This semester, my boyfriend began taking classes at the university that I attend. We both commute. He's done an amazing job of handling the commute and workload. He's been studying a lot and enjoying himself.
My only concern is that he's been hanging out with his professors a lot. He meets one of them every day that he’s on campus just to talk. This professor has his office hours at a coffee shop, and apparently other students come there to see this professor too.
My problem is that I don't understand it. I know that my boyfriend is an intelligent person and enjoys learning from other people, but I think it's a little weird that he's frequently going to his professors' office hours to talk. I feel like there should be some distance between professors and their students. Professors are professionals. I can't help but feel like if they develop friendships with their students, they might become inclined to favor those students when grades are dealt out.
I also feel a little shafted. My boyfriend and I were supposed to spend the day together after he finished up with his classes. Only now, he’s told me that he wants to meet his professor at the coffee shop to talk after his classes. He didn’t cancel on me; he’s just delayed us being together.
I don’t want this to become a problem in our relationship just because I’m being stupid. I don’t want to discourage him from seeing his professors because I know that he enjoys talking to them. But does anyone else think that a college student frequently meeting with his professors is odd? Or am I just being silly?
