Will you marry a nurse or not?

China
June 26, 2012 10:35am CST
Nursing is a sensitive occupation and in China many people think that nurses are not well educated and some Chinese men avoid from marrying with nurses also because of the odd schedule of the nursing career. What do you guys think about this? Do you have any preferences over your wife's job?
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• Malaysia
26 Jun 12
If it's me, i'll marry anyone, whether she's a nurse or a doctor or a managing director or even just a clerk. I don't mind her job actually. I am not trying to be a hypocrite by making myself look good when i say i'll marry a nurse. Nursing is a stable and good paying job. My aunty is a nurse and she's married. Her marriage have lasted for so long i can't remember when did she got together with her husband. Furthermore, it is way better than marrying someone who is jobless or don't know how to work. It certainly helps paying the bills although i will also say, just because i'm hoping that my wife have a job doesn't mean i am useless.
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• China
26 Jun 12
So love is the first consideration when choosing someone to marry with and I agree with you that it's always nice to have a wife who has something to do instead of staying at home idly .
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
27 Jun 12
Hmmm...it is good when you can find a person who has the same "educated" with you, if not, it doesn't matter as long as both you guys are in love. Normally nurses in here are women....and i don't know any of them. But if i fall in love with a male nurse, i may get married with him...get married because of the love, not because of their career...
• China
27 Jun 12
Love is supposed to be the first consideration when thinking about marriage. We have definite agreement over this.
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
29 Jun 12
exactly!!!
@youless (112586)
• Guangzhou, China
27 Jun 12
As to the income, today a nurse can earn very well. And the job is stable. A nurse can also know more about doctors and therefore if your friends or family have a health problems, at least it is easier for them to go to see a doctor. However, being a nurse also has some disadvantages. Such as it is a difficult work and the pressure is high. And you have to stand the night swifts, too. And even if you are pregnant, you have to still work. So you can see that you may have to understand how it is to be a nurse. She may not have enough time to take care of the family or do the housework. I love China
• China
27 Jun 12
You seem to understand a lot about nursing career. Are you also a nurse:P
• Philippines
27 Jun 12
Whoa! Nurses here in our country are too beautiful to resist wooing them and even marrying them! But yes, the inconvenient schedules can really be painful, but the care a nurse can give will often compensate for that. I really don't have any idea about the notion of Chinese men to nurses. For me, beautiful and young nurses are god-sent.
• China
27 Jun 12
Wish god has been good to you and bestow you with a pretty and young nurse as your wife :P
@joevanosa (303)
• Philippines
26 Jun 12
YES. I would marry a nurse because a nurse's work is noble. They know how to take good care people. So when I would be sick, she could attend to me with great tender loving care. Work schedule is always busy in any work. Profession is not the basis why you need to love a person because it is not the profession you will marry; it is the person.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
26 Jun 12
Profession is not the basis why you need to love a person because it is not the profession you will marry; it is the person. very well said, joevanosa
• China
26 Jun 12
Wish you good luck in finding a lovely and caring nurse as your wife :P
• China
27 Jun 12
In china, being a nurse means a stable career with good salary. The nurse is always busy and hard working, with the accompany of an odd shift system. Recently, many cases have been reported about doctors or nurses were killed in hospital as a result of terrible relationship between patients and doctors. My coutry really need to do something about this to prevent other tragedies.but if you fall in love with some one with you heart and soul, her or his career is not a problem at all.
• China
27 Jun 12
Nice attitude,thanks!
@choybel (5042)
• Philippines
26 Jun 12
Will you marry or not marry a person solely based on his/her career? I believe that could be a factor but I definitely wouldn't put that on the top, although I would imagine to many it is the one that matters the most now a days. For me, as long as she is not doing anything illegal, then her career is not that big a deal to me. Anyway, Nursing has become very popular in our country as it was really in demand in other countries for many years now, so it is not uncommon here. I have friends of this degree and I have high respect for their line of work, for it is one that is very difficult and requires so much patience and care. So, I think if a job has to be the basis for marriage, nurses would definitely make a fine partner in life.
• China
27 Jun 12
Thanks for the supporting of nursing career :P
@Cutie18f (9546)
• Philippines
27 Jun 12
On the other hand, there are many men who prefer to marry nurses because they know how to take care of the family and in terms of career, they can also be good-income earners especially when they are employed abroad. Never mind the Chinese men, look for other men who have broader perspectives of life.
• China
27 Jun 12
Thanks, Cutie!
