Someone told me to enjoy my years in school because they are the easiest lifestyle I will ever have. I laughed at the time thinking he was crazy. He was right. You have your stresses and trials in school but you do not have the responsibilities of paying your bills, going to work on time every day, making a relationship work and all of the other duties that you acquire once you graduate and you are on your own. It is somewhat of a shock the first year when you just keep on going to work rather than taking 2-3 months off in the summer. You quickly get used to this life though and things become routine.

I met my husband in college. I went to grad school 1000 miles away while he finished his senior year. It did not make sense to get married because we could not be together. We wanted to be married so much though that we did not worry about money or jobs or any of that stuff. We just figured things would work out. They did. We had many adventures along the way finding our career paths. There were time we had $100. to our name as well as times we either lived in a VW Rabbit or a motel because we did not know where we needed to be the next day or week. It added interest to our relationship and taught us to really rely on each other. We have a very stable life now as we look forward to retirement and a new adventure in relying on each other and making things work.

I probably would wait until after school to get married because marriage can be a distraction for studing and classes, etc. The new stresses when you graduate will be there whether you are married or not so they do not figure into the decision. Being together and bonded for life is so fulfulling and brings such happiness that yes, it is worth it and yes, it does get better. I say take the risk and go for it.