[La_perle_rare]

Hi all,

I've read lots about dating and one good piece of advice is to look at the *right* places. Now one thing about me is that I would like to find someone with the same level of education, so that we have a better chance at having a common understanding about life in general. My issue is that I've been attending continuing education courses, but to no avail since no one seems to be single in this town. Does anyone have any advice where to look for a doctor (of any specialty)? Where are you likely to find these busy guys?

Thanks

[WildChild]

In a hospital

[La_perle_rare]

thanks for the obvious answer, but how do you approach people who are at work in a hospital? I'm in private practice.

[kira]

Online dating worked well for me. Being from a small town in a state of nothing but small towns all my boyfriends and my husband I met online. Not all from dating sites specifically though.

[Mes T]

Don't doctors have like annual conventions and meetings/events like that? That would be a good place I'd reckon.

Are you friends with other people in your profession? If so then friends' parties are great places, too, you can meet all sorts of people.

However my advice would be to maybe broaden your horizons a little bit. You don't have to date a doctor in order to have many things in common with someone. You could have a PhD in something and maybe your soul mate never went to college, ya know? It's not about how a person looks on paper...

[WildChild]

It seems that if you are yourself, a doctor, that you would have pretty good idea of events, organizations of places where you could socialize.
How about a country club?

[La_perle_rare]

Trust me I've tried the seminars and courses (as mentioned above). I've tried a website too. Met all kinds of docs there. But work license and distance has been an issue. I'm 30 yrs old and am starting to feel like my clock is ticking. I've never been obsessed or preoccupied by any of this until now. Wherever I go (to try to be among people and make connections and be social) people wonder why I'm still not married. And now I'm getting frustrated. Don't know where to turn.

[rcoreyus]

Are you looking only for Doctors of the MD sort, or also doctors of the PhD sort?

It is reasonable to want to be with someone interesting, but that doesn't limit you to doctors. A friend at work (who isn't any sort of doctor), now has a professional job. He's been in the Marines, and has spent months living with the locals in south-pacific islands. A man of many talents and interests. Another friend is a skilled mechanical engineer - Can trace his ancestry back 10 generations to his home town in Europe, and competes in international level cross-country skiing races.

I haven't found PhDs to be more interesting than average. I don't interact much with MDs

Maybe a little more information - what are you looking for?

[Ashlee T.]

I work with a WHOLE slew of PhD's and MD's. There doesn't seem to be a distinct difference in their intelligence level from someone with a Masters degree. Matter of fact, they are most often the ones who make themselves look LESS intelligent by trying to prove to everyone how intelligent they are.

I understand your desire to find someone with a similar lifestyle, and it's admirable that you appreciate a good education. There are lots of people in this world with top of the line intelligence and education that are not MD's. You limit yourself greatly in that regard.

[Shell86]

Maybe stop searching for that special someone and let them come to you. The more you look for that one person, they one seems to pass you by!