I know I'm young but college is quickly approaching which means it's getting time to choose what I want to do with my life. My boyfriend isn't going to college and plans to live his life free spirited and unplanned (where the wind takes him so to speak) and I'm considering a field in the sciences. 
I always had medical school or a masters degree open as an option but I know it would be extremely difficult to continue the relationship if I went that route and I don't think I want to give it up for a career. Some of you are probably reading this thinking about what a silly teenager I am for even considering this so let me give some background:

We met my junior (his senior) year of high school and became best friends very quickly. After a few weeks we started dating. After 2 months we broke up for reasons that would take me paragraphs to explain but we pretty much cut ties for about a year. 
I was in love with him so I was crushed over this even after only 2 months. Even though after a year of barely any communication, a series of events led us back together. Everything in the universe pointed toward us never interacting again but here we are more in love than I even thought possible. 
It's been almost 3 months since we've been together again and the feelings I had for him before never went away and are only growing stronger as time goes on. 
I could seriously see myself spending the rest of my life with him, so I ask my fellow redditors: would it be insane to take a less time consuming career (that I still like) so that I can be with him and travel as we want to and live a free minimalistic life?

It's risky and most people (my parents and societal standards) would call me crazy, but if he makes me so happy why would I give that up for something that might make me happy in the far far future? I've grown up with a set of expectations and have a hard time finding outside perspectives on this choice which is why I'm posting here. I'm not asking for anyone to make this decision for me I just want opinions from people who have experienced either side of this scenario!
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I know I'm young but college is quickly approaching which means it's getting time to choose what I want to do with my life. My boyfriend isn't going to college and plans to live his life free spirited and unplanned (where the wind takes him so to speak) and I'm considering a field in the sciences. 
I always had medical school or a masters degree open as an option but I know it would be extremely difficult to continue the relationship if I went that route and I don't think I want to give it up for a career. Some of you are probably reading this thinking about what a silly teenager I am for even considering this so let me give some background:

We met my junior (his senior) year of high school and became best friends very quickly. After a few weeks we started dating. After 2 months we broke up for reasons that would take me paragraphs to explain but we pretty much cut ties for about a year. 
I was in love with him so I was crushed over this even after only 2 months. Even though after a year of barely any communication, a series of events led us back together. Everything in the universe pointed toward us never interacting again but here we are more in love than I even thought possible. 
It's been almost 3 months since we've been together again and the feelings I had for him before never went away and are only growing stronger as time goes on. 
I could seriously see myself spending the rest of my life with him, so I ask my fellow redditors: would it be insane to take a less time consuming career (that I still like) so that I can be with him and travel as we want to and live a free minimalistic life?

It's risky and most people (my parents and societal standards) would call me crazy, but if he makes me so happy why would I give that up for something that might make me happy in the far far future? I've grown up with a set of expectations and have a hard time finding outside perspectives on this choice which is why I'm posting here. I'm not asking for anyone to make this decision for me I just want opinions from people who have experienced either side of this scenario!
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love my boyfriend but don't want to give
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