Going to School With Your Boyfriend

intparent
Sat, 19 Apr 2014 22:10:50 +0000

It seems like his presence is overshadowing every aspect of your decisions. If you had NO boyfriend, which of your options would you pick? Then you should probably pick whichever one that is.

As it is a large university, don’t worry about him being there or not. A couple of things to think about:


He will only be there for two years, right? So whether you are together or not, you won’t have him on campus during your junior and senior year.
If you are worried about maybe not stepping out enough and developing your own social life with him there, you can take some ownership of that. Make a point to make friends in your dorm, go to dorm activities, and eat with new freshman friend. See him a few times a week, but don’t build your social life around him. He probably lives off campus by now as a junior, right? And you will be in the dorms with a meal plan – take advantage of that to keep some separation for yourself. That way regardless of how your relationship goes long term, you will have your own friend/social group to hang out with and will not be completely dependent on him.