“On” Call Girl

Ever fantasized about dating a doctor? The ambitious nature, the brains, the scrubs (those arms ;)

There's a lot of prestige to it. Plus you don't have to lie to your grandmother when you say “Yes, of course, I’m being squired by a doctor.”

Now comes real life. My doctor boy is what I want in a partner. He has kind, fire eyes and an even more engaging smile. When he says something funny all I want to do is await his reaction to my laughter. I feel safe with him and comfortable being myself. Vulnerability doesn't seem so herculean. 

He's busy, my doctor boy. Where I'm a business boss, and “on Whatsapp call” 24/7 he won’t check his phone unless it works for his schedule. He doesn't send memes to pals in his free time because in residency, what is this free time you speak of?

If I message him I know I'll hear back. But 24 hours later makes the response lose a lot of its luster. 

Then there's the parent party as well. After all, you don't just date a girl but her family too :).

“If he's into you, he should want to see if you reached out”, “why doesn't he schedule a more casual date, he can come by straight from residency”, and “1 date a week? How is anything supposed to build.” So when this is playing on a cerebral crescendo -it's hard to be appreciative of what you have right in front of you. 

Would I be able to juggle/balance the way he is? Probably not. Would I recommend anyone to date a freshly minted doctor (resident) also probably not.

But like him, because I know he's not continuing to date me for his health; (it would be much simpler to end things “until things settle down.”) When you recognize that more, the X-factor person you've been searching for, it's not so easy to say no for right now.

If it's meant to be it, it can work if we balance. I can't have all the fun and he shouldn't be the one to work too hard. If we both give a little and proceed from each other's perspective…

So let's see. We're both on call.