Would you *ever* give up your ideal dreams/future/career for your perfect partner?

Perfect partner, because I value relationships and family more than money. I see both options as being successful but I don't think I would be AS happy with a perfect career.

Exactly.

If anything it's a SELFLESS act. I.e. giving up someone you would want to be with for your whole life for the good of everyone else and the world.

How is that a bad thing?

I'm losing out on my future perfect husband so this world can be better.

And people criticise that?

BUT on your hypothetical situation, I wouldn't more or less kill someone I love in order to pursue my career. As someone said, when you retire you'd have nothing left except a big pension. I don't think money would bring you happiness if you're old and lonely.

Partner all the way. I would live in a cardboard box if I had to.

Success =/= career =/= money

of course, if the partner was PERFECT then they would be 100% supportive of you chasing your dream job.

this is a tough one though. you never know what you would chose until you are in that situation. you think you know, but believe me, it's different when it actually happens ;-)

It's quite sickening to think that many people imply their future career is about making money.

Don't you have bigger goals than having 9-5? Solving poverty? Curing cancer?

Just shows how unambitious people are. No wonder people seek refuge to the world of "relationships" and "love" as they are too scared to use this one opportunity for life, go for it and achieve something great.

No, apparently it's better to be "safe and typical".

It's a good job that in the real world we can have both

Would you drop out of university for your perfect partner?

Having said that, most "love" songs are full of bull**** lyrics.

Your career will NEVER tell you it loves you.

I asked this to see how passionate people are, really. And to see if people still think that:

*career-driven = sadness
*family/partner-driven = happiness

It's depressing that people still hold these assumptions.



Ergo love =/= happiness (If that were true there would be no divorces).

People have different aspirations in life. Live with it.

We're not all budding Einsteins who can go out and discover how to cure cancer or travel faster than light, there are personal things we all want to achieve in our lives which may mean nothing to some and the whole world to others.

Solving poverty is something a lot of us wish we could do but you need plenty of spare time to do so and a lot of money to make a real difference to people's lives, give them homes, feed them etc. which people in today's society are very short of.

You sound very young and immature, perhaps if/when you meet someone and have a relationship you will understand that not everything is to do with being the next Nobel Prize winner.

Yeah I did understand the question, it's just that for me perfect career= respect, high position, money and satisfaction. But perfect relationship= respect, love, fun, family, many valuable memories and complete satisfaction.

Pretty weak argument. It doesn't matter the"quality" of the lyrics, but the sentiment behind them. We're animals, and evolution dictates we want to procreate to carry on our genes, and it has also made us social. Career without family doesn't replace that.