Life in the Single Lane
Its hard being single. I have not said that in a very long time, because honestly, my life has been too full of family, friends, and work, for me to feel sorry for myself in that regard.
But lately, living and working on my own in a foreign (yes, despite my blue passport, the US will always be "not quite home" to me) country has me wishing for a little extra inspiration to get me through the day.
Not to mention, how difficult it is when all your co-residents are married/or engaged.
Now that I think of it, my co-intern, Tara's, recent engagement must be directly responsible for bringing this on. Aside from me she was the only single girl in the Psych program and she got engaged over the weekend to an orthopedic surgery resident. I was doing the required "oohing and aahing" over her 2.5 carat ring, but deep inside all I could think of, was how depressing it was to be the only single girl in a program of smug marrieds (yeah, you can tell I loved The Diary of Bridget Jones).
Well, there is Raizad, my slightly effeminate Bumbay co-intern, but he doesn't really count.
On the bright side, at least I work in a setting which still has some respect for single female doctors. I HATED, HATED, HATED it when I was a clerk/intern in both UST and Cardinal Santos and all the middle aged male consultants would smirk when they found out I was single. "Ano ba yan Doktora, maghanap ka na. Wala ka ng market value, nyan". I'd smile weakly at those stupid comments, but in my head, I was saying "Kung kayo man lang ang market, wag na lang".
Thinking about those days, makes me feel a little better.
But lately, living and working on my own in a foreign (yes, despite my blue passport, the US will always be "not quite home" to me) country has me wishing for a little extra inspiration to get me through the day.
Not to mention, how difficult it is when all your co-residents are married/or engaged.
Now that I think of it, my co-intern, Tara's, recent engagement must be directly responsible for bringing this on. Aside from me she was the only single girl in the Psych program and she got engaged over the weekend to an orthopedic surgery resident. I was doing the required "oohing and aahing" over her 2.5 carat ring, but deep inside all I could think of, was how depressing it was to be the only single girl in a program of smug marrieds (yeah, you can tell I loved The Diary of Bridget Jones).
Well, there is Raizad, my slightly effeminate Bumbay co-intern, but he doesn't really count.
On the bright side, at least I work in a setting which still has some respect for single female doctors. I HATED, HATED, HATED it when I was a clerk/intern in both UST and Cardinal Santos and all the middle aged male consultants would smirk when they found out I was single. "Ano ba yan Doktora, maghanap ka na. Wala ka ng market value, nyan". I'd smile weakly at those stupid comments, but in my head, I was saying "Kung kayo man lang ang market, wag na lang".
Thinking about those days, makes me feel a little better.