if dental students are always working hard (and thus have very little free time), how do they have time for a relationship and when do they get married. what if a dental student specializes as well? do they get married after dental+specialty school when they are 30? and when is there time to meet a potential boyfriend/girlfriend/wife/husband? I'm sure there are several answers/opinions.
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I was wondering the same thing. It's always possible to meet someone in dental school, but that can be a good thing or a bad thing. If you both ended up doing the same thing, I could see you arranging your schedules to split the time up between work and home. I know of a couple people who have gotten married after dental school but before specializing. I think I would want to get married before 30 but who knows.
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It is all about priorities and what you decide is important to you. There is always more than enough time to do what is most important to you. You just have to decide what is more important to you. If it is a family, then your grades will suffer. If it is grades, then your school work will suffer.
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Organizational skills. My dental school classmates brother said it best:
It is better to pay for date night (once a week) in dental school than to pay for marriage counseling or divorce lawyers after dental school.
It is better to pay for date night (once a week) in dental school than to pay for marriage counseling or divorce lawyers after dental school.
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How would one's school work suffer because his or her grades were important to them? That doesn't make any since at all. Did you mean, "If it is grades, then your family will suffer"? That makes more since to me.
To be honest, I'd rather be married and have a child before 30. I want to specialize in orthodontics so I probably won't be done with schooling until 28/29. I don't want to be like 50 with a 13 year-old child lol. Oh well haha.
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I think you guys should talk to a little more dentists. There is plenty of time in your life to get married and have a family. This is one of the main reasons why I chose dentistry. I don't think you grades and having a family are inversely proportional. I think your free time and having a family is though but definitely isn't impossible. I know several dentists/specialists that had relationships before dental school, during dental school, and before specializing. I don't know anyone that got married after that but i'm sure that is possible too.
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There are plenty of married students in school. Also, you will find out a lot of people in your class will get married during school - during the breaks usually.
For me, this is my second time in dental school - withdrawing in my second year the first time around. The first time I was single. This time I have been married over 7 years. Personally, I am grateful that I am married. When you are single, unless you are extremely dedicated, you are more prone to play more than you really should. I know I did. Plus, I didn't have a wife to come home to vent to when the totally sucked or a wife who would ride my butt if I wasn't studying enough. Thistime through, I have learned to be more efficient, even though I still have to study my butt off since my mind doesn't learn things as fast as they did a decade ago. I am more organized with my time, so I am able to spend at least a half hour with my wife each day. I know that doesn't seem like much, but it is better than not having her in my life. She gives me a reason to take my mind off school for at least a little while each day.
Yes, school is busy, but there is time to be married and get married. DON'T get married just because you are in school. If you want to get married and can afford to get married during school, then do it.
For me, this is my second time in dental school - withdrawing in my second year the first time around. The first time I was single. This time I have been married over 7 years. Personally, I am grateful that I am married. When you are single, unless you are extremely dedicated, you are more prone to play more than you really should. I know I did. Plus, I didn't have a wife to come home to vent to when the totally sucked or a wife who would ride my butt if I wasn't studying enough. Thistime through, I have learned to be more efficient, even though I still have to study my butt off since my mind doesn't learn things as fast as they did a decade ago. I am more organized with my time, so I am able to spend at least a half hour with my wife each day. I know that doesn't seem like much, but it is better than not having her in my life. She gives me a reason to take my mind off school for at least a little while each day.
Yes, school is busy, but there is time to be married and get married. DON'T get married just because you are in school. If you want to get married and can afford to get married during school, then do it.
