctors and nurses in your life that, you will end up with one as a partner is extremely likely.
Itās who weāre around so we get to know each other and bond.
5 years ago I thought Iād only date civilian men, but the only men Iāve been with were military and worked in the hospital 🤦āāļø
Because, nobody understands you or the struggle like you. And someone who deals with the same obstacles/achievements you do will get you. Think about it. You spend a 3rd of your life sleeping and a 3rd working. And the 3rd socializing etc. It makes sense kinda.
Gosh I must be the exception to the rule then, because I'm a forensic scientist and my husband is an architect.
There are a lot of common friends through work. They understand the issues that each other are up against in the profession.
For the same reason work wives/husbands exist. You spend a lot of time at work so you have a shared interest/topics of conversation.
This has broadly not been the case of people I know, but the obvious answer is because those are the people they are around the most.
We seem to grow attraction to the people we spend a lot of time with. Probably thatās the reason and also lots of shared interests.
Because they can relate to one another easier. The professions you listed arenāt easy. Therefore, when they vent to their spouse, the spouse has a better understanding of what theyāre going through.
Iād prefer to marry someone who works a similar schedule and can understand why I chose the work I chose
I never see that. Unless its like celebrity work (acting, artist etc). Almost all marriges/couples I've seen have different kinds of jobs.
Hmmm, I don't know - I can only think of one friend who's profession is the same as her husband's.
Because it's a warm market to have better love influences and connections. Plus they can know each other much quicker that way. Since many environments accept it just to avoid discrimination and possibly lawsuits 😊
Iām not sure. I guess because theyāre work colleagues one of them asks the other one out and things just go from there.
doctor marry another doctor is common , but that is it , i think i tend to see more married couple with different job
believe it or not, couples with same jobs happen way more than you think.
I see , i think people date someone with same profession because they usually have same work time schedule, which make em easier to meet.
@noodle_fan
not exactly. at the hospital where I work at, most nurses date other nurses. most doctors date other doctors. Nurses don't date doctors very much. Police officers tend to marry other police officers instead of the clerk at the police station.
just seem like people like to breed with their own exact kind.
In many cases I expect that is just a function of opportunity. People in the same profession have a greater chance of meeting one another.
that is who you are usually around, so because of the shared interest you tend to gravitate towards them.
Frequency of contact means more possibilities of developing a relationship. Understanding of the responsibilities means a better chance of keeping it.
often social circles shrink and people only really meet people at work as they get older so a lot would marry someone they dated through work
I went out of my way to get me and my Fiancée working together, same shift, same team, sometimes just she and I. We spent almost every minute of every day together and it was a blessing!
Common interest and accessibility probably.
Actors and actresses seem to change spouses like their underwear.
even actors / actresses date other actors /actresses. how often do you see them dating some random guy off the street?
No its not like that at all.
Well the percentage is high on doctor side, but not others.
its high on police officers too.
They think they can have better understanding if they marry someone with same profession.
It helps to be with someone who understands with experience in similar backgrounds
Very obvious no need for complicated maths.
Commonality in chemistry
Because they work around eachother or they just have a lot in common since we spend such a large portion of our time at work
They can relate & connect easier. It makes things less awkward. It would be creepy for a guy to try to talk to a women they have nothing in common and can communicate easier on a shared goal.
Because sometimes it is hard to meet people outside of work
Because people usually married other people who form part of their environment.
Thatās what most people do anyway either youāre in a professional job or not , plus itās easier
Because they relate to each other and have the same lifestyle I don't know maybe?
Do they? I donāt know where youāre getting that idea. Iāve honestly never seen that a single time in my life.
Becsuse they meet ay work and become lovers. Save time on dating
Because they meet at work.
Money time and responsibility
That's probably just how they meet.
Because they have something in common.
Because they work together
Office sex during lunch on the daily š
Haha š
Convenience
Double salary
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