What's the relationship status of the dental classes usually? All my friends are getting engaged and I'm a bit weirded out by! But in a good way. Just wondering!
Single, engaged, married?
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A lot of things can happen in four years. About a quarter of our class got married during dental school. Many of them met while in school. Quite a few dental students marrying other dental students.
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Our class seems to be different in a few ways. Firstly, there are 70% men (most classes at Buffalo seem to be roughly 50/50.) Also, around 1/3 to half the class is married already!! A few others are engaged. So I'm not sure how common it is, but in the end, if few others get married it will probably even out with other schools.
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Of the D1s at UM probably about twenty of us are married and about half of that number have kids. As far as how I like being married during school, I love it. It could be that my wife is politicking for sainthood, but being married is amazing. For one, I don't have to cook all the time. In fact, if I'm being honest I have to admit she actually does it all. Sometimes I even get little notes in my lunch bag. If I were still single you know I'd be buying my lunch everyday. So what else? Constant support, better time management, more motivation to work hard, great recreational life...uh, I can sit by my other married friends and concentrate in class instead of wasting time trying to make the pretty girl laugh. Now I do that at home. For me, it couldn't be better. O yeah, and she helps with flash cards.
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lol. before you excitedly club someone over the head and drag them to the altar, keep in mind that a.) I'm a newly wed I live on planet lala (except biochem. that sucks) and b.) my wife is unusually selfless. I know I sort of gave a sales pitch earlier and just wanted to round it out with some context. Some guys I know really find it hard to balance a heavy course load with a relationship/marriage. I guess it just depends on your significant other. If she is a needy/insecure premadonna, at least make sure she is hot. That way the hell of your relationship will be worth it SOMETIMES. If landing neither a selfless nor hot wife (not that the two are mutually exclusive) is within the realm of possibility, forego marriage for now and wait until you are loaded, then see what happens. Jk, GL😀
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Here's my story - I moved down here to start dental school just over a year ago, about a month later I got engaged, six months later I was married, and as of about 2 months now I'm going to be a daddy! (what a year!) So, I guess that qualifies me to speak on all stages during dental school, right? I say just enjoy whatever stage of life you're at. Don't get married because you've heard that it's better and don't stay single because you've heard that that's better. Just marry someone if you want to marry them. -now there's some profound words of wisdom-
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It's a ton of different things in my dental schoo. There's the older married people, the younger married people, the single people right out of college then a whole slew of people either living with their significant others or a ton of people (like me) in a long distance relationship for however long it'll be.
There's people representing all different aspects of relationships. Though for the most part...I'd say all of the girls have somoene and most of the guys are single.
There's people representing all different aspects of relationships. Though for the most part...I'd say all of the girls have somoene and most of the guys are single.
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Hahaha, SO true for me and my boyfriend! I quiz myself with the simple ones, but if there are a bunch of numbers, i hand him a pile and try to recite them. (though if he says I got one wrong, I ususually just ignore him and say the same answer louder.) I set up a whole room just for myself to be the "study loft", but I've ended up working in his study room with him every night. It's super cozy, and there's something about having that support and companionship right there. 😍
A lot of people also have the long-distance thing going in my class (it's hard to convince someone to move to Buffalo if you're not married), and they swear by it since they're on their own whenever they need to be, but support is just a phone call/webcam away.
And being single has its advantages: NO distraction (there's a LOT of that with a significant other), no pressure to balance work with relationship time, and your own schedule and priorities.
I'd say the only negative situation is a detrimental relationship....👎
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, but then how come I am still single
