Thursday, May 9, 2013

You Might Be A Doctor's Wife If...

Hi! It's Jilly. There are some little things that are kind of...different in your life if you are married to a doctor, especially a resident. I thought it would be fun to point some of these things out.

You might be a doctor's wife if...

  • the balance on your student loan statement is large enough to purchase your dream house.
  • "call" is a four-letter word.
  • you've ever been out-and-about with your family and someone has stopped your husband to ask him to look at his (fill in the blank).
  • your husband says excitedly, "I'm going in for surgery!".
  • you think whoever decided white coats should be white needs to be hunted down.
  • you nonchalantly say to your friend, "Oh, Hubby's at the hospital."
  • you've had dinner plans ruined by a case running late or the pager going off. 
  • people think you're rich because "your husband is a doctor." (See #1)
  • you wish that college had only been 7 years. Shut up, Richard...
Lots of people go to college for 7 years
  • a medical procedure has been done at your kitchen table.
  • you only get food from the "nice" restaurants when Hubby brings it home in a doggy bag from one of those drug rep dinners.
  • you wake up in the middle of the night to find his side of the bed empty...and it doesn't phase you.
  • you zone out when Hubby starts "talking shop" with one of his friends.
  • you find pictures of nasty wounds and infections on his phone.
  • the kids complain about an ailment and you say, "Just have Dad look at it when he gets home."
  • your Hubby takes the kids on a "date" to the hospital cafeteria.
What would you add to the list? ;)






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Thanks for linking up Jilly! You hit it on the nail, Love it!
Lol! You have some really good ones! I haven't gotten the pigs' feet one. Oh, wait...I think I did in med school! Ha! It's definitely a different lifestyle. :)
My husband is a dentist. When he and his dentist friends get together to watch TV, they often comment on actors' teeth. I am so used to it by now that I chime in!
1 reply · active 625 weeks ago
Lol! That's awesome! They're a whole different breed, aren't they?! ;)
Lol you know your a med spouse when you can't watch medical dramas on TV because technique is always getting commented on, or disease processes are incorrect on the show....its just no fun (I'm the one in the medical field, my poor hubs :P )
Lol, cracking up about only getting good food from the drug reps! This is truth! However, as a lawyer's g/f, the same goes for them. "The client is paying, so we get to go somewhere nice!" And, girl, these loans are no joke. I could own waterfront property and a boat for what it's costing me to go to med. school!
1 reply · active 625 weeks ago
Yes! That how they get people to those presentations...the food! Yeah, my hubby and I look at real estate all the time just for fun, and there are definitely some nice set-ups out there for how much our loans are!
I'm not a dr.s wife so I can't add to the list, but some of these made me chuckle! thanks for sharing today! ;)
1 reply · active 625 weeks ago
Thanks for stopping by! Glad I was able to make you laugh! :)
Ha! That's so cute! I love starting my weekend with a chuckle! Thanks for sharing at Pinworthy Projects.
Love this! A new Linking Party begins THIS Saturday over at Thet2women.com and we would love if you would link this up there on Sat! Thanks! Here's the link: http://thet2women.com/welcome-to-one-sharendipity...
this was a fun post. Thank you for the giggles xo
Ha! Love it all. So very, very true. We actually brought "takeout" from the hospital cafeteria for a double date with our friends once, because hubby had some money left on his meal card that had to be used by the end of the month! Lol!
1 reply · active 579 weeks ago
Ha ha! That sounds familiar! Thanks for stopping by, sister. ;)

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