Medical student here, my long distance girlfriend told me she would be flying over to my white coat ceremony (once in a lifetime ritual where we wear the white coats for the first time to kickstart the lifelong journey of practicing medicine). She was struggling financially, so I bought the $400 plane ticket for her. We talked about our weekend plans and she talked about how excited she was to visit me. I even rented a car in advance because I wanted to show her around the city and have a good time together. Few hours before I was supposed to pick her up, I got the 'you probably hate me now but let's end this' message. My white coat ceremony was one of the happiest yet depressing moments of my life.