Vet school is definitely a precarious place for
relationships. The thirty to forty hours per week spent in
class followed by the hours of studying required once you finally
get home in the evenings puts a huge strain on all your
relationships. Besides the students, the individuals most greatly
affected are definitely their husbands and wives.
When you enter vet school with a husband, wife, or significant
other they are almost enrolling with you. Their dedication to
support, to encourage, and to understand the requirement of time
and money required for completion of the program is essential to
maintaining the relationship through the four years until
graduation.
When I began the program, my then boyfriend and I had been
dating for 3 years. He knew from the beginning of our relationship
that vet school was going to be part of the deal. Even with that
understanding, we definitely had some bumps in the road in figuring
out how to balance b...
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