Who has a girlfriend and is an engineering major? - Page 4

da6onet · 10-15-2012, 08:42 PM

I sat behind the hot drama major girl (nice view) in my freshmen english class a whole semester before asking her out on a date. That was more than ten years ago. We've been married now 4.33 years. My wedding band is made of tungsten carbide with a carbon fiber inlay. Hers has the initials MCB etched on the inside. Stands for "My covalent bond." :-)

boneh3ad · 10-15-2012, 09:15 PM

Joke's on you, MaineLonghorn. Those black-rimmed glasses are apparently back in style now.

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Originally Posted by colorado_mom

At STEM schools, the guy/girl ratio might make it difficult to date. Then again, most students (girls and guys) work very hard at academics and don't have a lot of extra time for dating. After graduation, there is lots of time for social life outside of work.

This is laughable. Anyone who is working so hard that they don't even have time to date is doing it wrong. I know very, very few people (read: nobody) who worked so hard they had no time to date during undergrad.

MaineLonghorn · 10-15-2012, 09:17 PM

da6onet, I'm glad you finally got up the nerve to ask her out!

LOL, boneh3ad. And now he wears contacts! I'll have to tell him to dig out his old glasses.

colorado_mom · 10-16-2012, 08:26 PM

"I know very, very few people (read: nobody) who worked so hard they had no time to date during undergrad. " - I knew some that dated in college, some that didn't, and some that would have done so more if the right opportunity presented itself. Many guys had GF back at home.

In my freshman class (early 1980s), about 30% were women. Around January a friend set me up with a pal from home for my first college date. (Lack of dates was not a big deal - I didn't date much in hs either). The funny thing was that half the guys from his dorm floor followed us from about half a block behind down to the campus movie. Then they sat behind us to watch. I was told that none of them had even tried to ask out any girls... this was a big novelty. Things are likely different now, but it was fun to remember the story.

I did happen to meet "Mr Right" my senior year. LOL - He was a transfer student that had told his mother he didn't think he'd find any girls worth dating at our engineering college. We've been happily married for 27 years.

gstein · 10-18-2012, 07:33 PM

Time management. If you let engineering consume you, it will consume you.

As for myself, I started dating a girl 1 month into college.... she's now my wife. Dating and maintaining your academics is just another test in time management. During college I did 3 internships, was on 3 different research teams, and graduated with a good GPA and job offer 4 months prior to graduation. It's not that difficult.