My girlfriend broke up with me because my medical textbook had a picture of a hoo-ha.

Some backstory, my fiancée Annie and I have known each other since we were children, and began dating junior year of high school.

After high school, we both went to our state school and I asked her to marry me junior year of undergrad.

I've always dreamt of being a doctor, as has she.

When the application process began, I applied to a good mix of MD and DO schools of varying degrees of

selectivity, though all med schools are insanely selective. I had initially planned on continuing my

education at my state institution because I didn't want to take on too much debt.

I did end up getting into my state school's med school, but I was also unexpectedly offered a spot at one of the best med schools in the country, like the top three in New England.

My girlfriend and I are from the West Coast, by the way.

I would have been inclined to

reject the offer had I also not qualified for a partial but still significant scholarship.

It would still cost me more out of pocket than my state school would, but not significantly so,

maybe a couple of thousand dollars more. Any, despite pleas from myself, our parents, professors, advisors, among others, only applied

to our state school and to some insanely selective, like top 10 MD schools, that she, to be blunt,

had no chance of getting into, given her admittedly mediocre grades and research experience.

She was rejected from all the schools she applied to,

including our state institution. Obviously, this crushed her, and I've tried my best to support her

during a difficult time, and to help her remain optimistic. Our situation now is this. I'm currently

enrolled at the aforementioned New England Medical School, while Annie has

decided to take a year off to strengthen her profile with research experience, physician shadowing,

among other things, and she's currently living with me. There were no jobs open related to her

undergrad major, which is political science, here or in our home state, none of which would be able to give her

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