The trio of nurses competing on Season 8 of “Love Is Blind” have steered away from getting romantic with MDs — so that they’re discovering husbands on TV as a substitute.
“I would never date a doctor. They’re not my type. I go for more of the creative guys,” Meg Fink instructed The Submit.
Sara Carton mentioned whereas she is drawn to docs, she thinks it’s greatest to not combine enterprise with pleasure.
“I wish. That’d be great. But no, I never … I would meet doctors and everything at work, but I just kind of wanted to keep it separated and be professional. But ideally in the past I would have loved to,” she mentioned.
Taylor Haag agreed.
“I’ve never dated a doctor I’ve worked with. I’ve matched with doctors on dating apps. And I’ve gone on casual dates [with them], but never serious,” she mentioned.
The three mentioned the boys on the Netflix actuality relationship collection — the place singles date in walled-off pods, by no means seeing what the opposite appears to be like like till after they’re engaged — had been pleased to listen to what they did for a dwelling.
“Most of them associate nursing with someone who’s compassionate, kind and honest,” mentioned Fink, 31, an oncology nurse.
“One guy was like, ‘Every nurse I know is a great person.’”
Carton, 29, mentioned her job sparked deep dialogue.
“I’m specifically an oncology nurse, so some guys could relate to that, and so we were able to just get into conversation,” she mentioned.
Haag, 32, a colonoscopy nurse, used her gig as an ice-breaker on the present, which premiered on Feb. 14.
“I did use the pick-up line, ‘Have you ever had a colonoscopy before?’ So I got a lot of the laughs from that conversation,” she mentioned.
The ladies mentioned they wouldn’t have been capable of be part of “Love Is Blind” if it hadn’t been for his or her bosses and fellow nurses.
“The support that I’ve gotten from not only my manager, but all the nurses I work with to cover my shifts for the show … I wouldn’t have been able to do it without them, so I’m very grateful,” mentioned Haag, of Painesville, MN.
“I am a new nurse and so I had just got my first nursing job when I approached them with this opportunity,” mentioned Fink, who grew up in Iowa, however now lives in Minneapolis.
“They got back to me and they’re like, ‘We really want you to be able to take this opportunity,’ It was so nice.”
This was the primary time the collection solid singles from Minnesota — and Carton, who hails from St. Cloud, jumped on the alternative to begin the appliance course of, which begins with a 75-question questionnaire.
“I’ve always just loved the concept of ‘Love Is Blind.’ I remember even watching Season 2 with an ex-boyfriend of mine, and I was telling him ‘I could see myself on this,’” she recalled.
“He was like, ‘I could see you on it too.’ When I saw that they were casting in Minneapolis, I was like, ‘It’s meant to be.’”
Haag, who was engaged 5 years in the past, was recruited by a casting producer.
“I tried everything like mutual friend setups, the bar scene, dating apps,” she mentioned.
“I honestly almost didn’t take the opportunity. My father had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer a few weeks prior … And a girlfriend texted me and she’s like, ‘Just submit your stuff. What do you have to lose?’”
Fink utilized whereas in nursing faculty.
“Going through the application and just thinking about what I want in a partner, it was a really good exercise in escape from how rigorous my studies were at the time,” she mentioned.
Though members can’t see who they’re relationship, Carton, for one, was snug relationship blindly.
“I’ve never had a type. I’ve dated babyfaces, I’ve dated musclemen, I’ve dated dad bods … so I was open to anyone at all,” she mentioned, laughing.
