>boyfriend went to a community college for 2 years, got an AS
>makes 60k a year working for a medical startup in a lab
>3 years into my 4 year BFA, in debt, entry level jobs are 30k a year
>whenever he talks to me about his job i can't follow what he's talking about and just smile and nod

Are you okay dating someone who's retarded compared to you and barely understands your work? I'm not going into STEM so even if I get a bachelor's compared to his associate's I won't be science-smart like he is. Should I do some independent research into the stuff he works on so I can actually be interesting to talk to?