Career or Family
By liumay88
@liumay88 (46)
Malaysia
January 13, 2010 12:30pm CST
Which one would you choose? Career or family? For me, I would choose family and my children and I would be willing to give up my career for them if my financial situation allows that. However, I think it would be selfish for me if I do not contribute to the family's income and depend entirely on my husband's income. The best solution that I would choose would be to work from home and contribute to the family's income and at the same time have more time to spend with my family. Sometimes it is really hard to choose between the job that you really love and your family, right? I guess it all depends on what you really want in life.
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25 responses
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
14 Jan 10
I would choose my family over my career. I am a primary school teacher. I love my career. I have a teenage son, a disabled toddler son and a baby daughter. I adore my children. My toddler son needs catheter care and leg exercises. He has had two operations: one to close the hole in his back and one to put a shunt into his head. He has got spina bifida and hydrocephalus. He isn't going to be able to walk. My career can last until I am sixty five years old. My children get older. They are currently fourteen years, two and a half years and six months old.
@nitu1952 (286)
• India
14 Jan 10
well this all dpends upon the financial status of the family. if financially family is good then there is no need to leave the family. well no one wants to live without the family but upto someextent carrer is aloso important.there are two sides of coin.
@chdsandeep (397)
• India
14 Jan 10
I think both are equally important and we can't go with any one of them. I am male and i think for me both are important my career as well as my family and i can't chose one of these as if i will choose job then for whom i will earn and if i will choose family then how i will feed them so both are equally important for me.
I am about to make family soon but i know its importance already and i can't choose any one of career or family and i think if some day i will have to chose one then there will be my family...
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
14 Jan 10
Of course family always goes first for me. It means nothing to me even if I don't have my family. I will not be happy even if I am the richest person in the world. I do everything for my family because they are the most importance for me.
I love China
@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
14 Jan 10
Dear friend,
For me family is first priority that too more better if I do have a better income or investment to look after my family well. Moreover I do give importance to career making sure it may not effect any worse affects to my family.
@sweetie1026 (1718)
• Philippines
14 Jan 10
I would choose family. My family is the most importan. I can always look for a job and start a new career. I know the future of the family should come first, but if my family is not happy with my career then what good does it serve. The most important thing to me is keeping my family happy always.
@aileenrivera (9)
• Philippines
14 Jan 10
I will choose my family because i value them. I cannot be happy with my career if i will be losing them. Remember i cannot achieve my ambitions and dreams without their help. So why i should prioritize my career? I can find other jobs without affecting my relationship with my family. If something goes wrong and need to decide between family and career, for example no one already in the family is working and you have the capacity, maybe you can choose your career not because it is your priority but because it is the reason of in order for your family to survive and live happily.
@ladymetal80 (191)
• United States
14 Jan 10
The way I look at it is this, When it comes between a job, which can be replaced, and my family which cannot, I will ALWAYS choose my family over everything else. As far as making my husband support me, no I would not, I would look for a different job to help support him a fast as i could.
@onlyraghavkapoor (72)
• India
14 Jan 10
according to me i'll also choose family first..
they are the one whom we have to live with for whole of our life..
there could be many carrier oppurtunities but family can not be changed..
so family first and all other things afterwards..
@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
13 Jan 10
Family, no questions asked. Have been asked by my bosses about it and my answer would be the same. I have been asked to be promoted two levels up in my current positions but I declined. The main reason is that I will spend more time in the company now that be with my family. It means four to five hours lost per day to my family. Damn, that hours are meant to my family and will kept it that way as much as I could. The company understand my priorities at the moment and hoping that they still in the future.
@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
13 Jan 10
I would probably chose career over family if I had to chose. I'm not sure why I would want to chose though, if I want both, I just have to make sure I prioritize right so I can get both. Several of my friends have good careers and are starting families at the same time, so why not?
@tangurama (204)
• Canada
13 Jan 10
My answer would be family for many reasons. First of all, your family are the ones who will always be there for you. They've been there for you ever since you were born. They paid for your education, your clothes, and almost everything you've ever owned in your life. Without your family, you'd be on the streets. Unlike a career, your family can never be replaced. If you lose them they're gone forever.
@tingtinggu (40)
• China
14 Jan 10
Always family is much more important than career. However sometimes I think is devided into two.If the earning of your family is allowed,you can choose not go to work,and you families need you,needless to say,family is much more important. If your family need your earning and everyone is working try their best,maybe you will feel career is important.
@xxt4nkxx (1)
•
14 Jan 10
I would give up my career for my family, because family comes first. However, if you had a "Once in a lifetime opportunity" I might pursue it over family, because your family wants you to be happy in life, no matter what the sacrifice.
