u/Flower_angel_exe

Hi, everyone.

My boyfriend (27M) and I (25F) have been on and off since 2022. We are nevermets, met online, dated for four months, and broke up. We reconnected in early 2025. Things were genuinely great for a while, until life happened. Both of our careers took unexpected hits, and we’ve both been dealing with a lot personally (his healthy father suddenly getting cancer, me finding out my dad has another family)

because of finances, seeing each other just isn’t realistic right now. The plan has always been to close the distance eventually, but that probably won’t happen until I finish grad school and he gets promoted or at least gets a raise.

The thing is, we’re both willing to wait.

But lately, the spark just isn’t there. We’re exhausted. We still care about each other, but neither of us has much emotional energy left after dealing with work, money, school, and just trying to get through adulthood. We have a long-term plan together, but we also have to survive the present to ever get there.

We talked about breaking up. Surprisingly, we both came to the same conclusion: neither of us really has the capacity to be the partner we want to be right now, but neither of us wants to walk away either. We both want to stay, support each other as best we can, and hope this is just a difficult season rather than the beginning of the end.

I guess my question is: has anyone been through something similar? A season where the relationship felt emotionally flat, not because the love was gone, but because life had taken so much out of both of you? Did it get better once things settled down, or were the lack of energy and connection signs that the relationship had already run its course?

I know LDRs don’t always fit the usual dating advice, so I’d really appreciate hearing from people who’ve experienced something similar.

Cheers.

Hi, everyone.

My boyfriend (27M) and I (25F) have been on and off since 2022. We are nevermets, met online, dated for four months, and broke up. We reconnected in early 2025. Things were genuinely great for a while, until life happened. Both of our careers took unexpected hits, and we’ve both been dealing with a lot personally (his healthy father suddenly getting cancer, me finding out my dad has another family)

because of finances, seeing each other just isn’t realistic right now. The plan has always been to close the distance eventually, but that probably won’t happen until I finish grad school and he gets promoted or at least gets a raise.

The thing is, we’re both willing to wait.

But lately, the spark just isn’t there. We’re exhausted. We still care about each other, but neither of us has much emotional energy left after dealing with work, money, school, and just trying to get through adulthood. We have a long-term plan together, but we also have to survive the present to ever get there.

We talked about breaking up. Surprisingly, we both came to the same conclusion: neither of us really has the capacity to be the partner we want to be right now, but neither of us wants to walk away either. We both want to stay, support each other as best we can, and hope this is just a difficult season rather than the beginning of the end.

I guess my question is: has anyone been through something similar? A season where the relationship felt emotionally flat, not because the love was gone, but because life had taken so much out of both of you? Did it get better once things settled down, or were the lack of energy and connection signs that the relationship had already run its course?

I know LDRs don’t always fit the usual dating advice, so I’d really appreciate hearing from people who’ve experienced something similar.

Cheers.

Hello doctors! Unfortunately I was not promoted to clerkship because I have to repeat pharma. Given that I only have to come to class once a week, I think getting a head start for the PLE will be a productive use of my free time. Has anyone here availed the clerks and interns program of expert MD? I’ve heard a lot of great things about expertMD so I was hoping to avail it sana. Thank you

And before kayo magtaka. Yes po may pharma 1 and pharma 2 po sa med school namin.

Cheers po and good luck to all doctors taking the PLE in a few months 🤍

Hi everyone.

I became sick for a long time and missed a few long exams. While generally ok naman grades ko sa ibang subjects, di ko na nahabol yung isa. Unfortunately, this means that i have to repeat only one subject for the next year, and lose my promotion to clerkship.

Ok lang naman ako, and health wise better na rin ako. Ok rin sa parents ko. Kaya sakto lang.

But I want to make most of my time in this mini "gap year" If you guys had a "gap year" and was briefly employed/had part time jobs/know any openings, help a fellow med student out!

Excited ako for more time off, and of course to actually understand the subject that I need to repeat. Plus since nga nagkasakit ako for most of my third year, siguro review review na rin. On my schedule too is studying for the PLE, and probably USMLE too. Unfortunately I graduated a degree with no boards (biology) so walang work available. Open naman ako for VA work or anything else na keri.
Salamat and have a great day!