Being a doctor’s spouse is surely prestigious and of high value, but it has its own ups and downs. There are many problems that a doctor’s spouse faces in his or her daily life. Keeping this in mind, here are a five things only a doctor’s spouse will understand.
They’re so ‘lucky’ because they never need to go to a doctor, as there is one at home
Thanks for your valuable input, but not really
Just because you are married to a doctor, people think that you don’t need to go to another when you are sick. They just don’t understand that your spouse may be a specialist in one area and is not God.
When people ask them for medical advice
Me? Medical advice?
When their friends or relatives ask them for medical advice, even though they’re only married to a doctor. A doctor’s skill is not transferable by touch.
Those moments when you haven’t got a clue
When you have no clue
When they’re at a work related dinner or a party and their spouse is talking to his/her doctor colleagues using technical medical terms, they just couldn’t be bothered with.
Friends asking you for an appointment
Stop asking for a medical application
Being a doctor’s spouse they automatically become the go-to person for all friends and family who want an appointment for their kids or themselves.
When they are given health lessons by their doctor spouses all the time
When listening to lectures
It’s in a doctor’s nature but it is slightly grating on the nerves. The constant comments and health tips. But since they love the doctors they married, they endure it all.
Author’s Name – Tushar Nayyar
