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

Ideal partner, without a doubt!

I personally do think the poll is biased. Had the same question been done to, let's say mostly adults, it would be very different indeed.

It may be different but it would also be more complicated to interpret because many of the adults would have already made that decision at some point or would have experienced one of the extremes, which would influence their opinion.

I think you would still get a similar split but for different reasons. Students answering the poll will be thinking idealistically (although that's not to say that they wouldn't be true to their word) whereas adults are more likely to have a more informed outlook because they've probably experienced both love and work to a certain degree. There may be those who would have answered work in their youth and later encountered love that has changed their opinion and vice versa. Some people may become disillusioned with love and turn to work. It would be interesting to see what the result would be for people in their forties and fifties.

I think I would go for a perfect partner. They're a lot more permanent.

Why?

I think the older you get, the wider the gap between the career and the partner option in the poll. That's not to say that the partner option is correct, but it does seem the way society is built upon.

Ideal future, Forget the ideal partner plenty fish in the sea

I haven't really thought of that, I guess it was just an instinctive reaction to the question! I would just feel a whole lot more fulfilled waking up everyday next to my perfect partner everyday, and having that emotional bond and happiness with them, rather than pursuing my ideal career etc, which would feel kind of empty without a perfect partner to share it all with. Also, because you say 'perfect' partner I'm presuming that I'm allowed to say that they will always be there for me.

What would your answer be to the poll?

I suppose you could say the same for both. The older you get the less likely it becomes that you will achieve a high powered career since it often takes time to build up. But you could also say that the older you get the less confident you will become in your belief that you will find lasting love.

The irony is that most people will come nowhere near to completing their dreams despite choosing it.

They will most likely fail miserably and spend the coming years wishing they 'did better' at school or prepared for an interview better etc so I'd choose the perfect partner and get whatever jobs I can. At least I will be happy and know that my life was a 'success' in some way.

EDIT: Misread the question. It appears you're saying I wil get the perfect career and make my dreams if I choose to not have a partner. IN that case I still choose to have the perfect partner. It's a good way to combine sex and good company together which is a necessisity for me.

True, perhaps I've got this wrong and in fact society doesn't actually tell you that you have a perfect partner.

Perhaps it's just a peer pressure thing within teenagers?

"Oh, have a boyfriend, get some experience".

You wouldn't believe that I get asked by people younger than me if I have a boyfriend.

Is it seriously the be all and the end all?

It's public, you can see my response.

I think there are definitely people who feel pressured to get a boyfriend/girlfriend when they're a teenager but it doesn't necessarily mean that their reasoning when they get older is influenced by pressure. I don't think there is one definitive way of looking at this as there are so many variables and personal reasons and experiences that can influence people's choices .

Okay, I'm sure with the effort you took typing this you could have just told me here. So i guess your ideal dreams don't include an ideal partner then?

I'm personal just sick of people telling me that my choice is wrong because:

*I'm too young
*I have no experience
*I have a different opinion

No one's choice is wrong, no matter how old or inexperienced they are.

Wait, are you sure about that?

What if your perfect partner dies the next day? (Could happen).