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Is being a web-developer a great career?

Would you rather have a long, lasting, great career, or a long, lasting, great marriage? Which & why?

  • I mean, between the two, a wonderful career and a wonderful marriage, which would u rather have? I'd choose a great career b/c if helps pay the bills and gives a sense of accomplishment and is great to fall back upon if something goes wrong and you are depressed or something, it provides a great hiatus. Moreover, you do some service for society & thus, feel good about it. With marriage, ppl are unpredictable and love fades often; it's too risky, esp when selfish attitudes come into play. Moreover, if your spouse passes away abruptly and u need to find a job quickly or pay the bills, & you go from job to job or did nothing but stay home & have no skill to offer, you suffer greatly. A great life partner is good, but it is more risky b/c of ppl's greed and finicky natures, and our divorce rates prove thus; in societies with little divorce, they often only stay together for money/kids, NOT for true love. Remember, it's so easy to say I love u but love fades faster than snow on a sunny day. Talk is cheap, but actions speak louder than words. Thus, I say career over marriage, you? Why?

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    It is very interesting to bring up. I would argue that apart from a few exceptions, you will need both to survive. One can be better than the other, but without the other, the first can be meaningless. If you have a great career but no one to share your life with, what do you do with the money? I don't like to spend on myself - I like to shower people care for. If I don't have someone to tell my accomplishments to, so they can be proud of me, it loses have its value for me. On the other hand, if I have no career and just love ... what do I feed myself and my partner with? I don't think I want to see them suffer or want for the smallest things in life.

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I would say marriage, as I assume that if it great and long lasting, as you say, then the problems you mention above would not exist...

Nancy is really struggling right now...

I didn't read your whole thing there..... I want a long happy marriage. Careers are crap anyway

ThWlkngDed

I want a long and happy marriage. That's more important to me then money

Shelly_R

you make very good points, their is always a risk in love..i have been married over 25 years and can say it's true that love comes and goes and sometimes you feel you are only in it for the kids/money,but some choose marriage over career because when the career is over and your body is old and if your spouse doesn't die before your old then you won't be lonely.Love like everything else fades away, you can't even be certain of a career in this day and age with the economy and such..a career is good because it could be a life time opportunity to serve people with your talent,but a marriage brings not only 2 people together but 2 families together and so you are brought much love and support even if your love or spouse dies.assuming the married couple are loyal to each other.

spreadingtheword

Marriage. I worked, am retired now, but never considered that a career. Was just a job, a long lasting great job that payed well. Very well.

Pheasant

A great career because it gives you independence, self fullfillment, and a marriage is codependence and neediness for another human being. People need to feel confident alone as well as complete, people are too needy these days and need another person to validate themselves and be happy. One should bring about their own happiness.

Anonymous

Having the bills paid is a sad life if you have nothing to love and share your life with, have common goals to journey towards, and have that unfailing support by your side no matter how things turn out with any job. Jobs, the economy, is more precarious than any good lasting marriage and the bond you have with someone can be just what it takes to get you through between jobs, relying on each other even grows the bonds stronger as you learn to appreciate each other more. My husband and I have chosen many times in life to make less money if it meant we could spend more time together doing what we like with each other, instead of for strangers and workmates. Why give your best times, your best energy to somewhere that could fold up and move on without you. But if you put your best into a solid marriage it will be there for you and grow into something you can't even imagine, with real satisfaction for both people. I still can't wait to enjoy another day with my husband and we've been married for nearly 39 years. We are looking forward to his retiring maybe next year. We won't be rolling in money, never have, but we will just keep the simple lifestyle we have preferred all these years.

Galeanda

marriage. a career isn't important.

Anonymous

"Long-lasting" is a two-word hyphenated phrase.

Randy D

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