In our campuses, relationship sprouts are accustomed. It is almost infeasible to walk along the corridors of campus and not see any lovey-dovey couples holding hands acting all romantic. You’d expect love to be the foundation of these bonds but you wouldn’t be further from the truth. In this era, genuine campus relationships with pure and honest love are gone cases. The dating scene in our universities is nothing to smile about, they just don’t seem to work out. Overrated I write this piece a distressed young man. Want to know why most campus relationships do not come out as expected? Have a look:

1. Peer pressure.
In the universities, one is always surrounded by friends. These friends often influence decisions, for instance, the clothes you wear and even in some cases who you date. They often scrutinize our partners even more than we do, hence we end up looking for partners who please our friends. Relationships turn into group affairs, mere games, not taken seriously. Pains a lot.
2. Busy schedules.
Imagine having a boyfriend pursuing Engineering, whereas you’re pursuing law. Tricky situation, right? Most of the time your heads will be buried in books, it’s no doubt such courses require maximum attention. Before you realize it, meeting up will move from daily to weekly to monthly to never. As simple as it looks, the relationships come to a standstill.
3. Distance.
The long distance between some partners typically renders some relationships useless. An example is having a partner in Uniben while you’re at Unilag. Funny, right? In as much as they say absence makes the heart grow fonder, long distance between partners makes communication feel like a burden, by setting up rigorous communication schedules.
Calling someone who is far away almost all the time is a nuisance. There is also a financial strain. The longer the distance, the higher the amount of cash spent on expenses such as transport, for meetups. And there is always that factor where you meet other closer people and they replace the distant lover. Love isn’t cheap at all.
4 .Boredom
Our campuses are full of people from all corners of the country, if not world. Comrades want to test the waters and fish out the best there is. The more the options, the harder it is for one to make up his/her mind. This hinders the ability to settle in one relationship, resulting in breakups. Ever wondered why most people today actually prefer the no-strings-attached relationships? Oh, I’m I sugar coating it? I’m talking about the Lets-have-sex-without-emotional-burdens kind of relationships.
5. Unpreparedness
Very many people on campuses live “under the influence”. It’s a place where you don’t want to be left out of the flow. Often comrades engage in relationships so as not to feel left out of what everybody else does. Imagine sitting for an examination without studying, or preparing for it, failure is quite obvious. Such relationships end up in disaster or even lead to unwanted pregnancies or even sexually transmitted infections.
6. Petty misunderstandings.
Campus without drama is not campus. You can smell drama from all corners of campus, you can even feel it. It is normal for misunderstandings to occur in relationships, but campus relationships remain an exception. Even the littlest of misunderstandings can cause partners to split up, part their ways and not even dare look back. Partners are not allowed to be seen in public with people of the opposite sex, unless otherwise. Too much drama, that’s campus.