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

Agreed.

Where does it state in the "knowledge of life" that partner = happiness?

Do you know what people give up in the name of "love"?

How prepared are you for the pursuit of "love"?

Explain.

What's with all the questions?

Don't have kids. Simple.

I do. I am trying to do my homework right now. Will definitely get back to this thread later if my dad doesn't tell me to go to bed XD .... I just know that my post is going to be long so I think I should save it for later.

I have a lot to say. :P

Agreed.

Where does it state in the "knowledge of life" that partner = happiness?

I would sooner be happy with someone to share my life with than unhappy and on my own with all the material things that money from a career would buy.

It really depends on whether money and careers make you happy or not. Personally being on my own would make me want to cry all the time so a decent career wouldn't make much of a difference. Each to their own. Money of course really helps but it isn't the be all and end all!

There isn't really an answer to this, because the question is simply wrong...(as far as I'm concerned atleast)

You have used the words 'perfect' and 'ideal', which makes these two things interdependent (for me) and they can never be distinct in that context and if you insist that they are distinct than the words 'perfect' and 'ideal' no longer apply, in which case, WTF?

Its like asking to choose between living and breathing...

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.

Why is it such a social stigma then?

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.

So your ambition in life is to make money then?

my ideal future has my perfect partner in it.

Who's to say life is about "meeting someone" and "having a relationship"?

I agree with divorce rates - they are higher than ever these days but that's people just being idiots and creates another argument all together. You have to be more broad minded. I know you are setting this unrealistic example, but I think maybe you're being ignorant towards how important love is, because evidently you are passionate about striving your highest as I have seen in your previous posts with your high expectations.

I think once you, I and others on this forum soon find someone that changes that opinion, likewise with people who find their passions, they won't be so narrow-minded in thinking that one is less important than the othe but again I agree with what you have said. You're evidently an intelligent lass with valued opinions.