My Wife just started a full time BSN.

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She has been studying like crazy which is great I'm proud of her. I want to take an interest in her study's so we have more to relate to and talk about. Does anyone have any suggestions on where i should start.

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How does she study? If she uses flash cards, offer to do them with her.

Offer to quiz her by picking random things out of her chapters, and have her explain it to you.

Give a foot rub while she reads things to you out of the book, and explain them to you.

Or, just be sure to give her enough time and space to withdraw into her studies and concentrate on nothing else, no distractions, such as needing to get the laundry done or washing dishes.

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Just be supportive and try and take over some of the things she usually does around the house. My husband started grocery shopping and it meant a lot to me. He was also very understanding when I was stressed.

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Just let her have time to study and make sure she takes breaks and when you can go over flash cards go over them with her what works for me is I try to teach it to my family if they somewhat understand then I know it well enough to do well on the test but Im sure you are a great help to her and you will learn a lot too my dad said he felt like he should be getting a degree too when my mom graduated from nursing school

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She has been studying like crazy which is great I'm proud of her. I want to take an interest in her study's so we have more to relate to and talk about. Does anyone have any suggestions on where i should start.

Ask her to teach you what she's learning! Teaching others really helps me out a lot, so maybe it's the same for your wife and that will really involve you, too. :) It's great that you're interested in what she's learning. Oh, and it's good quality time together so instead of her with her head in her books, you'd be aiding her learning process.

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Thanks everyone I really appreciate your feedback. I'm trying to be as supportive as i can and have already picked up some of the slack on a lot of her choirs. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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I gave you a kudos for being a d@mn good husband. She should only be so lucky as to have someone as supportive as you during these next few stressful years. :)

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It's tough on my husband. He's taken up most of the household chores, which [household chores] is something very new to him.

I wish my husband would study with me, or let me teach him what I have learned because I learn best that way. So, I agree with the previous poster who recommended allowing your wife to teach you what she's learned.

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I commend you for picking up the slack. I'm shocked and saddened by how many times I read on this very site, that in 2011, many men are still slacking on chores and kids, expecting their wives to still do it all while going to school full-time and/or working full-time as well. I mean, what gives? You live in the house don't you? you helped make those kids. Help out!

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Thanks again everyone! I'm going to try some of your suggestions over the next month or so and ill let you know how its going.

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You could always work on your de-stressing activities. ;)

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