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Oldladyphilosopher t1_je5maqw wrote

Reply to TIFU when I spoke to the surgical planner by sugarintheboots

I live in a small town and we had an ENT dr who was gorgeous. He was also single and often provided free or low cost care on a case by case basis for kids of struggling families (ha always tried to keep that quiet but small town). The women in town would drool over him in the grocery store and make absolute fools of themselves over him. He ended up marrying a local beautician who was a lovely woman and they had a happy marriage but OMG, the women in town were brutal that he married beneath his status. It was so weird watching chubby middle aged moms absolutely simper over him.

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garry4321 t1_je5lzfl wrote

Reply to comment by fliguana in TIFU by going on the worst date (& almost ending up in bed with a hooker) by cheeryglitter26

I moreso got the feeling that the HOOKER was plan A since no one actually ends up going home with him, and the real suprise was that someone actually said yes. Then he had a conundrum of having his Hooker ready after expecting the usual rejection, and having to try and explain the situation to OP who was the unicorn who said yes.

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slash_networkboy t1_je5lq8g wrote

Reply to comment by IllegitimateTrick in TIFU when I spoke to the surgical planner by sugarintheboots

My mother is an ICU nurse, did rotations in ER and NICU.

ER was essentially a more concentrated version of what she deals with in ICU, NICU broke her though.

Top stories from the ICU:

  • "This chicken is tough" (from a no solid food patient): chewing on condom catheter.
  • The detox guy. Went in to violent DTs to the point that the pharmacy tech was sent to buy a bottle of grey goose while the pharmacist did the math of how much to add to 1L saline bags to keep the patient from dying from DT. He was there for damage caused by drinking listerine after his wife had dumped his booze.
  • Assorted "you're kidding right?" family stories. Your relative has been mostly dead all day, no they aren't going to be able to go to wherever tomorrow/next week.
  • More than one anal fissure turned septic. "Guess the object" ensues.

Of course she also had heartwarming stories about people getting second chances on life and such.

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The TL;DR: is I don't think there's much on this planet that can phase my mother medically... as long as it doesn't involve babies.

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RRoyale57 t1_je5jn5a wrote

Reply to comment by BrilliantHungry0 in TIFU by inhaling metal shavings by BrilliantHungry0

Smart people do dumb things too, but they learn from it, that’s what makes them smart. Doing the same mistake over and over and never learning from it, is considered as dumb. It is not necessarily you as a person but the choices you make. Life is the addition of all your choices, make good choices and you will have a good life.

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