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HI is anyone dating in pharmacy school, or married. Anybody meeting people in other health professions such as dentristry, pharmacy, medical or other PHD programs?
 
Quite a few of the people I go to school with got married during school. I'm currently a P4 and got married the summer between my P2 and P3 year. I am glad I married an IT guy - we don't have to talk about the health care field all time time! However, I do have friends that married within the health care field and have successful relationships too. It just depends what you are looking for 🙂
 
Actually a few of them (Classmates) like me, I just cant fall in love, or start a relationship till p6. I keep telling myself that, even though I like them, I want to concentrate on school first.

The only thing I hate about my school is that it's 70% females and most of them are pretty >>. Then you have these soccer/athletic girls and it's like, ahhh, why cant I date!?
 
nycrxdream said:
Actually a few of them (Classmates) like me, I just cant fall in love, or start a relationship till p6. I keep telling myself that, even though I like them, I want to concentrate on school first.

The only thing I hate about my school is that it's 70% females and most of them are pretty >>. Then you have these soccer/athletic girls and it's like, ahhh, why cant I date!?
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That's what I loved about LIU. One of the motivations to wake up early in the morning and ride the LIRR into Brooklyn during undergraduate. You can't count the soccer/athletic girls though. They have less time for relationships than a P2 student. When they're not in class or the library, they're on the field practicing.
 
Sparda29 said:
That's what I loved about LIU. One of the motivations to wake up early in the morning and ride the LIRR into Brooklyn during undergraduate. You can't count the soccer/athletic girls though. They have less time for relationships than a P2 student. When they're not in class or the library, they're on the field practicing.
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I'm from the cuny system, and the females at Long island u are very pretty compare to cuny. Two of my friends from the cuny system think so too. In my undergrad I was only a 10'min walk from long island u. Those ten mins are like stepping into a whole different world... Actually there is a soccer girl in our p3 class. I think she is practicing and taking pharm courses. My pharmacy class females that are attractive are mostly married ahhaha
 
nycrxdream said:
I'm from the cuny system, and the females at Long island u are very pretty compare to cuny. Two of my friends from the cuny system think so too. In my undergrad I was only a 10'min walk from long island u. Those ten mins are like stepping into a whole different world... Actually there is a soccer girl in our p3 class. I think she is practicing and taking pharm courses. My pharmacy class females that are attractive are mostly married ahhaha
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I see that too. Such a bummer :laugh:

I know I used to not believe it, but dating someone who is in school makes everyone find out about your personal life. Now I would give a P1 the same advice that the SDNers at the time tried to give me.
 
Well I'm taking sdn advice to not date my classmates :laugh:. There is actually a couple from pre pharm here who are still dating in our p3 class. The dean said every graduating year we have at least one marriage from the class :meanie:
 
nycrxdream said:
Well I'm taking sdn advice to not date my classmates :laugh:. There is actually a couple from pre pharm here who are still dating in our p3 class. The dean said every graduating year we have at least one marriage from the class :meanie:
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Plenty of people date their classmates in pharmacy school. I dated a girl who's now my wife and mother of my child. Now, we are more the exception than the rule. Way more couples crashed and burned (and things usually got ugly after that) during the 4 years than few of us who lucked out. The general advice of not dating your classmate is still a good one. :xf:
 
xiphoid2010 said:
Plenty of people date their classmates in pharmacy school. I dated a girl who's now my wife and mother of my child. Now, we are more the exception than the rule. Way more couples crashed and burned (and things usually got ugly after that) during the 4 years than few of us who lucked out. The general advice of not dating your classmate is still a good one. :xf:
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Oh Im a female. Therefore Im hoping there are cute single guys in pharmacy school. Do you any of you guys have connections with people in other health professionals. Ideally I would want a physician or pharmacist . But another field I would not mind as well. I guess it depends
 
EBT12 said:
Quite a few of the people I go to school with got married during school. I'm currently a P4 and got married the summer between my P2 and P3 year. I am glad I married an IT guy - we don't have to talk about the health care field all time time! However, I do have friends that married within the health care field and have successful relationships too. It just depends what you are looking for 🙂
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Did they meet during graduate school? The people whom married among other health fields? And that's great. Congratulations to you! What school do you attend
 
Two of my friends from undergrad both just started pharmacy school, they've been dating since high school, and are going to get married summer after their P2 year.

My class actually had a lot of marriages during that time period, although none of them were intra-class. We have maybe 3 real couples, but many more pseudo couples. By that I mean "work-wife" where you would think they were a couple unless you knew them personally, because they're actually already dating/married to somebody outside of school. Makes sense, considering you're potentially spending 40+ hours at school.

Best advice: date somebody doing something else. You can talk about something besides pharmacy, and wont have to fight your significant other for a job. If you've got a therapeutics exam the next morning, and you're super busy, maybe your SO can cook dinner instead. When you're in the same class, that's out the window. At bare minimum, if you must date another pharmacy student, make it somebody a year ahead, so you can get their notes (it doesn't count as being a gold digger, don't worry).
 
