May 7, 2014
Should couples spend their summer together?
Commentary by Jacqueline Schaefer, Lifestyle Editor
It’s a good idea for couples to plan to spend their summer together. If they go to the same school, they probably spend a lot of time together at school, so why should the summer be any different?
Especially if you’re from the same area, trying to get a job at the same place could be a great way to see each other on a regular basis. Summer can be tough to find things to do together if you’re both busy with jobs. However, if you’re looking to be in the same career field, finding an internship at the same company could be a great experience for the both of you. It will allow you to discover if you’re compatible in the workplace, and if not, well then it’s only for a summer.
If you’re in a serious relationship, the summer also can be a great time to try living together. In this case, I would recommend not working at the same place. Because summer is a relatively short time, getting an apartment can be a useful, non-permanent way to discover if living together in the future is a feasible option. This will guarantee you will see each other and provide ample time to go on picnics and visit the beach.
If you don’t go to the same school, living and/or working in the same area will greatly benefit your relationship. This will be a nice change from seeing each other less often to almost every day. While at first it may be weird, eventually spending lots of time together will benefit your relationship.
No matter who you are, if you’re in a committed relationship, spending your summers together is the perfect idea.
Commentary by Lucas Wimmer, Opinion Editor
It’s perfectly OK to want to carry on a relationship through the summer. Even more so, it’s totally acceptable to want to spend a lot of time with your significant other.
What is selfish and not acceptable, however, is letting that desire stop them from having fun or bettering themselves.
For example, my fiancée will be spending two months of this summer in Scotland and other countries across Europe, taking classes for her graduate program and exploring some places she always has wanted to visit.
Am I going to miss her? Absolutely, but it would be selfish and wrong of me to stop her from traveling and taking advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity because of that.
While she is over in Europe, I will graduate and begin my career. I can really dedicate myself to whatever job or internship I accept, continue to work on my craft and prove to whatever company hires me that I can be available whenever necessary.
This is not to say that you should not want to hang out with your boyfriend or girlfriend. In fact, if you have no desire to hang out with your significant other, you should probably reevaluate your relationship.
At the same time, though, if your desire to constantly see each other stops one of you from taking advantage of an opportunity to better yourself or achieve something one of you has always wanted to do, this should be cause to take a step back and reevaluate your relationship as well.
