Yeah, PhD life kinda sucks. Wait a bit, chill out, get a job, travel, then do a PhD. You'll die anyway.

Most of my fellow countrypeople (somewhere in Latin America) doing PhDs in the UK start their studies already married. On the one hand, that's pretty cool, because they already have all the emotional support they need when things are rough, but on the other, they're missing on all the great people who could be good life partners over here. I mean, the UK's the only place where I've met people I empathise with at a deeper level, so that I'm thinking of marrying someone here. However, if she's also a PhD, what if our careers take us to different places? Does marriage between two PhDs work at all?

Oh yeah, and she knows about my interest anyway, as I was stupid enough to let her know about it sometime ago. I mean, if in order to find a person with such a profile I need to become a Christian during the PhD, I'll do it. However I'm thinking that maybe her case is just an exception.

I don't have any belief, but when she told me about how Christians approach marriage it made complete sense to me from a "rational-scientific" point of view, I mean, to know that there's someone you trust and love waiting for you when you finish your PhD, that's pretty cool! In the meantime, the bf is gonna work and save some money. Cool. And, no, she's no minx, and she's not the kind of person to waste time online (she does a proper science PhD, while I do management). How do Christians go about in the UK? I'm very interested since I'm here.

Like, I handed in my First Year Report on June 1st, had a viva on the 12th, went to the World Cup and returned on July 12th, waited for my fieldwork to be negotiated and didn't do anything serious until September.

I'm just wondering how compatible is courting someone the traditional Christian way while doing a PhD away from home. For those unfamiliar with Christian culture, courtship is the process of getting to know someone at an in-depth level (excluding all physical contact) and building commitment, during 1-2 years with marriage as the ultimate goal. I know someone who's 3 years into the process with her bf in the US and has just started her 3-year PhD in the UK, but I would really like to court her myself (I'm 2nd year PhD, non-American, non-British and non-Christian)!

30, I was 29 when I started and 28 when I first met up with my potential supervisor, who said he only took up experienced professionals as PhD students (never under 28). The field is not a scientific one, though, but a very applied one (Management).