Love And Marriage…And School
In about a week or so, my wife and I will resume graduate classes. I have no idea what to expect from that. In the nearly two years since we’ve been together, it’s always been her being in class, and me going to work and coming home. Sure, I had work to do every now and again, but for the most part it was late nights while my baby was up studying for some test, or making preparations for her dissertation a year in advance.
But now things are different, the rings on our fingers have changed things signifcantly in terms of communication, sharing and understanding. School has never been a major roadblock for us, but I wonder if things will change now that I am working on an avanced degree. Sure, it’s not as difficult as a doctorate in clinical psychology like my wife is doing, but I would assume communications management would be intense enough.
After all, if it was easy everybody would be doing it, right?
I thought about my own upbringing where my mom spent a lot of time in school, and my father was at home. My mother is near completion on her doctorate, and my father is still too cool for school, so I sought his advice. Being available and understanding seem to be the two best things you can do for a partner that is in higher education. The work is intensive, the expectations are high and the costs are even higher, so it all counts. I’m only hoping that as an executive/blogger/student, I’m able to be the loving husband I set out to be, and am often commended for being.