What have you given up in your life to be with your significant other or maybe an ex? Did you later find out that you sacrificed too much to be with them?
2007-01-12 07:59:05 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
just some of the meals that i liked to cook, he is a picky eater and I don't make some of the meals like I used to .
2007-01-12 08:01:49 · answer #1 · answered by NolaDawn 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I sacraficed my "so called" "Best Years Of My Life" when I joined the military, not when i got married. Than again, that's where I met my husband.I can still do things I did when I was single, except now I can share all the things I did with someone I love and care about. I woun't have gotten married in the first place if I knew I was sacraficing anything at all. The nice thing about being married is that you don't have to go through life alone. There's ALWAYS someone there.
2007-01-12 08:07:52 · answer #2 · answered by K9Girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I gave up my lonliness and my waistline.
I have always valued friends and friendship, probably to a fault, and count myself luck since I have dozens of very wonderful people that I consider true friends. Even though I was very well adapted to a social life, I was indeed lonely at times. My wife and I have been married for 18 years now, almost 19, and I cannot imagine not being married.
As for the waist line, she's a pretty darn good cook, and I'm a pretty darn good eater if I do say so myself...
I gained with my marriage.
2007-01-12 08:05:19 · answer #3 · answered by kb6jra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was significant alright. I gave up being lonely. I gave up being selfish and too independent. I gave up stumbling in a bar with a bunch of other lonely guys so that I could suffer through the delights of having 2 wonderful daughters and 3 terrific grandchildren. I gave up wondering what I was going to "do for myself" today instead of my wife.
Did I give anything up that really matters? Nothing that begins to compare with what I gained! If I have any regrets when my life ends I doubt it will be what I gave up; I suspect it will be what I failed to give up!
2007-01-12 08:11:28 · answer #4 · answered by aquaman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't really think I gave up anything od great concern. What? Going out by myself? That wasn't alot of fun anyway. Dating other women? Well...getting married usually means that a given.
I gave up being responsible and having to answer only to myself. That doesn't seem to be of any consequence anyway. So....honestly...I can't think of anything significant that I lost other than there are times I enjoy my solitude and I wish there were times it were alittle more available to have. thats all.
2007-01-12 08:08:49 · answer #5 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mountain climbing.
Yes and No.
you think you sacrificed too much, but you probably didn't . It's kind of like "the grass is greener on the other side of the fence"
2007-01-12 08:03:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. Everything was fine dating and at first after married. Then she became unhappy with this and then that. I would bend over backwards trying to passify her. This went on until she was controlling of where I went and when. If it wasn't one thing, it was another. I spent 99% of my life trying to please her, giving up my wants and needs to be able to satisfy her until I realized that she will never be happy and It's not my place to make her happy; and ridiculous for me to even try to and give up my life, so to speak. It wasn't worth the effort and were separated; and I'd rather loose her than to live like that anymore.
2007-01-12 08:05:37 · answer #7 · answered by Wondrin Dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing really, except stability. He is a fighter pilot so we have lived all over the world. We move every couple of years and it's hard being away from family sometimes.
2007-01-12 08:12:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have given up watching sports as much as I used to. I used to be really big into watching sports. But I have cut back.
2007-01-12 08:09:31 · answer #9 · answered by Bryan M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did the opposite. I gave up looking for a long-term relationship in order to focus on myself, and I've never been happier.
2007-01-12 09:59:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would never say I have given up anything,my partner helped me get everything I have accomplished we are a team and I couldnt have done it with out him.
2007-01-12 08:02:50 · answer #11 · answered by youngprincez23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