Valentine's day... continued...

I'm going to follow up on Justin's post with a quick response to the article on "can your relationship survive B-school?"

I was a little nervous about this same topic before starting school last August.  Kim and I had just gotten married in May and we were just getting used to married life, and along comes the hell that was the first two MOD's.  It was hard, I worked long... long... long nights and didn't get to see her much (especially around exam time).  Weekends were soaked up with group work.  Days were tied up in class.  Kim and I would sometimes go days without seeing each other awake.

So what is my take-away from my experience?  Can your relationship survive?

Looking back it seems like a stupid question.  Business school is just another challenge.  Life is full of them.  If you're sitting back asking yourself if your relationship can survive B-school, ask yourself another question.  Ask yourself if your relationship could survive a big career change.  Ask if it could survive some sort of unforeseen financial stress.  Ask if it could survive having children.

See, these are all just challenges in life--- some bigger, some smaller.  If you're in the right type of relationship, no matter what the challenge is, your relationship will survive.  Business school makes it seem all scary; tests, late nights, hectic schedule, but it's going to be no different than other challenges at other points in your life together. 

If you're in a relationship that you know you can weather the ups and downs of life still come out together... your relationship can survive business school. 

If your relationship does not fit that profile--- you've got bigger issues than figuring out whether or not to get an MBA.  You're going to have bigger, nastier challenges later on in life; those should worry you just as much as a master's degree.

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[Ria]

Good luck Ike! You and Kim are an amazing couple...