[dominotw]

I was dumped by a medical resident recently, she said she is "looking to settle down with a doctor". :\

[neuro_imager]

She did you a favour. Doctors are notoriously hard to live with.

(Doctor here. Married to probably the only female doctor who is not hard to live with ;))

[rdl]

Why? Most of the doctors I know are actually fairly reasonable. Consistently bad at business, but smart/interesting, and some of them are pro-science.

[neuro_imager]

I'm being slightly facetious.

As a generalisation though, many (or most) doctors:

- Have lousy work hours.

- Have a lot of work-related stress and are therefore often quite moody and irritable.

- Often have poor social skills, and can be particularly bad at resolving conflicts.

- Have a tendency towards narcissism and can therefore be quite high maintenance.

- Don't have an off-switch when it comes to work, so may bore you to death with work-related stories and complaints.