Eliminating the faint hearted dates
I have a nasty job. A job that, like Michael from My Best Friend's Wedding so eloquently puts it "Unfortunately, I happen to love!" Like any normal person, when I come home after a long day, I want to tell someone my funny stories, or the yucky things that happen, things like that. My mom is a good sport to always listen to my stories, even though I know she doesn't like knowing some of the details I consider a crucial part of the story. :)
I am not married yet, and the man I do marry will have to put up with my stories, no question. That has definitely been a make-it-or-break-it on dates, and I've found it's best to get it out of the way on the first date so we don't waste any time. Now, I don't normally throw it out over dinner (although I won't deny it has happened before!) but I'll usually try to slip it in the conversation how much I love my work, or that I got to work a shift last night or something. "Wait, doesn't that mean that you wipe old people's butts?!" is almost word for word the statement I get from all of them. The boys who think I'm perverted are the funniest reactors to my profession by far! "Soooo.... (weird squinted look sideways out of the corner of their eyes) you have to see naked men?" to which my reaction is often "Oh yeah, I've seen hundreds of naked men!" :) Once I get that look I know I'll never see that boy again, and I can't say I mind. :)
Another easy way to figure out if we would work as a couple is to ask them to come visit me on my break at work. Anyone can talk big, but I want to see how he interacts with my patients, to see if my husband could come to work and talk to my favorite patients and be comfortable in that environment. I was interested in this guy, and he and I were getting close, when I asked him if he would come visit me on my dinner break, to which the instantaneous response was "Oh no! I'm scared of old people!"
???? Scared of old people??? I'm sorry, what?? That doesn't even make sense to me! They are people...anyway I asked why, and he just said "Well, you don't ever know what they are going to do." The elderly are like children, they are a little less predictable, but they are also way more predictable than children. A child will pick their nose, wipe the booger on something, stand up and throw something across the room and start giggling, and I can honestly say none of my patients has ever done that! (at least in my presence haha) Needless to say that guy didn't make it much longer with me.
One of the guys I dated recently made a really big impression on me when A) When I had expressed that sometimes my patients ask for a priesthood blessing for comfort or help with pain from ordained priesthood holders in my church (find out more at the mormon.org link on the right of your screen) he offered to come in any time, and even went so far as to tell me he leaves his phone on all night just for those kind of calls. B) One night we were texting and I said "If I told you we were going on a date tomorrow to my work, your response is what?" and he responded "Sweet! Let's go!".....my mental response, you may ask? (I did NOT say this out loud) 'Marry me!!!!!!' hahaha Find a man like that girls! :) We haven't been on a date to my work yet, but that would be fun :) Find someone who can love all of you, and for me, that includes my job, butt-wiping and all :)
I am not married yet, and the man I do marry will have to put up with my stories, no question. That has definitely been a make-it-or-break-it on dates, and I've found it's best to get it out of the way on the first date so we don't waste any time. Now, I don't normally throw it out over dinner (although I won't deny it has happened before!) but I'll usually try to slip it in the conversation how much I love my work, or that I got to work a shift last night or something. "Wait, doesn't that mean that you wipe old people's butts?!" is almost word for word the statement I get from all of them. The boys who think I'm perverted are the funniest reactors to my profession by far! "Soooo.... (weird squinted look sideways out of the corner of their eyes) you have to see naked men?" to which my reaction is often "Oh yeah, I've seen hundreds of naked men!" :) Once I get that look I know I'll never see that boy again, and I can't say I mind. :)
Another easy way to figure out if we would work as a couple is to ask them to come visit me on my break at work. Anyone can talk big, but I want to see how he interacts with my patients, to see if my husband could come to work and talk to my favorite patients and be comfortable in that environment. I was interested in this guy, and he and I were getting close, when I asked him if he would come visit me on my dinner break, to which the instantaneous response was "Oh no! I'm scared of old people!"
???? Scared of old people??? I'm sorry, what?? That doesn't even make sense to me! They are people...anyway I asked why, and he just said "Well, you don't ever know what they are going to do." The elderly are like children, they are a little less predictable, but they are also way more predictable than children. A child will pick their nose, wipe the booger on something, stand up and throw something across the room and start giggling, and I can honestly say none of my patients has ever done that! (at least in my presence haha) Needless to say that guy didn't make it much longer with me.
One of the guys I dated recently made a really big impression on me when A) When I had expressed that sometimes my patients ask for a priesthood blessing for comfort or help with pain from ordained priesthood holders in my church (find out more at the mormon.org link on the right of your screen) he offered to come in any time, and even went so far as to tell me he leaves his phone on all night just for those kind of calls. B) One night we were texting and I said "If I told you we were going on a date tomorrow to my work, your response is what?" and he responded "Sweet! Let's go!".....my mental response, you may ask? (I did NOT say this out loud) 'Marry me!!!!!!' hahaha Find a man like that girls! :) We haven't been on a date to my work yet, but that would be fun :) Find someone who can love all of you, and for me, that includes my job, butt-wiping and all :)
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