The Exam and “The Significant Other”

Let’s talk about The Exam and “The Significant Other”.

If you are serious about passing, the time will come a few weeks before the exam when everything must be subordinated to getting ready. This may require you to postpone spending time with the “SO”, maybe even being distracted and inattentive. Maybe even about three quarters nuts.

It’s good to anticipate this and have a candid discussion of why this is important to you and why the exam is so hard. It helps to emphasize the day of the exam and promise something nice at or after the exam. This also has the benefit of forcing you to rethink why this is important and how it fits into your plans for the future.

Obviously, this is not a process in which the SO can play a significant role, apart from providing ample sex and home cooked meals, both of which make study go better. But you will have a better chance of relationship revival by keeping your SO apprised as to your state of angst and frustration. It will also be helpful to use those necessary breaks to keep the relationship, if not entirely on track, then not entirely derailed either.