Dating is a fun, hilarious, and sometimes challenging endeavor as it is, but dating an engineering student is an entirely different thing.
1. SolidWORKS, MatLab, and lots of Microsoft Excel.
Programs, codes and processes that I don't understand. I also would never get excited about these things (I guess that's why I'm not an engineering student?). But dating an engineering student means I at least know that these things exist. So that's a good start.
2. "There's got to be a better way to do this."
An easy way to get your engineer boyfriend or girlfriend to do anything.
3. They always have a pencil in their pocket. Always.
4. Everything is methodical.
Literally everything. The way they lay out their homework. The way they make decisions. Their car. Their room. The way they put toppings on pizza and ice cream or make their burritos. There is a method to their madness 100 percent of the time.
5. Calculus, physics, more calculus, more physics.
Things I can't stand. Dating an engineering student forced me to realize that people can actually enjoy these classes.
6. They tell you how everything works.
It's usually followed by "We made one of these in my class once" or "I saw a documentary on this" or "I looked it up one time because I was dying to know." Things people don't normally say.
7. Their exams consist of anywhere from one to 15 questions.
My boyfriend usually has tests with like six questions on them. Here's the catch: each problem takes a good ten minutes. I don't envy that.
8. They bond with other engineering students by sharing stories about projects they have worked on.
9. They like to figure things out for themselves.
My boyfriend is always determined to figure things out himself. It's very rare that he will ask anyone when he doesn't know or understand something. Google and some good brain workouts will bring the right conclusion.
