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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DID ANYBODY'S KID HAD A SERIOUS GF/BF WHEN THEY LEFT COLLEGE? HOW DID THAT GO?[/quote]

My kids are still young, but some experiences from my life:

My sister in law dated her husband jr and senior year of high school. They ended up at colleges 3 hours apart. She did an advanced course of study and got her BA in 3 years so I don’t think she was prioritizing socializing. He went on to get a PhD and they got married around the time he defended - 10 years ago.

My friend dated someone in middle school she met at summer camp. They were too far apart and tried dating during the year and they couldn’t make it work (didn’t have driver’s licenses yet). He got married young, divorced, and later they ran into each other after college. They are married now (over 10 years).

My husband and I met spring of our freshman year of college - he was 17 and I was 19. We dated all of college and I feel like that probably limited some opportunities (ie dating / hooking up with other people). I wasn’t sure if he was “just” a college boyfriend and tried breaking up a few times, but it never lasted - I just missed him. We spent two years long distance (one year about a 3 hr drive and one year about a 1.5 hr flight). I then moved to the DMV - where he was - and people thought we were far apart since it was an hour metro ride between our apartments. I thought it was great! We alternated weekends at each other’s places and spent a night or two during the week at each other’s homes. We both earned advanced degrees and I bought my condo before we got engaged a decade after we started dating. We’re now in our mid 40s. I think there would have been advantages of not dating in college, or not trying to stay together after but there were also such joys of having him in my life and I think we’ve grown together well. [/quote]

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