Dating in college is tricky. Between late night texts, the random class flirt, and old high school boyfriends breathing down your neck, no one from either party really knows what they're doing. But for those who have somehow solved the dating-in-college puzzle, let alone stayed together after graduation, here's a fast-forward into what your lives will look like with said guy:
The Frat Player
There are two ways this relationship can work: 1. It doesn’t. 2. You are the girl that changes his flirty ways and makes him want to settle down. The ultimate goal, go you. You'll move in together after college but will get annoyed about how often “guys’ night” is. Rest assured, he's only got eyes for you. If he didn't lead astray in college, he's not about to in the real world.
The Athlete
Either he went on to playing in the big leagues, or he is now on the men’s league once a week, trying to relive the glory days of being a collegiate athlete. Your days will probably be you coming home from work to find out your guy is still at home drinking beer before your dinner date downtown. “The game” takes precedent, but you’re always welcome to come over and watch with him. How sweet!
The Finance Major
Good for you for sticking with someone who can actually do math! Not just 2+2, but real-life math, like taxes and bills and other scary numbers. He’ll probably have some job you won’t even know how to start explaining to your parents and will be financially stable (cha-ching); however, you’ll have to go on a lot of dinner dates with his boss/clients, so a lot of pressure to be perfect will be bestowed on your shoulders.
The “Cute Guy I Met at a Bar”
It seems that the best couples meet at bars these days; I mean, hello Meredith Grey and McDreamy. The accidental meeting, the no-pressure conversation, all over the cushion of flirty drinks — all great. After graduation, you guys will inevitably live together, or at least a few minutes away from each other, in a trendy area downtown, do group cooking classes, go out with friends, etc. You guys are the “casual couple” and are down to do whatever, wherever, whenever.
The Engineer
Okay,you're smart.We get it. Either you’re an engineer too, or smart enough to be if you’re dating an engineer. You might have to move to an obscure city or town because of your professions, but wherever you go, you’ll have the coolest house. It’ll be like your very own version of "Smart House," so please invite your friends over a lot. We'd all like to relish in your brains and success. You may not always get to see your guy because you’re both working on the world’s next big thing or saving the planet and what not, but you guys will make it out alive.
The Stoner
Either this guy is a bum that you think is cute or he could be the next Steve Jobs, so pick wisely. You’ll constantly be in a love-hate relationship with each other because something else is always being lit up in his life (sorry, that was a bad pun). But after school, it could be hard for him to find the motivation to go job hunting, so you might have to carry the team for a while. If you stuck with him all through college and now, after, there is something there, some kind of potential you see in him. With the swish of your magic wand and pointing him in the right direction, you could transform your bum into the charming prince we all hope for.
The Never-Dater
Alas, it is possible and common to be single all through college! Don’t worry, girl, it just took some sorting out and nit-pickiness, but now, after college, you have even more endless possibilities to find the right guy: at your crazy-awesome job, in your building (the new guy living across from you), at cool bars and restaurants — the whole shebang. Hang tight, because you could find the best relationship of all of us yet.
Pick wisely, ladies! Because this is how your life could end up.
