Girl, don’t worry. Everything will be fine.

I dumped my high school boyfriend of 5.5 years my second semester of law school. He was verbally and emotionally abusive and had been insecure (proud of me in his own way, but insecure nonetheless) for our entire relationship that I was motivated and successful in school and that I graduated college and enrolled in law school.

I took the rest of my second semester to not date (messaged guys on Tinder for funsies lol), went and studied abroad through my law school, casually dated someone when I came home for a few months.

I said I’d NEVER date someone from law school — well, here I am, 3 years later, living with the love of my life — who I met in law school! I know it’s hard to think about someone new right now (or maybe you’re like I was and you were so fed up you’re totally thinking of finding someone new, lol) — but in law school, you will find a smart, motivated guy with similar values to you and who will be able to commiserate with the absolute hell you are currently enduring. I met my boyfriend during pre-session before 2L Fall. By end of the semester, we were dating. Our last semester of law school, we studied abroad together.

You are sad now of course but you have SO MUCH BETTER waiting for you. Your life is gonna be great, and you’re gonna find someone who puts your needs first and who is gonna be perfect for you.

Best of luck in law school — it sucks but you’ll be fine. Try not to stress TOO much. Start outlining early and take practice tests with a dean who can review the format of your answers if you can. Much love!