I'm another one of those with a non-health professions SO, but I have a P4 friend who's engaged to another P4, and they met in school.
 
Fall2012app1 said:
What does SO mean?
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Significant Other.

My SO is a professor but not my professor :meanie:

She is probably going to go into medicine or public health. Either way, it will be a health professions household. I am cool with that. If I was single heading into pharmacy school, I would only casually date. Maintaining a relationship is a bit difficult when you have a bunch of other things going on. It can strain the relationship.
 
It was hard to date during pharmacy school because I was about 3 years younger than most of my classmates. I dated a few people from undergrad. That was about it for me.
 
I was trying to sleep with one of the girls in my class in my P2 year for a little while, but she was an expert at playing hard to get and really drug that chase out. 4 years later, we are still together and are in all likelihood going to get married... Hopefully, pharmacy remains a lucrative career because we aren't very well diversified in that respect!
 
Pharmacy Kid said:
It was hard to date during pharmacy school because I was about 3 years younger than most of my classmates. I dated a few people from undergrad. That was about it for me.
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vash1012 said:
I was trying to sleep with one of the girls in my class in my P2 year for a little while, but she was an expert at playing hard to get and really drug that chase out. 4 years later, we are still together and are in all likelihood going to get married... Hopefully, pharmacy remains a lucrative career because we aren't very well diversified in that respect!
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3 years is not bad. And Vash1012 what school do you attend? and do you like your job so far?
 
vash1012 said:
I was trying to sleep with one of the girls in my class in my P2 year for a little while, but she was an expert at playing hard to get and really drug that chase out. 4 years later, we are still together and are in all likelihood going to get married...
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:wow: 😱 :meanie:

There you have it folks. The key to pharmacy school relationship success.
 
I love my job. I work 7 on 7 off 2nd shift at a hospital. I can stay up late, don't have to get up early, and I can take long vacations without taking much time off. I work hospital and my girl works retail so we don't end up talking about pharmacy all the time since our environments are so different.
 
Ackj said:
Two of my friends from undergrad both just started pharmacy school, they've been dating since high school, and are going to get married summer after their P2 year.

My class actually had a lot of marriages during that time period, although none of them were intra-class. We have maybe 3 real couples, but many more pseudo couples. By that I mean "work-wife" where you would think they were a couple unless you knew them personally, because they're actually already dating/married to somebody outside of school. Makes sense, considering you're potentially spending 40+ hours at school.

Best advice: date somebody doing something else. You can talk about something besides pharmacy, and wont have to fight your significant other for a job. If you've got a therapeutics exam the next morning, and you're super busy, maybe your SO can cook dinner instead. When you're in the same class, that's out the window. At bare minimum, if you must date another pharmacy student, make it somebody a year ahead, so you can get their notes (it doesn't count as being a gold digger, don't worry).
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Nothing bad can come of dating a classmate.
 
A good portion of my class already have significant others, including me. Well at least the ones I hang around with.
 
Getting laid in pharmacy school:

Rate hardness from 1 to 10


1 (effortless) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (impossible)
 
Pastro said:
Getting laid in pharmacy school:

Rate hardness from 1 to 10


1 (effortless) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (impossible)
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Are you being serious?


If you have to ask, for you it's probably a 12 or 13.
 
Pastro said:
Getting laid in pharmacy school:

Rate hardness from 1 to 10


1 (effortless) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (impossible)
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I'm going to have to agree with keto.

It's really not too different from real life. For a prepharmer with a burger avatar (presumably a big fat fatty, possible neckbeard), it could be very difficult for you.
 
cycloketocaine said:
Are you being serious?
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No.

Ackj said:
(presumably a big fat fatty, possible neckbeard)
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Possibly the best laugh I've had all night.


But to the OP's question, my brother in law married one of his classmates from pharmacy school. Although I agree with what others said about it not necessarily being the best idea.
 
vash1012 said:
I was trying to sleep with one of the girls in my class in my P2 year for a little while, but she was an expert at playing hard to get and really drug that chase out. 4 years later, we are still together and are in all likelihood going to get married... Hopefully, pharmacy remains a lucrative career because we aren't very well diversified in that respect!
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:laugh: hahaha that is the best response ever. congrats to you two.

IrishHammer said:
Nothing bad can come of dating a classmate.
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I can't wait for this reality check.

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From what I have seen, it's just like real life...sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. My BF is in pharmacy school as well (same year) and we have been together a year and some, and there is only one other couple in my year that is still together from our first year. There are a TON of couples the year below me, only time will tell if they will all last. I know of two that started dating before starting pharmacy school, then a number of others that met their P1 year and are still together.
 
