“Why are you touching my wrists?”, I ask my girlfriend-who-is-also-a-nurse.
“You have such nice veins on your forearms”, she replies with a strange look in her eyes. Her fingers gently touch the ulnar artery on my right arm. “They would be so nice, so perfect, to stick a needle in”, she continues. I shudder.
“I would stick the needle in, right here”, she finishes, as she points at a particular vein.
A few days later, I am observing the skin between my knuckles. It is dry and a little bit cracked.
“What is that?”, she asks.
“Oh, it is just dry skin,” I answer. “Must be since I have been washing my hands so often, because of Covid-19.”
She leans forward to observe my hand more closely. “Oh no, I am pretty sure that you will develop hand dermatitis later in life”, she says.
“Hand… what?” I stammer.
Again, a few days later, we are relaxing in bed. Her head is resting on my chest.
“You have such a fast heart-rate”, she says.
“I… what?” I manage to blurt out. “Is it irregular? Am I healthy?”
“Yes, yes, you are perfectly healthy”, she replies with a grin from ear to ear.
And yet, I cannot help but wonder if she’s smiling because there really is nothing wrong with me, or because she is about to have the opportunity to stick a needle in me.
On a more positive (and serious) note, dating a nurse also means that:
- any injuries you may get, will be treated professionally (you will never lose a band-aid ever again);
- your girlfriend is basically a superhero, especially during these challenging times;
- you will never run out of medical supplies;
- they are full of interesting stories of what happened during their working day;
- you learn a lot of random facts about medicine, human anatomy, food, and health in general;
- if you get sick (or drank too much), it will not gross them out, as they have seen A LOT worse;
- they are naturally supportive, willing to call you out on your bullshit, and have a genuine caring personality.
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