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LittleBlueBug
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Would you sacrifice yourself for the happiness of others?
Would you put yourself in a position that would make others happy, but may negatively impact you (not life or death)? Would you chose to secure your future even if it meant people may be mad at you?
I have never been so confused in my life
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MrsFlatbread
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Re: Would you sacrifice yourself for the happiness of others?
It would really depend on the situation: For example, if I was on a life raft with two people and only one life preserver:
1) if i was single and had no children- I'd give up the preserver to someone else without question
2)if i had children, I'd share the preserver and hope for the best for both of us.
If it was a job promotion, I would do what is best for my future regardless of who was ****** off or not. Somebody has to take the job promotion and someone would inevitably be ****** off about it.
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| Posted 1/27/07 7:31 AM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Would you sacrifice yourself for the happiness of others?
It depends on the situation, for how long I would expect to sacrifice myself, etc. I think if you're sacrificing your happiness but every day have to put on a game face it's not going to help anyone. Eventually those emotions are going to come out. Better to be honest about your feelings.
If it was sacrificing my happiness for the well-being of my children, without question I would do it -as long as I didn't develop a martyr complex.
Posted by MrsFlatbread
If it was a job promotion, I would do what is best for my future regardless of who was ****** off or not. Somebody has to take the job promotion and someone would inevitably be ****** off about it.
I agree.
eta. Whatever it is...
Message edited 1/27/2007 8:27:19 AM.
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MrsPorkChop
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Re: Would you sacrifice yourself for the happiness of others?
not sure what you are referring to but it sounds like a job move
wherever we have the best quality of life is where i will be
if that means moving to timbucktoo, so be it
i want the best for my family
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| Posted 1/27/07 8:32 AM |
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islandersgirl74
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Re: Would you sacrifice yourself for the happiness of others?
most times I do put my happiness on the line to make others happy.
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alisonggg
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Re: Would you sacrifice yourself for the happiness of others?
I always do this...almost to a fault, I rarely look out for myself
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curliegirl
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Re: Would you sacrifice yourself for the happiness of others?
Posted by LittleBlueBug
Would you put yourself in a position that would make others happy, but may negatively impact you (not life or death)? Would you chose to secure your future even if it meant people may be mad at you?
I have never been so confused in my life
This sounds like 2 different situations. 
No, I would not do something just to make someone else happy if it negatively impacted me. Sorry if it sounds selfish, but I wonder if that person or people would do it for me.......
Yes, I would choose to secure my future even if someone might be mad at me. They'll have to get over it, if they don't then they don't truly care about me anyway.
ETA~ I have been in far too many situations where I put other people's happiness first and had nothing but heartache, I won't do it again.
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july06bride
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Re: Would you sacrifice yourself for the happiness of others?
Well, I am imagining it to be job related, so I am going to say yes...My husband got a GREAT job...WONDERFUL for our future, but it also meant traveling for two years...WHICH meant me leaving my job...our house...our friends...our family...GUESS WHAT... We leave THIS MONDAY and I so scared... BUT I figure it may be a bit crazy for the next 15 months (since he has already started-we were in CT though, for the first few months) BUT it will benefit us both in the future....
FM if you want to chat!
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Nicole728
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Re: Would you sacrifice yourself for the happiness of others?
Posted by MrsFlatbread
It would really depend on the situation: For example, if I was on a life raft with two people and only one life preserver:
1) if i was single and had no children- I'd give up the preserver to someone else without question
2)if i had children, I'd share the preserver and hope for the best for both of us.
If it was a job promotion, I would do what is best for my future regardless of who was ****** off or not. Somebody has to take the job promotion and someone would inevitably be ****** off about it.
I agree with this 100%
and some  for you
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neenie
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Re: Would you sacrifice yourself for the happiness of others?
it would all depend on the situation... in some situations, i might not think twice about the sacrifice, in others, i might laugh at the thought of it.
but, one thing though- your post makes it seems like making the decision would be Absolute. and thats not really how people are... maybe they'd be mad, but people tend to get over things, and maybe you'd be unhappy at first, but you might actually find joy in what you're doing. like i said... its hard to say without knowing the circumstance, but nothing is ever final.
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