Anyone's partners done an MBA?

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Hi. My OH is applying to do an MBA in september. He will take a year of work to do this and im wondering if anyone else has any experience from their partners doing this and how did they cope? It seems like he wil be doing alot of travelling. He currently works in Germany mon- fri and we have 2 young children. He will stay away in the week if he does this course. Thanks Nikki

Hello!

My husband is doing an MBA with the Open University over 4 years - he is half way through as well as working really long shifts with his job. It is hard as I have to take on alot and generally feel like a single parent! I hope one day a job without the shifts and more money will make it worthwhile

Hi.

Wow, 4 years, thats a long time! OH is doing the full time MBA which is a year long. He is taking a year off work to do this. It sounds like he will do alot of travelling to different countries.

I am also hoping for more family time and is is hoping for more money also!!

Don't understand the travelling bit. In the UK, a fulltime MBA is basically campus based, with the odd project not too far away. If he's cramming a Masters into a year, lecture and exam attendance are hugely time consuming.

I have just found the website and looked it up further. There will be a trip of about a week at the end of the course to somewhere like Japan, China, America.

My husband's doing an executive MBA and working full-time at the moment (8 months into a 22 month course) - it is hugely expensive despite both of us working full time in professional jobs and we will be struggling to make ends meet within a few months as he hasn't taken out a loan. It is quite stressful, and he tends to come home quite late because of extra meetings/clubs that he would like to benefit from. Let me know if anything else you'd like to know - I'm going to be an MBA widow all next year too!

Hello again.

My previous partner also did an mba over a year - We seperated at the six months stage - he had no time for me but it was before I settled down with kids, mortgage etc!!! I dont understand the travel either - there was a placement with a company - but I dont remember any of them being overseas.

Hello. I think they go away for a week as experience and thats about it.

Im not too bothered in the week as I am on my own bringing up the children. I do sometimes think though it's always about OH career and as long as im at home with the kids everything is fine. OH doesn't really have alot of time for me anyway!!!

Also,for FTMBA, common for the whole family to up sticks, rent out the family home, and rent on/near the campus. Means you can socialise with other MBA widows/widowers, keep the family together, and ensure the student doesn't get "carried away" with all those other exciting students hoping to "network".

FTMBA in a year means weekends as well, with case studies, assignments, socialising. It is full on (if it is a respected course), 5 days won't cut it. If his team are planning to work Sat night, he will not be able to clear off on Fri, back Monday.
Seriously, has he thought about the family side of this?

Yes he has but we don't talk alot about it and he just tells me it will better the future and he can get a better job and then be home with the family more.