Career or Love, I wondered about the people here...

McDonalds represents being kinda poor, needing to work a crappy fast food job of stress to help out with the bills, but you have a partner for life to share the burden with. This person is actually trustworthy and kind and sensitive and whole, unlike people who choose this without thinking about it.

Single represents having a decent career, making enough money and job satifaction, but while you have friends, none are paticulary close, and noone wants to date you, and you never find out why. But you do have a great feeling of personal accomplishment. And a sore wrist.

Please reply after taking this, it is not the answer that is the most important, but reason why. Either one could mean many things.

I... can't say, honestly. I just don't know.

(I don't want to risk editing my reply to reset the poll)

Myself:
I don't want to die alone. It is a nightmare I've always had, and I'd suffer through hell, if it meant being with someone kind and understanding to make up for it. Hell, in this case, being waisting away at Mickydees. At least I would be able to express to someone my heart of hearts...

I honestly can't answer this, and I don't know if many here can. I've lived a life of relative comfort, so I don't know what it's like to barely make it by, and I've never been with "the one", so I don't know what kind of emotional fulfillment that brings.

So I'm voting McDonalds, because I'm lazy and don't want to work at a hard job. Yay me!

If I were forced at gunpoint to choose, I'd pick single but well employed. Unless the spouse in the first option is a CEO, you really couldn't afford to support two people on a single salary (McDonalds salary being waaaay too small to count.) Plus, working at Mcdonalds means eating there a lot inevitably, which is really bad. And with a good job you can afford to make a difference in the world.

This post has been edited by Jewthulhu on Jun 3 2005, 10:28 PM

I want to be successful in life, but I also want to have a significant other.

...I'm sounding somewhat heartless, but I'm going for the second option. I'd rather help out the rest of my family rather than selfishly hoard the pleasure of having someone else while my family could be suffering through retirement or something. Hm...

Make me look like an idiot by dissecting my post, but I think I have a firm stand on it.

Yeah, kinda stressfull decision.

What would be more fulfilling? Doing great things yourself, or having someone willing to share everyting with? Yar, angst... I can't put this right...

And a life without comfort in America, is a small place with one TV with rabbit ears and possibly an old computer with a dialup modem, for keeping in touch with the world at large.

In my childhood, Daycare = Grandma every week and I don't think food was dangerously scarce. I rember liking Ramen Noodles though. Mom made sure I ate a vitamin every day to ensure I got some minerals in me. Mabey that's why I don't worry about the poor life, I know it means rarely get new things, but you can rely on friends, and help them out when you can.

Edit: Ahh, yes, family. It is good to take care of your family, congradulations, I now am a potential evil mooch. Well, Dad's always said he'll leave the door open for me, but still... I never wanted to take him up on that.

This post has been edited by Spriteless Girl on Jun 3 2005, 10:39 PM

I'm a hopeless romantic. I would rather spend my life in a crappy, run down slum with the person I love, than die alone in a rich penthouse. To die alone is my greatest fear.

Life is getting harder, and the economy weaker. The middle class shrinks, and the definition of "low comfort" gets worse. I would rather live lonly but financially secure than cause one I love to suffer, as they would being married to a poor person.

I realize to die alone is painful, but... you still talk to people. You're just not married, you know?

Meh... I'm used to bein' alone by now. I want to help people, and I've been in customer service long enough to know that McDonald's isn't what I mean by helping people.

Screw it, being a high-powered politician would put me in a position to change things.

Huh... looks like I broke the tie.

I'm used to being alone; I prefer it to being with other people. I don't need anybody! AHAHA!

...of course, the fact that I'm on a forum kind of disproves that.

Ok, seriously, I'd rather be rich and well employed than married any day, McDonalds or no. I don't want to have to take care of anybody but myself; anyone else is just going to be a hassle. The only life companions I need are the internet and my console games. I'm kind of assuming I'm not completely alone; if I am, the internet's kind of pointless. What, as soon as I join a forum everyone mysteriously disappears? So, I don't need romance, just entertainment. However, it should be noted that... uhm... I've never actively pursued any of my romantic interests. So, uh, I acknowledge that I could be wrong, especially if "love" really is this "magic mind-controlling force of Doom!" So, uh, yeah. That's it.

Easy decision.
The most one can do with thier life is enrich humanity with their work. To live producing work that fulfills me personally and is a benefit to society as a whole is my greatest dream.

I don't want to be a starving artist. If I could stand drawing in-organic things, I would say I'd love to be a successful architect or engineer.
Unfortunately I wasn't made that way.

I would far prefer to make a good living with an enriching career than be poor and share my misery with someone. This is probably because I believe untill I find out what I should be doing with myself and actually doing it, I will never be happy. Therefore, the chances of me making someone else happy are nihl.

i refuse to vote.....

Same here.

You can't make that decision until you've actually been in the situation...

I won't force you to. It's a mean question anyways.

Does anyone know if I can edit the poll without all 12 votes being lost?

Edit: I cannot edit the poll portion of the first post. Ahh well.

This post has been edited by Spriteless Girl on Jun 5 2005, 01:12 PM

Dunno. We could always reboot the thread if it did.

Career in this instance.

In many psychological studies I researched in college... a VERY high % of couples were happy if both partners had jobs they were content with, and successful in.

But in the long run... it's hard to love someone for 60+ years... so give me career anyday.

This post has been edited by Zero Phoenix on Jun 5 2005, 03:54 AM

I gotta go with Hamburger A (McDonalds) on this one. To some extent, your career is what you make of it. Sure, it may suck...but at least you'll have loving arms and/or friends to come home to and talk about it with. To some extent, does it really matter how much money you make if you can't share it with someone? Does visiting the Eiffel Tower really much matter if you are just looking at it by yourself? Do you really think that you'd be able to consistently cook for yourself alone, or would your meals consist of McDonald's, whatever is on discount?

I'd rather have the company than the spiffy job myself...

Life is meant to be lived. That being said, the choice should be made what will give one the most happiness, the most life. For me, and I think anyone who has truely been in love, the choice between love and money is obvious. To spend a single instant more with the woman I love, TO KNOW I CAN BE LOVED (which is often in question), I would endure a life of suffering.

Keep in mind, the question asks Money vs Love, not Life vs Love. Love can be derrived from a career, but working a 9 to 5 job can be just as painful (if not moreso) as McDonalds. Having anything is worth nothing without the ability to share.