The everyday details are difficult as well, especially since Lehmann's boyfriend now lives with her in the Co-op, having moved to Boston this year.
"The logistics of having an off-campus boyfriend when living in a dorm are just kind of tough, in terms of eating in the dining hall, roommates" and so on, she wrote.
Even when your significant other is the same age as your roommates, it can still be difficult to blend an off-campus relationship with on-campus life.
Dennis Chvatik '02 would have lived in a House if not for his girlfriend.
But when he came to Harvard from his home in Germany, the couple was already in love.
"We wanted to try a long-distance relationship, but we missed each other so much that she decided to follow me to the U.S.," Chvatik wrote in an e-mail message.
Today, Chvatik's girlfriend attends the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, and they live together in a Cambridge apartment.
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