I have discovered my superpower!

[Barinthus]

Self restraints are good idea in certain situations.

[dannubis]

restraints... yes

restrictions ? no
because they simply push you in the direction you do not wanna go. in my experience at least...

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by Guynemer
Flubber--

No way, man. I have few rules, but one of them is this: NO NURSES.

I've spent the last year building up terrific relations with the nursing staff at the hospital. I think they genuinely like and respect me, much more so than many of the other residents.

But if I were to start dating one, and it ended badly? They could make my life absolute hell for the next two years.

This is so true for many nurses. Im not one of them but it is true. If they wasnted they can make ur life hell. I dont work the floors anymore so Thats why I say im not one of those types. As You put it guy I have the same rules no DOCTORS!!!!!
@ Dr Strangelove, No I Know it doesnt end with residents. From what I seen you can kiss life as you knew it bye bye. And For the record some drs have to worry bout more then patients. They also have to worry bout some of the nursing staff. I have known a couple of crazy nurses that qualified as a stalker. One so much so she ended up getting fired and almost losing her license for chasing a nice dr.

[Ben Kenobi]

I don't know, my mom's a nurse, and she seems to have found a way to make it work. She's a nursing instructor now, so she has quite a bit more time than when she was a nurse, but now, she's got back into the nursing bit again.

Meant my dad would have to pick up some of the slack, with her crazy hours if she had clinical to teach, but they seem to have worked out something mutually beneficial.

And I agree somewhat with the job making the man. However, there are some occupations that are really built for single men, rather than married ones, and the folks who are single and wanting to be married, need to consider this also. Both folks need to accomodate each other if it is going to work out.

[Ted Striker]

Word up Guy, I wouldn't listen to the advice for you to write things off just because you are a busy person. You'll meet a nice woman when you least expect it. You can't really plan for or think about these things, they just kinda happen. Gamesmanship doesn't really apply to these kind of things, unless you're a player or playerette simply out to score or find a sugar daddy/momma.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Guynemer
I have few rules, but one of them is this: NO NURSES.

Good rule! Never get your honey where you get your money.

By the way, I love nurses so if any of them throw themselves at you, lateral to me, pleeeeeease!

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Guynemer
Flubber--

No way, man. I have few rules, but one of them is this: NO NURSES.

I've spent the last year building up terrific relations with the nursing staff at the hospital. I think they genuinely like and respect me, much more so than many of the other residents.

But if I were to start dating one, and it ended badly? They could make my life absolute hell for the next two years.

Sorry-- I did not mean in your own workplace . . ever. There must be nurses in other places?

But other shiftwork people apply as well. Anyone that works shiftwork has their schedule get in the way enough that you can work crazy hours and it still seems like a mutual problem.

Originally posted by Guynemer
I've spent the last year building up terrific relations with the nursing staff at the hospital. I think they genuinely like and respect me, much more so than many of the other residents.

Good attitude and you will do well with it. NUrses know a heck of a lot of stuff too.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
I don't know, my mom's a nurse, and she seems to have found a way to make it work. She's a nursing instructor now, so she has quite a bit more time than when she was a nurse, but now, she's got back into the nursing bit again.

Meant my dad would have to pick up some of the slack, with her crazy hours if she had clinical to teach, but they seem to have worked out something mutually beneficial.

My experience is that nurses in Canada work relatively limited hours due to collective agreements but they just seem to be all over the place schedule wise with the necessity for 24 hour coverage in many jobs. My wife works her 12 hour shift and then she is done -- Always

[Guynemer]

Holy crap! It seems I am not alone in this strange power!

http://www.theonion.com/opinion/index.php?issue=4129

I'm A ****ed-Up-Chick Magnet by Dean Wiegand

Hey, I don't want to brag, but when you got it, you got it. And when it comes to picking up women with severe personality disorders, I've got it. Seems like whenever I'm in the same room with a sexy young nutcase looking for some hot dysfunctional action, we lock eyes and I gaze right into the twisted, abnormal recesses of her psyche, and then—bam! We make an instant, undeniable, and incredibly unhealthy connection. What can I say? When it comes to women, I'm a ****ed-up-chick magnet.

I know what you're thinking: "Who is this guy to sound so full of himself?" I'm not being egotistical—it's just true. Hey, I know I'm not perfect. Who is? We've all got problems. I'm sure I've got some myself. But here's one problem I don't have: the ladies. When it comes to charming every borderline psycho in a skirt, I take second place to no man. I guess I just give off that "Hey there, pretty lady with the lifelong unresolved emotional issues" vibe. It can't be taught—you either got it or you don't. And I got it.

Everywhere I go, all kinds of psychiatrically disturbed women come running—women who never got over a traumatic childhood accident, or habitually cut themselves, or slept with their stepfathers, or abuse substances while locked in self-destructive cycles of internalized loathing and rage. They just can't keep their hands off me.

It's been this way my whole life. When I was 14, I got lucky with a classmate's mom. In high school, I dated every bipolar suicide risk in town. In college, I had at least a dozen girlfriends who couldn't decide whether they were mental patients or lesbians. It's just the way it is: Deranged dolls dig me.

I don't even have to try. Maybe it's chemistry, or pheromones, or these women can tell I'm afflicted with a complementary set of psychiatric disorders and their ****ed-up-female intuition just can't resist. Whatever it is, I'm not complaining. All I have to do is show up at a bar, and before last call, every damaged woman in the place will make a beeline for yours truly, looking to get me entangled in a horrific web of codependency, manipulation, and mutual denial.

The sex is great, too. Believe me, all these highly unstable women have so many self-esteem issues, identity crises, and subconscious needs for approval from absent or emotionally abusive father figures, they'll do practically anything to try to please a man, no matter how self-destructive it is. Sweet!

Take this hot little nutjob who picked me up last weekend. Talk about crazy between the sheets! She cleaned my pipes six ways from Sunday before breaking down in tears out of nowhere at 4 a.m., screaming irrational threats, and trying to throw my stereo out the second-story window. Luckily, I was able to calm her down with a little TLC—time-release lithium capsules—and get her into a cab before she caused any serious property damage. But still, she can't stay away—she's been leaving, like, eight voicemail messages an hour on my cell phone. Hey, once they get a little taste of the old Deanster, they always come back for more... even after multiple restraining orders and injunctions.

All I can do is shrug and say, "Crazy women go crazy for me."

Lots of guys have asked for my secret, saying stuff like, "Wow, you sure can pick 'em," or "Dude, you need help." They can't understand how I manage to attract so many hot, wild, desperately pathological chicks. But I can't tell you my secret... It's just some kind of inexplicable magic.

Well, whatever it is, I'm enjoying every ****ed-up minute of it.

[Barinthus]

I can empathize right there.