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21 Nov 2012, 12:16 pm

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21 Nov 2012, 12:18 pm

I would put career first, because a stable income and a field of work that you enjoy are very important to your survival.

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21 Nov 2012, 5:40 pm

JRR wrote:

I would say this is a female-only question. As a man, you can't have love without a career, so the choice is not present. We must have our sh*t together financially (I'm not saying being rich) for us to be even part of the dating pool.

I understand the question as "would you renounce your career to get a job of something you don't enjoy only for love?". It's valid for men too.

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21 Nov 2012, 6:23 pm

Career.

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21 Nov 2012, 6:28 pm

Honestly, anyone who gets in the way of my career is not going to have any chance of being loved by me in the first place.
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21 Nov 2012, 6:51 pm

Easy choice, career. I'll be much more successful at that.

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21 Nov 2012, 6:55 pm

I chose love, as I doubt I will get any higher (not that I care).

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21 Nov 2012, 7:04 pm

JRR wrote:

This.

I would go for Career because without it there would be less chance for love to find or even to maintain.

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21 Nov 2012, 7:45 pm

JRR wrote:

I don't think that's the case.

Making money has always been a huge weakness of mine. But that's never been one of the things that's held me back with women.

I get how our culture makes a man feel like dirt if he's broke.

But most actual real-life women really don't care all that much.

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23 Nov 2012, 1:40 pm

I'd rather have a career than love.
A career gives you wonderful opportunities: money, promotions, travel, a home, and food.
Love, I believe, is like buying a great pair of shoes. You see shoes that look awesome and you got to have them. As soon as you start wearing them they start to hurt your feet. It's the same with men.

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23 Nov 2012, 1:44 pm

Kinme wrote:

Both. I can't choose one or the other at this point.

LOL, I got neither going on at this point.

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23 Nov 2012, 1:46 pm

Love. Careers can change. We don't really choose whom we love, and when we find someone we can live with, that's something to hold onto. I've changed careers twice. Still have the same husband, and I'm glad it's not the other way around.

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23 Nov 2012, 1:48 pm

Both. However, love is more important in life, but it does not feed you. Just sayin´, ya know.

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23 Nov 2012, 1:53 pm

Career.

Love happens, regardless of one's career.

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05 Dec 2012, 5:34 pm

unfortuneately, men have to make other things besides women far more important in their life

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05 Dec 2012, 7:55 pm

Thus far I've put my career first most of my life. However, I realize now that with no one to share it with, there's just not much of a point.

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