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Students Seek Love Outside The Gates

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.

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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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