Don't Sh** Where You Eat
I was going to go gun blazing and just ask how many people have (successfully or unsuccessfully) tried to eat the forbidden fruit? You know, the whole "don't date anyone in your class in medical school" rotten fruit. Then I had my "aha" moment. Some of you may be freshly minting yourself as a glorious M1 and may not know this rule. So here is the rule, not saying it's my advice, but here it is anyways:
Don't date anyone in your class. Aka don't shit where you eat. Why? Well its inevitable (okay high percentage) both of you will break up and go separate ways. HOLD THAT THOUGHT. You are in the same class, so instead of going separate ways, both of you will be STUCK seeing each other every. single. day. Now for the "breaker" that's going to suck, because you are just ready to move onward and upward. The "breakee" well the heartbreak will dwell in that pain. We don't need that extra distraction contributing to you preparing for your step now shall we?
On the other hand, if you somehow are a normal, single, dateable person (wow we must be rare) how long should you wait until you start dating someone in medical school? I say at LEAST a semester, thoughts?
