Why is it more common among couples to see a doctor married to another doctor...??

Question

... yet it's not true for other professions?

I have long observed that a doctor seems to prefer to marry another doctor but a lawyer isn't necessarily married to a lawyer, an engineer not to another engineer, etc. What could be the reason(s) for this "phenomenon"?

Answer 1

Doctors, with their extensive knowledge of human anatomy, know where all the magic spots are located whereas, lawyers, engineers, and the rest of us are all still trying to find it.

Answer 2

Physicians have very little free time, especially when they are in medical school and while starting their career as an Intern or Resident. They basically are only able to socially interact with their fellow medicl students or (later) co-workers.

When almost all MDs were male and almost all nurses were female they tended to marry each other, and that still happens a lot. Now there are lots of female MDs, who also have little to no free time, and they tend to marry male MDs or male nurses.

Answer 3

Great answers....I won't answer furthermore, I don't know much about the phenomenon even if all of my doctors are married to doctors. I had more than 10 doctors! What a phenomenon too!

I also wonder why I am seeing lots of  Teacher and Policeman couples too!

Answer 4

Two knowledge's are better than one, i think that's the real reason.

The flock of pigeons its uncommon if their is 1-eagle flying with them, is an example.

Answer 5

they are usually classmates and got to share lonely nights together.  

like they have to go on duty when others are celebrating festivities.

Answer 6

I come from a family of lawyers. In my extended family, there are lawyer couples. I think the number of lawyer couples in the Philippines is almost the same with the doctor couples.

Engineers, nurses, etc just spend four to five years in a university. And that just means they have more chances on meeting other people from different courses.

A lawyer/doctor marries a fellow lawyer/doctor because they have gone to the same institution/school for four long years and that does not include the pre-law or pre-med undergrad courses and the review and the exams. Moreover, they have similar backgrounds, interests and common friends. Lastly, law and med schools are often geographically distant from the main universities. Students there have less chances of meeting someone new/from a different educational background.

However, if you insist that there are more doctor couples, I just have to say that there are more doctors in the Philippines

Answer 7

I agree with both Allan and Nola.  Couldn't have said it better meself.

And there's the added advantage when in their twilight years.

I have an uncle who is an MD.  He married another doctor.  I hear that now they are each other's favorite patient.

Answer 8

Doctors seem to seek their own kind.  Too, the constant interaction and meet-up between and among medical professionals can oftentimes pave the way for a more intimate relationship.  You see, they only have one place where they often meet (or collide) and that is the hospital.  They have no other world aside from the hospital except when they find time to relax which is not often given the erratic schedules that they have.  Basically, they live...breathe...and eat (in the) hospital.  Unlike other professionals who have more opportunity to be out under the sun and meet other people from different professions so the scope or chance of finding partners outside their own is invariably greater.

An example would be my son.  He is a Radtech, his girlfriend is a medical intern (actually reviewing for the medical board examination).  It is like "water seeks its own level".