Jessica Rabbit Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 http://HTTP://WWW.FOXNEWS.COM/STORY/0,2933,452186,00.HTML How to Date a Med Student Friday, November 14, 2008 Marissa Kristal Dating a med student? Check out these tips for a "healthy" relationship. 1. Don't expect to see them. Ever. 2. Accept the fact they will have many affairs. With their books. 3. Learn to hide your “ew, gross” reactions when they tell you all the stuff you never wanted to know about your bodily functions. 4. Support them when they come home after each test, upset because they failed—and gently remind them after they get their well above passing grade how unnecessary the “I’m going to fail out of medical school and never become an MD” dramatics are. 5. Each week they will have a new illness. Some will be extremely rare, others will be more mundane. Doesn’t matter. They will be certain they have it (no second opinions necessary.) Med school can, and will, turn even the sanest into a hypochondriac. Date them for long enough, and you’ll become one too. 6. There will be weeks you'll forget you even have a boyfriend—friends will ask how he is and you'll say, “What? Who? Oh....right. He's well...I think.” 7. They'll make you hyper-aware that germs are everywhere and on everything. Even though you used to walk into your home with your shoes on, and sit on your bed in the same clothes you just wore while riding the subway, or sat on a public bench in, you'll become far too disgusted to ever do it again. Believe me, it's going to get bad...you'll watch yourself transform into the anal retentive person you swore you'd never become. And when you witness others perform these same acts that, before you began dating your med student, you spent your entire life doing too, you'll wince and wonder, “Ew! How can they do that? Don't they know how many germs and bacteria they're spreading??!” 8. Romantic date = Chinese take-out in front of the TV on their 10 minute study break. 9. A vacation together consists of a trip down the street to Walgreens for new highlighters and printer paper. 10. Their study habits will make you feel like a complete slacker. For them, hitting the books 8-to-10 hours a day is not uncommon, nor difficult. You'll wonder how you ever managed to pass school on your meager one hour of studying per night. 11. They're expected to know everything. Everything! The name of the 8 billion-lettered, German sounding cell that lives in the depths of your inner ear, the technical term for the “no one's ever heard of this disease” disease that exists only on one foot of the Southern tip of the African continent. But ask them if your knee is swollen, or what you should do to tame your mucous-filled cough, or why the heck your head feels like someone's been drilling through it for oil for two weeks straight, and they won't have a clue. 12. “My brain's filled with so much information, I can't be expected to remember THAT!" will be the standard excuse for forgetting anniversaries, birthdays, and, if you get this far, probably the birth of your first-born. 13. You'll need friends with unending patience who pretend never to get sick of listening to your endless venting and complaints. Or, you'll need to pay a therapist who will pretend never to get sick of listening to your endless venting and complaints. But take this all with a grain of salt. It's not like I'm speaking from experience or anything... ________________________________________ Marissa Kristal is a New York-based writer who has written for various print and online publications such as Psychology Today, Time Out New York, Chicken Soup for the Soul Magazine and Beauty Addict, to name a few. Read more from Marissa on her website: marissakristal.com, and her blog: mariskris.blogspot.com. ________________________________________ Thoughts anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman101 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Most of it are just hyperboles on stereotypes. Still entertaining to read, but thats all it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curi0user Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 LOOOL this is on the dot with me and I'm not even a med school student. My friends are all cracking up with how accurate it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 People approach me with their medical ailments seeking advice as if I knew what to tell them (and even if I did, I'm not about to give medical advice ever without being licenced) and my standard answer is, "Go to see a doctor. I am not". I have yet to make any medical complaint to anybody other than my physician. Med students who date at least understand where the other is comin' from but if they are in the same class, it must be awkward after they break up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renin Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Sounds like me, alright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anxious_101 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 I wouldn't date a med student for at least 13 other reasons. A dental student/dentist would be my ideal partner. I am pretty close to asking one out actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnadee Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 I wouldn't date a med student for at least 13 other reasons. A dental student/dentist would be my ideal partner. I am pretty close to asking one out actually hey, im curious as to why a dentist/dental student would be ideal compared to meds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpropofol Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Dating a med student? Check out these tips for a "healthy" relationship. 1. You are a whore and only in it for the money /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman101 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 ^ assuming you're a premed (since you ARE on this forum), that means if/when you get into med you must break up and never have a relationship with a SO for the rest of your career. This can only benefit mankind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 why bother with the troll:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixFlare500 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 ^ assuming you're a premed (since you ARE on this forum), that means if/when you get into med you must break up and never have a relationship with a SO for the rest of your career. This can only benefit mankind. If we had a Facebook-esque Like button here I'd totally use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmer08 Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Dating a med student? Check out these tips for a "healthy" relationship.1. You are a whore and only in it for the money /thread what if the person whose dating the med student is a law student? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Rabbit Posted October 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 if they are in the same class, it must be awkward after they break up. Not so, we remain friends & colleagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanillabear Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 If we had a Facebook-esque Like button here I'd totally use it. I suggested this months ago on the "Suggestions" thread but it was never looked at, I guess. :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm88 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 All you have to do is to look at the site this article linked from to determine it's reliability. Anything from Fox is questionable +1 for Like button! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnb88 Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 ^ assuming you're a premed (since you ARE on this forum), that means if/when you get into med you must break up and never have a relationship with a SO for the rest of your career. This can only benefit mankind. This reminded me of The Darwin Awards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 lawyers date dentists, everyone knows that, then they can sit at home and count their gold coins like the captain in the old spice commercial and laugh like pirates.. what if the person whose dating the med student is a law student? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerena Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 lawyers date dentists, everyone knows that, then they can sit at home and count their gold coins like the captain in the old spice commercial and laugh like pirates.. Hehe... But unlike a pirate, the dentist should have some nice teeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adversary Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Not all have nice teeth Hehe... But unlike a pirate, the dentist should have some nice teeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerena Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Not all have nice teeth They should, at the very least, exceed pirate teeth standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgetJones Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 They should, at the very least, exceed pirate teeth standards. And if not they can always have teeth made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerena Posted October 22, 2011 Report Share Posted October 22, 2011 And if not they can always have teeth made. Well played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anxious_101 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 hey, im curious as to why a dentist/dental student would be ideal compared to meds? A dentist spouse means that at least one of you will have a more regular 9-5 type of job with lots of vacation time per year. Much easier to raise a family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC_Ma Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 A dentist spouse means that at least one of you will have a more regular 9-5 type of job with lots of vacation time per year. Much easier to raise a family. Not if you want to make some extra $$. Two dentists i have had in the past both see patients on weekends and work past 7pm every night. For every profession I think it's a personal choice as to how much you wanna work. (you might be forced to work a lot at the beginning of your career but after you get established in the field then it is your choice to pick the hours you like!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeking1 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 All you have to do is to look at the site this article linked from to determine it's reliability. Anything from Fox is questionable Understatement of the year right here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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