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does being in a good relationship make studying easier?

i know a bad relationship can mess things up and so can new relationships. but being in a nice steady one... does it make it easy to study in your experience?

Reply 1

ßlαcksωαn

17

"nice"?
hmmm, it all depends

Reply 2

Grift

Actually it can, if you know how. I used to be in a relationship with this girl during our GCSEs. We used to text each other nearly 24/7 (usually her moaning about how difficult the subjects are) to make sure we're both studying. We even had dares to see how long each of us could last studying without more than 5 min breaks. Loser had to do whatever the winner asked. Was fun while it lasted. We even scored the exact same grades, lol.

Reply 3

toffeesweets

yeah I think it can, if you're both studying the same subjects :biggrin:

Reply 4

Freud

14

Well yeah it all depends... Back when I was in a nice relationship I would skip school to, er, make use of houses free of parents, that sort of thing. But when I becamse single I had nothing to distract me from my studies (except sexual frustration lol)

Reply 5

g2da3

11

my head of year said it helped then my mate said

*but miss i am not in a relationship does that mean i am going to fail*

Reply 6

toffeesweets

g2da3

my head of year said it helped then my mate said

*but miss i am not in a relationship does that mean i am going to fail*

lol

Reply 7

romario

OP

Yeppo

Well yeah it all depends... Back when I was in a nice relationship I would skip school to, er, make use of houses free of parents, that sort of thing. But when I becamse single I had nothing to distract me from my studies (except sexual frustration lol)

so which one is the bigger distraction?

Reply 8

hannah_dru

2

I'd say that it probably would make it easier to study. It certainly would have made things easier in my case.

Reply 9

simple_things

it's a bit of both. i find myself skipping lessons for her, but we also spur each other on

Reply 10

kinkajou

15

it's easier for me cos my boyfriend is highly intelligent and teaches me lots :p:

plus i find it easier to study when we are in the room together, cos when he isn't there i'm tempted to talk on msn etc to make up for it! But if he is in the room i can sit and work for ages, but cuddle breaks are a necessity :wink:

Reply 11

Joanna May

15

I don't see how that's true. Of course a bad relationship mkaes it hard to study, but a good relationship doesn't make it easier than being single. It's your state of mind, not whether you have a boyfriend or not. If you're happy, then studying becomes easier, single or otherwise.

Reply 12

Barny

17

In my experience? No.

When you have to slave over a page of problem questions and you have the option of having sex with your girlfriend, rarely do you decide to spend hours shut in your room trying to figure out how to do the problem Q's.

Reply 13

stainedglass

1

In my experience..it depends really.

A bad relationship certainly doesn't help your concentration. A good relationship on the other hand can be alright if it puts you in a good mood but most of the time, I'd rather be with him than sat at a desk working my way through text books for research. I find it difficult to get him to relate to the stress of having assignments though, because unlike me, he works full time while I'm a student and only work weekends. He tries to sympathise however so that's what matters.

Reply 14

hippieglitter

19

I was the complete opposite, when i was doing my a levels i wrote most of my best essays when i was mad at my boyfriend, which was more often than not.

Reply 15

figureeight

11

My relationship at the moment has really turned me around studying wise.

I used to be quite a slacker, but since I've been with my current (and only ever) girlfriend who I love to bits, I've changed so much.

I think its kinda because I feel now if I do badly, it also reflects badly on her, whereas before it was myself and I just went "whatever". :smile:

So OP, definitely :redface:

Reply 16

username47781

20

If you have a very understanding partner who trusts you and knows that sometimes you can't always spend time with her then surely it does make things easier.

Reply 17

Anonymous #1

I don't know, we kept having sex breaks...so I guess not.

Reply 18

Anannya

8

To me both would be a distraction :wink:

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Reply 19

Helenia

20

Rock Fan

If you have a very understanding partner who trusts you and knows that sometimes you can't always spend time with her then surely it does make things easier.

Well yes, but that doesn't mean it's easier than not having one around at all, so you don't have to worry about them!

Personally, I don't know. I was single all through school and got pretty damn good results. I was single for my first year of uni and have been in relationships ever since; my results have been completely consistent, so in my case I don't think it does make a difference. Both my boyfriends have done different subjects, so working together isn't an option - and besides, if you did that, wouldn't you just spend your time being tempted to do couply stuff instead?

Though I haven't found it personally, I know that exams have put stress on a lot of my friends' relationships, but that's the opposite to this question, really.

does being in a good relationship make studying easier?

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