Do most analysts have girlfriends?

Was just wondering how many of you were able to sustain a GF during those first couple analyst years.

I know those first 2-3 years are extremely demanding so I wanted to hear some insight on having a gf during them

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I do not have a girlfriend, it fucking sucks I always was a guy who had a girlfriend during college/late HS and I definitely miss that companionship. Ended things with my last college girlfriend when I started because she was still in school and I try to squeeze in hinge dates whenever possible but I never have time for it to turn into something serious. Most times I ever went out with the same girl was like 8-10x early on in my first year and then it fizzled out when I got slammed on a deal and accidentally ghosted her for two weeks, 2-3 more average but it never goes anywhere because you can basically only see them on Friday and Saturday nights so its very hard to move past the "dates" stage into an actual relationship. Most analysts do not have girlfriends unless they moved to the city with their girl after college. Probably my least favorite thing about this job. It does get better though I see VPs and up pulling some total babes way out of their league...

 

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