Dads Married to Doctors (DMD)

[medpedspouse]

Hello Male Spouses! In my effort to attract more male spouses to our local medical alliance, I met with a male spouse that introduced me to Dad Married to Doctors http://dmdlifestyle.com/ What a great resource!! He is actually traveling to Vegas next week for one of their meet-ups! Anyone here going or already involved with this group?

Side note for the ladies reading this...I found interesting (as a female spouse) that the dads are not necessarily taking the kiddos. I know when we (IMSN) plan our annual get together, we each take into account our physician spouse's schedule, the school schedule, the pre school kiddo's schedule, the family visit/in laws schedule, etc, etc. From this male spouse perspective, I got that this opportunity to network and provide/get support is treated as a priority. He said Dads are bringing the nannies/baby sitters!

Yes, I also provided our site info.

[ballibeg]

Thanks for link, I'll investigate. 👍🏼👍🏼

[rufflesanddots]

What a great resource! Super interesting how the thought processes about planning vary, too.

[Windsurfer]

Yes, there are lots of DMDs who do attend an annual DMD retreat (~50), but many more who are just online (~3000). There is a small amount of targeted advertising - generally from a vetted set of self-employed people who also qualify as DMDers -- but otherwise it is a great resource for men who are/were dads and are/were married to a physician. It doesn't presume that their world revolves around their spouse's profession, nor does it presume that their experience is similar to that of women married to physicians.

[Windsurfer]

PM me if you are interested in joining DMD too; I should be able to speed up the vetting process.

[ballibeg]

Is it an international group?

[Windsurfer]

Yes. Most are American. At least 200 are Canadian.Don't know about the rest. I'm in both the main group and the Canadian DMD subgroup.

[medpedspouse]

Got to meet Curtis from Dads Married to Doctors along with some members! Guys, this is an amazingly, supportive group. If you have not joined, check them out. [MENTION=4627]ballibeg[/MENTION] they are in 25 countries. So, yes very much an international group.

[ballibeg]

Will do! Thanks.
Dave

[Windsurfer]

Couldn't agree more. I've been in DMD for a few years. Curtis and the other admins have done a great job creating a constructive environment within a closed Facebook community (e.g. trolls and researchers not welcome).