Sparda29 said:
I found it weird that a couple got into our school in the same class. Like, they were together and decided to both apply to the program.
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I knew several couples who were like that.

They're still together.
 
Sparda29 said:
I found it weird that a couple got into our school in the same class. Like, they were together and decided to both apply to the program.
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I met a couple in undergrad that were dating since high school. They graduated with chem degrees together, and are now both P1s, planning to get married this summer, before they start P2. I find this a little different than the typical "don't date your classmates."

Another story, a couple was dating during undergrad, and broke up. They are both in the same class now in pharmacy school, and it's a little uncomfortable at times. They never dated during pharmacy school though.
 
Ackj said:
I met a couple in undergrad that were dating since high school. They graduated with chem degrees together, and are now both P1s, planning to get married this summer, before they start P2. I find this a little different than the typical "don't date your classmates."

Another story, a couple was dating during undergrad, and broke up. They are both in the same class now in pharmacy school, and it's a little uncomfortable at times. They never dated during pharmacy school though.
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Yeah. There was a social earlier this year, and I was hitting on her (didn't know she had a bf yet). Some random P1 walks over while I'm talking to her and grabs her by the hand. That's when I figured it out. I hate cockblock via the boyfriend.
 
vash1012 said:
I love my job. I work 7 on 7 off 2nd shift at a hospital. I can stay up late, don't have to get up early, and I can take long vacations without taking much time off. I work hospital and my girl works retail so we don't end up talking about pharmacy all the time since our environments are so different.
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Thats great!!! So happy to hear. Are you a clinical pharmacist?? and do you find your job challenging and enjoyable
 
pandapharmer said:
:laugh: hahaha that is the best response ever. congrats to you two.



I can't wait for this reality check.

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From what I have seen, it's just like real life...sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. My BF is in pharmacy school as well (same year) and we have been together a year and some, and there is only one other couple in my year that is still together from our first year. There are a TON of couples the year below me, only time will tell if they will all last. I know of two that started dating before starting pharmacy school, then a number of others that met their P1 year and are still together.
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Do you know any in your class dating outside of pharmacy school. Like dating other health professions?
 
Currently a P3 with a kid on the way in May. Married a CPhT who initially trained me. Our 5th anniversary will be in June and still going strong. We rarely talk about work outside of work.
 
I am single right now, not seeming to find someone right. And I think it's funny that people, especially at work, keep telling me "Oh, just wait til you get to Pharmacy school!"

My brother works in retail, and all of his friends met in pharmacy school in the east, became close, and then all moved out west together. Being that the group of friends were both guys and girls, a few of them married each other right after pharmacy school. I think it's pretty interesting. Seemed to work out well for them...
 
I am finishing my undergraduate years and I have never dated anybody nor was I ever asked out. I am starting to believe that guys may be afraid of me. Or maybe it is because I am African. but again, most of them want to sleep with you and I am not that girl. So I am hoping Pharmacy brings me better luck 🙂
 
Most of the good ones are taken, then some flirt with you here and there. But that is about it lol... I say even though my class is 70 percent female both male and female have it pretty bad in the dating scene, especially when we just want to focus on graduating.
 
Not a lot of dating, but I have seen a lot of pharmacy-related casual sex.

Several marriages have been broken up over 'late-night' studying. Most people are pretty quiet about their hook ups so it isn't broadly announced around the class. I remember finding out one of the the quiet but pretty Asian girls had secretly seduced dozens of men while she was in pharmacy school.

My class also had a few couples arise, but most of the real action was non-committal sex.
 
MatCauthon said:
Not a lot of dating, but I have seen a lot of pharmacy-related casual sex.

Several marriages have been broken up over 'late-night' studying. Most people are pretty quiet about their hook ups so it isn't broadly announced around the class. I remember finding out one of the the quiet but pretty Asian girls had secretly seduced dozens of men while she was in pharmacy school.

My class also had a few couples arise, but most of the real action was non-committal sex.
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My God, I am doing something wrong.
 
owlegrad said:
My God, I am doing something wrong.
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You probably just aren't getting out enough. Stress + alcohol + desperation (not having time for a social life) brings out a different side of people.
 
MatCauthon said:
You probably just aren't getting out enough. Stress + alcohol + desperation (not having time for a social life) brings out a different side of people.
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This same formula sometimes happens in residency, which is even worse than pharmacy school! There is no avoiding your co-residents.
 
techinstilettos said:
I am single right now, not seeming to find someone right. And I think it's funny that people, especially at work, keep telling me "Oh, just wait til you get to Pharmacy school!"

My brother works in retail, and all of his friends met in pharmacy school in the east, became close, and then all moved out west together. Being that the group of friends were both guys and girls, a few of them married each other right after pharmacy school. I think it's pretty interesting. Seemed to work out well for them...
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It really depends on what you really think of your classmates and pharmacy students at your school.
 
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