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I'll tell you my experiences with this. For the first two years of college, I took several of the same classes with my girlfriend (pre-req stuff before we went into different majors). The upside was that I always had someone I trusted for group projects, always had somebody to study with, always had somebody to talk about the class with, always had a backup for notes if I missed a class.
Pretty much the only downside was that it made it a LOT more difficult to meet other people. I don't mean this as in trying to meet people to hook up with (although that would obviously be difficult), but even just trying to get to know people and make new friends is hard. Often in classes, most people don't know each other, and that makes it easier for spontanious friendships to form, as you can mingle with whoever you're near. But when you go to a class with a friend (and in this case, someone you're in a relationship with), the burdon to meet new people is completely removed. You're already set, and you start off in this closed bubble. Other people will instantly recognize this- they will see you not only coming in and being extremely comfortable and chummy with another classmate right away, but seeing it day after day. That will make you a lot less approachable. So to sum up this convoluted paragraph: you remove the neccesity to make friends and you make it more difficult for other people to make friends with you.
At least, this was my experience. In some of the classes it wasn't a problem, but I know in others, I probably missed out on meeting some interesting people because I was too involved in my own little world already. On the other hand, I know I did better academically in those classes as well.
Just my experience.
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