Is studying putting a strain on anyone else's relationships?
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I just had diner, was relaxing and talking… Her reaction: go to study, I don’t want to go through this shit next year; you better pass hahahah
she was cpomplaining that we don’t go out and we missed the spring - she gets upset when she sees me surfing on the web or wasting time around
only 4 days to go
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Long time reader of analyst forum, first time poster (I legit made an account just to post this)
My boyfriend is currently enrolled in CFA level 2 and has not been available for the last six months. He passed CFA L1 2011, CAIA L1 2012, CAIA level 2 September last year, and enrolled in CFA L2 as soon as CAIA results came out.
When he received his CFA books, I told him I would support him through his exam, because I know it’s important to him. (Most people at his investment work have the CFA or are in candidates for it/have FINSIA, so,e even masters of applied finance.) ). In January he agreed on ten minutes a phone call a night and one hour skype a week (we are also in a long distance relationship 800km away, or ten hours away from each other but same time zone). However within one month of that compromise, he broke his compromise and basically said CFA was going to be his life for the next six months and it will come first before relationship, that I would probably feel like I’m single and if I wanted to leave I could just leave and he wouldn’t blame me.
Many of my friends (guys and girls) said I should have left. Perhaps i should have but as an accounting university student I know how important the CFA/CPA/CA is to many graduates in the financial services, as I hope to one day obtain my CA or CPA as well and he will support me through that when I come to that stage. Yes I know from a lot of reading that CA is nothing compared to CFA and the workload for CFA is more insane and difficult that a CA.
FYI he studies insanely, in mornings 7am to 8.30, works 8.30 to 5.30 and studies on his one hour lunch break, studies going home from work from 6-7 and then at home from 7-12/1am. He has taken the last two weeks off work before Saturdays exam to study.
So yes, CFA has been quite difficult for our relationship, basically we had minimal communication, he doesn’t know about personal issues I went thru the last six months with uni/work/family stuff but I was/am willing to let that slide. on top of that I also said I would support him through it from day one and I am not a person who likes to break promises… In the last three months he’s gotten four care packages (ranging from a warm blanket to home baked energy bares and study snacks). in the meantime, I’ve kept myself busy working three part time jobs throughout the week while at uni. Our only form of communication is a text good morning and night. Hoping things get better after the exam but then it’s going to be a repeat of this when when does L3.
My boyfriend is currently enrolled in CFA level 2 and has not been available for the last six months. He passed CFA L1 2011, CAIA L1 2012, CAIA level 2 September last year, and enrolled in CFA L2 as soon as CAIA results came out.
When he received his CFA books, I told him I would support him through his exam, because I know it’s important to him. (Most people at his investment work have the CFA or are in candidates for it/have FINSIA, so,e even masters of applied finance.) ). In January he agreed on ten minutes a phone call a night and one hour skype a week (we are also in a long distance relationship 800km away, or ten hours away from each other but same time zone). However within one month of that compromise, he broke his compromise and basically said CFA was going to be his life for the next six months and it will come first before relationship, that I would probably feel like I’m single and if I wanted to leave I could just leave and he wouldn’t blame me.
Many of my friends (guys and girls) said I should have left. Perhaps i should have but as an accounting university student I know how important the CFA/CPA/CA is to many graduates in the financial services, as I hope to one day obtain my CA or CPA as well and he will support me through that when I come to that stage. Yes I know from a lot of reading that CA is nothing compared to CFA and the workload for CFA is more insane and difficult that a CA.
FYI he studies insanely, in mornings 7am to 8.30, works 8.30 to 5.30 and studies on his one hour lunch break, studies going home from work from 6-7 and then at home from 7-12/1am. He has taken the last two weeks off work before Saturdays exam to study.
So yes, CFA has been quite difficult for our relationship, basically we had minimal communication, he doesn’t know about personal issues I went thru the last six months with uni/work/family stuff but I was/am willing to let that slide. on top of that I also said I would support him through it from day one and I am not a person who likes to break promises… In the last three months he’s gotten four care packages (ranging from a warm blanket to home baked energy bares and study snacks). in the meantime, I’ve kept myself busy working three part time jobs throughout the week while at uni. Our only form of communication is a text good morning and night. Hoping things get better after the exam but then it’s going to be a repeat of this when when does L3.