{"id":8126,"date":"2018-11-16T14:46:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T19:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gcc.edu\/insider\/?p=8126"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:12:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T19:12:53","slug":"inside-married-life-nate-sprunks-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gcc.edu\/insider\/2018\/11\/16\/inside-married-life-nate-sprunks-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Married Life: Nate Sprunk&#8217;s Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">Nate Sprunk, an Exercise Science major and Psychology&nbsp;minor, is a quarter of the way through his senior year at Grove City College. He began his freshman year busy with his involvement on the lacrosse team and continued up until this year. His decision was primarily to focus more on school, along with his new wife, Priya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">Nate and Priya have known each other for about 10 years, meeting at middle school youth group at their church back in the day. Although, they did not start dating until the summer before Nate\u2019s senior year of high school. They had always been great friends, but that summer they spent much more time together and grew extremely close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">\u201cGoing to school together gave us time to grow closer and build a stronger relational foundation to get married. Being at GCC was positive because it gave us a Christian environment to grow in,\u201d Nate said. They started the conversation during Nate\u2019s sophomore year of college, Priya\u2019s junior year. With Priya being a year older, the decision to be married was difficult in terms of their current academic standings, but, with an abundance of advice and prayer, the couple decided to be married this previous summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">This fall semester, with Priya as a Grove City College graduate, Nate has noticed changes in his life since the wedding. He feels that he has become more responsible and independent in his current college career and post-college plans. In living off-campus with his wife, he sees friends significantly less, which can cause strains in his relationships, but it just means working harder to maintain the ones that are truly important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">\u201cIt\u2019s great to live together and have our own place. It\u2019s also great to be able to support each other. However, it does make things weird with your relationships with other people because of change. My advice for people would be to make sure you\u2019re truly ready for everything that comes with the commitment. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">We did marriage counseling prior to our wedding. I think that it helped us be more prepared for the transition and for what to expect<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">,\u201d Nate said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif\">Although only 21, Nate\u2019s maturity and dedication to Priya has made their marriage fulfilled and exciting. His future plans include attending school for physical therapy to further his knowledge of subjects surrounding his college education.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nate Sprunk, an Exercise Science major and Psychology&nbsp;minor, is a quarter of the way through his senior year at Grove City College. 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