Perfect career or perfect marriage, what would you chose????
By Starline
@Starline (681)
United States
March 21, 2007 5:56pm CST
If you only could have an amazing career, your absolute dream job, or have the perfect marriage with a person that is your soul mate, what would you chose? It's not an easy choice but I would go for perfect marriage. Having a great job would definitely be nice but for me it wouldn't be worth as much if I didn't have anyone to talk to about my day when I came home, it would be too lonely to dedicate my life to work. What would you chose?
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16 responses
@AnoChaudhary (1719)
• India
25 Mar 07
Perfect marriage anyday. what is the point if you have a great career and no one to share it with. And when you have a great marriage or love life you automatically become more productive so you may also end up with a great career but if its a choice then marriage is the first one
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
25 Mar 07
For me it would definitely be the perfect career, I have given up looking for anyone in my life, the perfect person does not exist for me and I have accepted that, so I will be single for the rest of my life, which just leaves my career, I do have the perfect career in mind, working with children and I have got all the necessary qualifications, but, because I am male no one will employ me, so it would be my dream to get my perfect career.
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@Starline (681)
• United States
25 Mar 07
That's strange that noone would hire you because you are male. My husband is a high school teacher and I know that there are lots of males at his work place. What age children do you want to work with? Are you sure that it's because you are male, do you have the right education to for the job?
@sechsey (1831)
• Canada
24 Mar 07
I think i want to have a perfect marriage and family. whats the use of a perfect career when you dont have a family to work hard for and earn all that money for. Whats a perfect career when you are also lonely because you are driven yet unloved? I think for me a family is my ultimate goal. A career is just something i would like for myself as a bonus and without sacrificing my family i hope.:)
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@Anakata2007 (1785)
• Canada
24 Mar 07
for me, marriage and love is far more important than career and money. So I would choose the perfect marriage.
@tigrashadow (1086)
• Australia
22 Mar 07
a perfect marriage/relationship is what i would definately choose. having a soul mate to share life with and support each other through bad times would far outweigh the perfect career and if it was a perfect relationship, then you could both get through the not so perfect jobs that you may have settled for. love and companionship are more important in life i think....the ideal would be a healthy balance but in this case, love definately wins out.
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@Starline (681)
• United States
24 Mar 07
I'm aiming for a balance too, but it's really difficult to do. At times when I work hard it affects my relationship with my husband because I work long hours and when I get home my mind is still focused on the job. But I hope to eventually reach a balance.
@kyran_12 (643)
• India
22 Mar 07
i would like to respond this just because its of my keen interest , and i have already made a decision for this question and thats the proffession, i am into a architectural school, the final year of university, and worked with couple of good projects while studying also, when i explored my self very well , then i skipped one year cause of the fees issue , then made a decision to myself that no more compromises for proffession now, i had a broke up with the only girl i loved on this issue only and then after that i gave up the marriage dreaming or whatever the perspective of the marriage in made and , made myself to commit to career , ( profession rather ) as of today , no girl stuff in my head that much and getting rid of it slowly .....and love the field i am into.....i think we both are made for each other..... and i mean the sentence.........so i cheer all my memories in the journey to be an architects as this is my very last year....this december i'll be proud to call myself an architect.....cheers
@FrancyDafne (2047)
• Italy
2 May 07
Well Starline,
I hate my job, I'm a civil servant, my job is really horrible and boring.... maybe this is the reason why I have many hobbies....
.... And my marriage is not so good as I hoped when I married ten years ago, so.... as you can see, I've been very unlucky in my life, but, if I could choose between an amazing career and a perfect marriage, I'd prefer the second. It's more important the person with whom to share my whole life than my job. Yes, money are very important, you can't live without them, but a person who loves you the whole life is the hardest thing to find.
@accioetoile (319)
• United States
21 Mar 07
I would go for a perfect marriage. A perfect career is nothing unless I have someone to share it with.
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@WineWhites (86)
• Indonesia
2 May 07
If I have to choose, I prefer perfect marriage. For me, perfect career but bad marriage will produce bad life and stressed more anything.
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@patricia24 (568)
• Philippines
2 May 07
I think if i were to choose between love and career, i will choose my family, the that i love most. What is the use of my job and my hard work in earning money when i have no one to turn to or i have no one whom i can share my success. I love my career but still the reason that im working is for my love ones. So i will choose love than career.
@thatcrazyqbanita (3312)
• United States
3 May 07
there is no such thing as a "perfect" anything. although we would like to think so. everything has its imperfections, its flaws. that is the reason there are so many divorces and resignations at work. people have such high expectations. of course if you are unhappy in a job or marriage, you shouldn't make yourself miserable, you should leave.
