would you choose love over career?
By junko704
@junko704 (134)
Philippines
February 28, 2008 1:44am CST
we see it in alot of movies.. or in t.v
would you leave the one your with for your career or vice versa?
what if your a budding yuppie and your oppurtunity suddenly kicks in but it involves you travelling alot most of the time..
or what if the love of your life wants to get married but you were suddenly offered a higher position but out of the country?
what would you choose? love or career?
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49 responses
@asawanialvin0611 (1877)
• Philippines
2 Mar 08
when you reach an age when you have a career and you have children, you would know that it is really that that matters.The most valuable in your life is your family, not the prestige or the fulfillment of a career.
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@quawertz (777)
• Philippines
1 Mar 08
I will have to choose career. In this age of time, it's really hard to find a good career/job and being able to have a good position in such company. So being practical that I am, I will have to keep my established career rather than love. After all, I am not interested in getting married in the future, haha..
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@rainbow2007star (920)
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3 Mar 08
Everything you can find in the world time after time but the real love comes only once. So you know now my answer. definitly love
@onewickedsoul (540)
• Philippines
17 Mar 08
I would choose my career. My boyfriend told me that if I had an opportunity for a career advancement, then he would totally support it and would let me go wherever I need to go. He said that he would even follow me if that ever happens and would try his luck in landing a job on the same country that I got into.
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@moondan (712)
• China
2 Mar 08
I havn't came across the choose,it is really hard to choose.I think i will choose love,my lover and my parents are the most imporant thing in mylife,i will have other oppurtunity to get a better career,but love is noly for me .i work hard to get good career to have good job,to earn many money ,the purpose is that i want my whole family will live with happy.If i lose the love including lover and parents,i don't care how many money i will earn.
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@mitchiegavar (7)
• Philippines
20 Mar 08
well, honestly speaking... I'll choose CAREER! because the opportunities comes once in a lifetime... if your BF really loves you he will support you in all your decision... love is a sacrifice...
@sunita64 (6469)
• India
29 Feb 08
Well I am a career oriented person my preference is career and as far as love is concerned it does not hinders progress but it supports it and I am sure my love would be understanding and will definately support me in my decision.
@Aussies2007 (5336)
• Australia
29 Feb 08
We indeed see a lot of movies about this.
I just saw one an hour ago "Jersey Girl"
In the movies... they usually choose love... because "love" sells movies.
But I am not so sure that in real life... most people would choose love over money.
However... you have to remember...
That any amount of money will not buy you love.
You can buy a person... but you cannot buy her love.
It is a question of balance and compromise...
Who says that you cannot have both?
To me... it is really quite simple...
If you are going to dump the person you love for money... you never did really love her/him in the first place. You were just kidding yourself. And in the long run... that person will be better of without you.
@UberBoot (3)
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29 Feb 08
You're right, Aussies. Nowadays there a lot of opportunities to make a brilliant career, except the case you live in Afganistan or Botswana. But love is more difficult to find. Even if someone give you the Russian army, you cannot be sure you find one person you can really love among millions of young, healthy, beautiful people. Love is luck 100%, career is work, inspiration and a little luck.
@bgerig (1258)
• United States
4 Mar 08
I chose career over love, and lost out on love. I regret it terrible. I did what I believed to be best at the time, which is all one can do. I look back and realize many things I missed out on, but then try to remember the good I did in my career and the good the career brought to me. But still, I wonder if...
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@ruthinian (2309)
• United States
28 Feb 08
I had a good career back home. I chose the love of my life and left behind my career, family, friends, and roots. I am now here in the US to be with him and married for 8 months. I'm have hard time with adjustment and still thinking if love really worth the sacrifice.
@junko704 (134)
• Philippines
28 Feb 08
oh that's sweet.. well your still adjusting.
try to enjoy and i'm sure you can still find a great career there in the US.. (that's where i plan to work too) i'll bring my fiance along so that i won't get to choose between him and my career.. i would be having both, there are a lot of opportunities there. im sure you'll get by.
thanks for responding.
@daniraius (98)
• Romania
28 Feb 08
It is a very serious decision but i think i'll choose love.Anywhay it would be wonderfull to have them both, love and carrer.
@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
9 Aug 08
I think, a career is a vital component of a happy relationship-you cannot simply delve into a relationship when you are penniless, so the best move is make the money and then invite the love of your life to enjoy it with you! On the other hand, done get into career development at the expense of your love life-you could even die faster!
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
28 Feb 08
Hi,
I will chose love if it is true and trustworthy I hope love do not have any to compensate, To get a career is more over to make money to get a perfect love is life long journey it happens once in your whole life. More over after one is engaged with a trustworhty love will they drench that love after if they get a better career I hope I may not get people like that.
@jhl930 (3601)
• United States
28 Feb 08
THis isn't a hard question for me at all because i know which i would choose..it would defiently choose the love because no matter what kind of job you have it really doesn't mean that much unless you have someone to share it with...and if you choose your job over love then you don't have it anymore..and your just left with the job
@sujisubfans1019 (37)
• China
2 Apr 09
There is no doubt that I will choose my career over love. Maybe someone would say it's too selfish, but to a "wanna-be-independent woman", the one accompanys me to the life end is my career. While, job can also be my love. So there is no lost for that choice, and I will never ever for the decision I have made.