Dating

[Yenta225]

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For those of you in D-school, would you say it is easier to concentrate on school if you are not in a serious relationship?? I know alot of dental students are even engaged or married, and I was wondering if you have to sacrifice your personal life in order to put a 100% towards your academics.

 

[MsPurtell]

I'm married and I do feel I've sacrificed quite a bit in order to focus best on my studies. My husband really feels it. I do have free time, just much much less than before school. I will say though that the first two years were the absolute worst. Once I hit third year, I got a fair amount more free time......which I think saved my sanity!

For those of you in D-school, would you say it is easier to concentrate on school if you are not in a serious relationship?? I know alot of dental students are even engaged or married, and I was wondering if you have to sacrifice your personal life in order to put a 100% towards your academics.

 

[Thaxil]

It think your going to have to sacrifice a bit to a lot more of your personal life, married or not and depending on your expectations. I find it harder for me to goof off when my wife is present. We are both working hard during these times. She does most of the caring of our son and I do a lot of house cleaning and other stuff. We always try to do some thing on the weekend outside the house. Generally we are both are busy doing something; she not on the coach eating potato chip and complaining that I am not paying attention to her.

 

[ElDienteLoco]

I personally find that I study harder because I am married. It is easier to focus so that I can spend quality time with her when I am done studying. I am not a person to stress out though, so I find plenty of time to help around the house and do nice things for her. It is so nice to come home to a great wife. No kids yet, but she works full time as a hygienist (sugar mama) so we are both pretty tired when we get home.

Personally, I think it would be harder to invest a lot of time during D-School into LOOKINg for a relationship. I am happy that I am married, because I probably wouldn't have personally found any real time for "experimental" relationships for a few years of school.