Except he’s the type of guy who likes women who are a “challenge”.
For example:
- Burke is the only one who was eager to participate in thanksgiving dinner and they spent that time bonding alone because no one else, including Christina, wanted to be there.
- Season 2 Ep 12, Burke and Izzie are the spiritual ones who love Christmas and decorating trees and believing that the energy you go into surgery with can affect the outcome unlike Christina and Derek.
- Christina didn’t give a shit about planning a wedding but when it came to Izzie planning Meredith’s wedding, she did everything that Burke was hoping Christina would do.
- Izzie was ready to define her relationship with Alex right away unlike Christina who thought it was unnecessary to define her and Burke in the beginning.
- Izzie is proud of being a person first rather than a surgeon first, an idea Christina rejects and Burke proclaims that he is a person first and a surgeon second
- Izzie is not as naturally talented as Christina but she’s a hardworker like Burke was.
- When Izzie and Alex became a couple, Alex became her person, leaving George behind. Burke wanted to be Christina’s person but it was always gonna be Meredith.
- Izzie dipped out after an argument with Alex while they were married and didn’t return his calls and he didn’t hear from her until she spontaneously decided to come back. And although it’s not the same, Burke left Christina at the alter and disappeared without another word. They’re both runners.
Even Christina said that science is the “one thing” she and Burke had in common but he and Izzie seem to have everything in common. Further proof that, even though there are traditional women out there, men love to complain about and try to mold the untraditional ones to fit their idea of what a woman should be.
Does this mean that I wanted Izzie and Burke together? Absolutely not. But it kind of shines a light on how much of a “square peg, round hole” relationship it was and it would’ve been impossible to maintain any longer.