I’m a 24-year-old married woman starting school this August. By the time school starts, my husband and I will have been married 2 years with no kids. I know not having kids makes this a little easier, but I’m still worried about how my 28 months of education will impact him. He’s been very supportive of my goal and has encouraged me through every step in the application process. I’ve talked to him about how much of a time commitment school will be, but I don’t think he really understands. We started dating when I was in college, so I think he’s thinking it will be like nursing school. Also, he got his MBA a few years ago (he literally studied for 2 hours a week or less), so I think that also plays into his misconception about grad school time commitments. Luckily, the school I will be attending is only 10 miles from my house and my clinical site is less than 5 miles so we can continue to live together. He has a great job, but I know he’s getting stressed out about our finances (probably because he’s a Financial Analyst) and how he is going to continue to pay our mortgage, car loans, country club membership, and still find money to buy groceries and other basic necessities. We plan on taking out loans to pay for school and probably a little more to supplement his income. Luckily, the school I will be attending is only 10 miles from my house and my clinical site is less than 5 miles away so we can continue to live together and don’t have to get me an apartment somewhere is Kansas or Louisiana.

So, I’m looking for any advice I can give him from husbands of SRNAs or if the ladies can tell me how your husband dealt with you being in school/studying all the time.