I'll take my whipping on this one. I was in a frat house in college. I had a steady girlfriend of about three years. I was whipped. I'd go do stuff with her, rarely with my friends. Yep, I enjoyed hanging out with her, but really enjoyed the sex. Anyway, finally found out that she was cheating on me & ditched her. Spent my last year & a half in college without a girlfriend. Had the best year & a half of my life.
During that year & a half, I watched several of the guys from the house vanish when they got a girlfriend, then come back into circulation when they broke up. I still see freshmen joining our frat (I've been out for 12 year but am on the board) and they spend four years of college doing nothing but commuting to their girlfriends place, wherever that may be, on weekends, or if local, doing nothing with the guys in the frat. After college is over, several of the guys got married. Those that were whipped in college twelve years later that are still married: 1 out of ten.
I will now accept my beatings...
Tying yourself down with a girlfriend when you should be out enjoying the best years of your life is cheating yourself in my opinion. I spent my time on both sides of the fence. I am now married & have two great kids. There's not another girl in the world I desire like my wife & I couldn't be happier. The guys I know who were whipped/tied down in college all say the same thing: how much they missed out on during that time to chase tail. Sorry if that sounds rude/chauvanistic/macho-whatever, but that's what I've found.
There's nothing wrong with a girlfriend, but when things go south (and during your life, most will) who are you going to turn to? Your old pals. Have a girlfriend, but just like everything else, take it in moderation. The best time of my life was being free of anybody telling me where to go, what to do, and when to be there. I drank like a fish (yep, other stuff too) & had a great time doing it. Give yourself the chance, because once you're out of college, join the working world & THEN settle down, those footloose & fancy free days are all over, except on rare occasions.
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