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Diary of a Resident's Wife

1/19/2015

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You Just Can't Win

How many times have you started a conversation with your Doc about how tired, stressed, sore, hungry, etc. you are only to have them not only one up you, but totally squash you by reminding you of the load they carry?

This type of conversation happens a lot at my house. The Doc will come home from work and some times I just can't stop myself from saying "I am so exhausted!" He is nice enough to patiently listen as I raddle on about how the kids made mess after mess that I had to clean up, and nap time was a disaster because of this or that, and I barely had time to clean the house, and everything else that I whine about on a regular basis. And then when I'm done he will casually say "Yeah I'm pretty tired too. I had to wake up at 5 to get to the hospital early enough to set up my room for surgery before we had lecture and then I had 9 surgeries." Game. Set. Match!

It doesn't matter what the subject is, he can always top my issues. Its a very humbling conversation and it also makes me very grateful that he is the one with that kind of stress and I'm not. Don't get me wrong. I think there are some very stressful and draining things that wives and moms go through. I am very lucky to know that the DR listens and offers support to me while dealing with his own struggles. Go and give your Doc a hug and maybe a free pass the next time they try to sleep in or take a nap (which they hopefully do in a funny position so you can take a picture to make you smile forever) and remember that no matter how many times you have this conversation, you will lose.
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