@Paper_Doll (2373)
• Philippines
27 Jun 12
I don't see anything wrong in marrying a nurse. It is a descent job. I was just curious on why you said that in your country, nurses aren't well educated. Their job is critical and they should really have to be well educated. In fact, I believe that they have to pass a board exam before they can be called as registered nurse. Patients lives not only depend on doctors but on nurses too. They are the ones who give exact dosage of medicine to patients. If they aren't well-educated then their patient's life may be put in danger. I do agree with you that their schedule is quite an issue since they can be on duty on nights and on Holidays. I prefer someone who has the same schedule as mine.
• China
27 Jun 12
People think like that because they make comparison with those doctors . Usually doctors have higher degrees than nurses and people take labor work as inferior to the job done by the doctors. Doctors are always those they dare not to offend but most people, especially patients, feel much eaier to be honest with the nurses over their feelings and needs .
• Brazil
26 Jun 12
I do not think this would be a hindrance to me. A nurse is a good job as a lot of others. For sure their schedules are very bad, but there are a lot of others professions that makes people to have the most strange schedule too. For example, I knew a guy that work in shift work and not always in the same shift. He changes it like one week from 6 am till 2pm, one week from 2 pm till 10 pm and other week from 10 pm till 6 am. So, his schedule is crazy and he is married for a long time. He told me that his wife don't have problems with his schedule. Actually, she is used to follow it, for example, she wakes up near 2 pm when my friend is working from 6 till 2 pm, so they have all day to them. I believe that the most important is that you love the other person, because with it, everything is possible. You will respect yourselves and you will find the better way to solve any problem. Happy mylotting.
• China
27 Jun 12
So no difficulty is insurmountable when love is in present. Enjoy your time here too!
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
26 Jun 12
I would. In our country, nurses means a good career and that they are highly-educated. The only thing that's hard is their odd schedule. Before we marry someone we should be ready to accept the person no matter what his/her job is.
• China
26 Jun 12
Yes , it's wise to make a careful consideration over the pros and cons of the person you are going to marry with and avoid less regretion in the future.
@ARIES1973 (11426)
• Legaspi, Philippines
27 Jun 12
In our country, nurse and other medical related career are very well respected. The schedule of their work is part of the service that they had accepted and they are bound to follow. Nevertheless, if you love someone, you have to accept his or her total well being. My stand is it doesn't matter whether the woman or the man that you are about to marry is a nurse or not. As long you love him/her. In fact, nurses who are working in other countries are one of the highest paid professions as far as our country is concerned.
• China
27 Jun 12
No one will marry someone just because of his or her career, but when you choose love as your most important factor in marriage, then you have to respect the nature of the job your beloved one is doing ,right?
@Suebee (2013)
• Canada
26 Jun 12
Well, I am not a guy and I have a husband, not a wife but I am going to reply to this anyway. Here in Canada RN's (Registered Nurses) are very well respected and it takes 4 years of university to become a registered nurse. They also make VERY good money. Yes, nurses work shift work, but so do I. Although I am not a registered nurse, I am in the health care field in the nursing department. I am a PSW (personal support worker) and work in a nursing home taking care of the elderly. Ok, here is the bottom line. My HUSBAND is a nurse. He is a kind, caring man and makes a decent living. He has been a nurse now for 30 years and no longer has to work the different shifts...he works mostly 8am till 4pm, some days 10am till 6pm, but always day shift. There are many different avenues to nursing and he is a psychiatric nurse. I work shift work, usually 3pm till 11pm. We have a great relationship and a great marriage. I wouldn't change a thing, including our chosen occupations.
• China
27 Jun 12
Congratulations for you, Sue. Guess you were blessed to have a great marriage and a career of your willingness.
@Bhebelen14 (5194)
• Philippines
26 Jun 12
My husband is a nurse and I am a nurse too but we able manage to keep our relationship even though we have a very hectic schedule. At first it really hard to manage our time since he is working during the night and I am working during the day, we only see each other on the train station for 5 to 10 minutes everyday and spend time during Sunday. That was very hard to both of us because we dont have enough time to each other and yet we need to earn money because were just starting during that time. But now our schedules are more flexible and we often see each other because we both agreed to look a new nursing job which is near to our house and having my off during weekends. Good thing I found patient that living near to our place and they agreed to have my off during weekends. Now I am able to see my husband everyday and spendind whole weekend with him. Nursing job is very sensitive and one of the busiest career but I think as a couple they need to find way to manage their schedule and maybe one of them need to adjust her/his schedule to be able to manage their time to each other.
• China
27 Jun 12
I'm happy to hear that nowadays you two are having more time together . To have the better half of yours from the same occupation as yours really saves a lot of worries since both of the sides know what the nature of the job is and this leaves fewer chances for misunderstands.