which one will you give up?

not really sure what the choices are

ooops sorry
a good spouse/partner or a great career?

I had both.
When it came time to choose between them
I went with the spouse.

Partner

career

spouse/partner
money is not where its at
cause some people are really really poor , all they have is money : (

If I had to ditch one of the three,
I'd ditch a spouse.

Depends on some things and the guarantees involved.

Like by "giving up a career" do you mean "either your wife gets shot and killed, or you get shot in the spine and can never work again, never have a career, and to guarantee it you will be a complete paraplegic or possibly vegetable, with a good partner to love and take care of you, and you're aware of her caring for you but she's not aware you are aware which guarantees it's real" then I'd (sitting here single) give up the imaginary partner.


If you mean "if you were satisfied, happy, and fulfilled at your career, would you quit and take up something new, or in the same field only in a diminished capacity, earning enough to be financially secure and satisfied, just not in that old way that completed you and made you truly happy, but you were guaranteed a perfect relationship with your partner, satisfied and fulfilled by your partner," then I'd drop the career.

If it's like real life and I'm making a ton of money, winning accolades, having adventures at work, only really happy at work, don't really care about my partner at all, I mostly married her as a trophy due to success at my career, and she gives me an ultimatum of "it's me or your job!!" then I'd dump my partner (depending on the prenup and being able to get away from her without losing anything).


If it's like the other side of real life where I don't know how to handle problems, I avoid conflict, and I focus on my career so I don't have to face the scary social relationship stuff, but I truly, deeply, meaningfully love my partner, and I have some kind of epiphany that I really need to try harder to save my relationship, then I'd dump my career.

I never cared much for a career. Seriously overrated. I'm more interested in being happy.

I'd choose the lover. Losing a career, wouldn't break my heart. Losing the lover would knock me for six. I'm not good, when I'm in pieces. I stop functioning properly. It feels like someone has died, if I break up with a man. I couldn't just carry on like nothing had happened.

you can be the owner of the world, but if anybody loves you, probably you'll have a deep hole in your heart and nothing will complete it.

Well career has always been second fiddle to family which starts with Spouse; so easy to say spouse.

Jobs/careers come and go but when you have a good partner you get through those changes with not nearly as much loss as you do when you loose a partner/spouse.

And if you are lucky you live long enough you actually can retire and career is just something you don't have to do. Yippee!!!

Had the Career, and at the end of it didn't mean near as much as the spouse did.
So easy choice great spouse

I'll take the career. Keep all them crazy women who want commitment away from Goof.