‘How do I choose between my holiday fling and my steady girlfriend?' Dr Louise replies

I had a lovely holiday with my parents after a hard 2023 at university. I’m now in my final year of medicine and looking forward to completing my studies. During the holiday, I met a 17-year-old girl who has started Grade 12. We had a holiday romance, although I have a steady girlfriend who went on vacation with her folks. 

I’m now finding it difficult to choose between the two women as the younger one is somewhat immature still, although very beautiful and fun to be with while my girlfriend and I both study medicine and are both in our final year. 

My girlfriend is more serious and driven towards qualifying one day as a surgeon and she is dedicated. The result is that we both don’t get much time during the year for fun. 

I think that’s why my time with the younger girl was wonderful as there were no studies or difficult work getting in the way. How do I decide? 

Benjamin, email