Signup date: 26 Jul 2006 at 3:13am
Last login: 02 Jul 2008 at 1:08am
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I was with my bf before I started my PhD and am still with him now that I am nearing the end. He works in an entirely different field and is not doing his PhD.
I admit sometimes wishing he understood what it feels like when experiments repeatedly fail - and I really, really wish he knew how awful it is to write a thesis. But, it is great to have someone who makes you take a Sunday off to go bushwalking or makes you stop working on a Saturday night to go to the moview. He has made me keep some perspective. He is very good at reminding me my PhD is not the most important thing in the world - there are still wars, our friends 2 year old son is still dying, and the globe is still warming.
I say it is certainly possible, and possibly an advantage, to go out with a non-PhDer.
Eewww, Coastman - that 'Hello' was really creepy. Kind of creepy like when my high school physics teacher who used to sneak up behind me in class and sing the "you don't have to put on the red light" line from Roxanne by the Police in a really quiet voice in my ear. And my name isn't even Roxanne.
Feel free to joke away, sue! I am fine about working in a bakery - I love bread, toast, muffins, croissants etc. The weight-gain thing is a concern, but haven't even got a callback yet, so no need to stress about the calories just yet. Obviously, not my dream career move, but anything that pays me money and gets me out of the house...within reason.
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