Top Ten signs that you are married to a dawktor

[GreyhoundsRUs]

People don't understand why he "just can't take the day off"

[scarlett09]

People don't understand why he "just can't take the day off"

This.

You have a visceral reaction to the word "fellowship".

You shred more patient notes than household documents/receipts.

Even if they are home, you don't really have their undivided attention because they are doing clinic notes/discharge summaries/conference presentations/senior projects/etc.

You actually understand the departmental politics and argue with him about it.

Your mailbox is full of every single journal related to their speciality on a daily basis.

[DCJenn]

The oldsters know this but my husband was so out of it when we bought our first house in San Antonio that he had to call me from Ft. Hood to ask how to get to his new house. (go to the brewery and it's two streets over. look for my car)

J.

[L.Jane]

Plenty of pens and you never bought any of them.

Plenty of pens lying around the house, but not of them have any ink in them.

[oceanchild]

Your mailbox is full of every single journal related to their speciality on a daily basis.

...and every junk recruitment or advertising flyer on the planet. Or you look in the mail bin and the first thing you see is giant photos of diaper rash.

You have had to tell people that rectal examinations are not appropriate restaurant conversation.

There is always a stethoscope on the passenger seat of the car.

[diggitydot]

You have had to tell people that rectal examinations are not appropriate restaurant conversation.

I can't tell you how many interview dinners I've attended where a spouse has had to tell the med peeps to knock it off -- the tables around us don't want to hear them describe the XYZ they're currently raving about.

I'm telling ya, med peeps are some serious sickos.

[bokelley]

there is always a stethoscope on the passenger seat of the car.

this this!!

[mommax3]

You and your spouse often drive separately to the same location.

You don't bat an eye while hearing your husband ask questions like "when did you last have intercourse?" or "have you changed pads more than once an hour?" to random females over the phone.

You deal with the fact that many people assume your husband has superior sexual prowess because of his specialty.

When you aren't feeling well, or are talking about one of your kids being sick, someone will inevitably say "too bad you don't know a good doctor" and think they are so clever.

You don't bat an eye while hearing your husband ask questions like "when did you last have intercourse?" or "have you changed pads more than once an hour?" to random females over the phone.

You deal with the fact that many people assume your husband has superior sexual prowess because of his specialty.

Our families aren't quite used to this!

When you aren't feeling well, or are talking about one of your kids being sick, someone will inevitably say "too bad you don't know a good doctor" and think they are so clever.

In this same vein people tell me "well it's not brain surgery" and then laugh like that's actually the first time I've heard that and like it's actually funny.

some of these really made me laugh so hard....because they are so true.

The only stethoscope tho in the house belongs to me...if SO starts listening to hearts....it's time to find another Doc! lol

My additions:

~Your laundry consists of scrubs, scrubs, underwear, scrubs, scrubs, socks..with most of their mates, scrubs, scrubs, scrubs, patient papers, surgical papers, patient id's, candy wrappers, tissues, and scrubs, and more scrubs!
~ You think 9pm is an early night at the hospital
~ You learn to talk in *bullets
~ Most of your daily conversation is via text
~ You have a dozen numbers in your phone just for him: office number, pager number, cell phone number, work cell phone number, call room number, other hospital call room numbers OR numbers PA call room numbers, ICU nurses station number, etc..
~ There are books in your house that cost more than your rent!

[HouseofWool]

~Your laundry consists of scrubs, scrubs, underwear, scrubs, scrubs, socks..with most of their mates, scrubs, scrubs, scrubs, patient papers, surgical papers, patient id's, candy wrappers, tissues, and scrubs, and more scrubs!
~ There are books in your house that cost more than your rent!

I completely blocked out the cost of the freakin text books! And the crap that came home in his pockets? Blech.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

When people ask you "Why don't you just have your DH do _______" you have two responses:
1) Floored that it didn't even cross your mind to ask for help
2) Shocked that other people have DH's around to actually help with things

[GreyhoundsRUs]

:
~Your laundry consists of scrubs, scrubs, underwear, scrubs, scrubs, socks..with most of their mates, scrubs, scrubs, scrubs, patient papers, surgical papers, patient id's, candy wrappers, tissues, and scrubs, and more scrubs!

Too funny (and true) The candy wrappers and tissues KILL me! Don't forget teeny-tiny folded-up PowerPoint notes from whatever various morning/lunch lecture they attended!

[Thirteen]

The papers!! Agh! They are the worst, and they are everywhere.