Things To Know Before Dating A Firefighter
                                         Posted by Dove Designs on 17 March, 2016                              |                   Â
1. If they are even within 20 minutes of the station, they will always leave you to go on a call. Â No matter the circumstances, if you have a fireman on your hands, he will jet to the car and be on his way.
2. Meeting nights are not something you try and fight with them about. They are going to leave and you do not have to like it because it wasnât up to you anyway.
I have learned that these nights are not optional. Yes other people miss them, but not my firefighter.
3. No matter where you are or what youâre doing the minute they hear a firetrucks horn, theyâre looking for it and hoping theyâre not missing anything good.
You will learn the lingo. Structures, fully involved (the good stuff) smoke alarms, cat in a tree (ehh I mean they are fireman soooo still good stuff).
4. They know the exact difference between an ambulance, cop, and, of course, a fire truck siren. Â Which means that you will have to learn, too.
5. Youâll have to accept that when he has to do hall rental cleanup, youâre going with to help.
You fold the chairs and he stacks them:) And Iâm talking at like 12 a.m.,1 a.m.
6. When you come around the firehouse, there will be jokes made and theyâll mess with him about you or even you about him.
Honestly itâs a giant bromance going on and they prey on this kinda stuff.
7. At first, you wonât really have a name to the fire guys. Until youâre around long enough. Youâll just be Boyfriendâs name girlfriend.
8. The fire pager goes where he goes. Â Next to the bed, in the car, next to your bed, your living room, EVERYWHERE. And even if itâs not the real pager, itâs the dog app that I can never remember the name of so dog app it is. (Say that really fast to get the full effect).
9. They will probably wear their station shirt / apparel at least 4-5 days a week.
AT LEAST.
10. If youâve got a good one, youâre always put first. The list will always go âYou, the firehouse, me, everyone else.â
But secretly they always want to put the firehouse first.
11. You will learn and know more stations, trucks, members, and chiefs than you will ever want to admit. Â Unbelievably true.
12. When youâre driving and you see a fire station, youâll have to look at it.
If its an amazing building, youâll have to remember the name. And then youâll have to tell him about it. And then youâve just proved number 11 correct. Add it to your list.
13. Never make plans while heâs on a call. You can never know when heâll be back.
Even if the calls are short, they could stay at least another hour washing the trucks and being boys, of course.
14. In case you didnât understand the severity of the first one, if you are on the phone and you hear the pager go off in the background, just tell him you love him and hang up. Â Because if you donât, he will. âGot a call, Love you, bye.â Mid-sentence is always what you want to hear.
15. Youâll never want to watch âLadder 49â again.
You will cry like a baby and then want to make him quit.
16. Outside of the stations, fireman tend to forget that fire isnât a toy and itâs pretty damn hot. Â Playing with the lighter fluid or burning things on the stove*
âNo itâs alright, Iâm a firefighter.â
17. You will start your own station shirt collection. Â From NYFD memorial shirts, a station from where youâre vacationing, even acquired old shirts of his, you will have started your own pile of station shirts.
18. You canât get angry or upset when he is unavailable because heâs going to go to the firehouse for the fifth time that week, or if thereâs another fire prevention thing to do.
You canât be mad because heâs doing what he loves and also because a man in a uniform isnât too shabby?
There are a lot more things to know before dating a fireman, but the rest youâll just have to learn along the way :)
By Logan MacIntosh
DoveDesigns.com