I come from a long line of Doctors...many of my family,friends, cycling buddies are Dr.s nearly all have been married SEVERAL times....often to nurses or staff. I know three close friends/colleague who have dated nurses, engaged to nurses, and married to nurses. All three have broken it off ( divorced) and now married to a regular joe.
looking for a mate based on a specific career or earning potential strikes me as shallow. Doctors may chase Nurses skirts, but your w will be lucky if OM marries her. That would be far to degrading for some.....I've seen many young nurse be swept of their feet by the recently divorced Attending, or the new Resident, and then crying when they move on. Or the sad older nurses who make them selves up everyday, but have never landed their doctors.
Even though I was a well respected neurologist and a good provider to my wife and daughter, my wife of nine yrs still cheated on me with a young administrative intern. Meaning this goes both ways. Just because we have an M.Ds after our name, that does not give us any more real advantage over........your wife will realize this with time.
All you can do now is focus on you, listen to yourself, and decide whether or not your relationship is worth saving. If you do decide you want to make things work, then you have to take things one day at a time while remembering to take care of yourself.
