They don't have a lot of money but they make you happy every day, all the time.
2007-03-01 08:04:18 · 30 answers · asked by Patty 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
My mother had this dilemma over 45 years ago, nice guy with no money or wealthy guy she didn't really love. She chose the money. I love both my parents and lost my dad in 2000 but they were as different as night and day. They should have never gotten married but when I was born they stayed together for my sake and wow, that was a fiasco. I married the guy who made me laugh every day and I am much more happy then my parents were at my age. My advice ~ go for the one you love.
2007-03-01 08:12:11 · answer #1 · answered by Michele T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you can't salvage your financially stable relationship and it makes you unhappy, then you shouldn't stay. Of course you have to remember that you are in the 'honeymoon phase' with the person who 'makes you happy every day'. I hope that if you make the decision to leave the relationship you are in now, which I guess you feel has no hope - that you continue to be happy every day in your new one.
ILeaving for someone new is an easy way out, but may not always be the wisest thing to do. Personally, I believe you need time in between to evaluate just what went wrong, etc. and also to get to know the new person better before jumping in.
2007-03-01 16:27:53 · answer #2 · answered by Plexed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A financially stable relationship doesn't sound very happy.
There's another way to look at this though - if you're contemplating leaving someone for someone else to the point that you are asking about what you should do on the internet, chances are that relationship has been dead for a long time.
You should do yourself and your mate a favor and break it off. That way your mate can move on instead of providing that financial stability to someone who is thinking about how much they love someone else.
I would think it would be an awful feeling to go home everyday to someone you didn't really love and spend all your time thinking about that one person you do truly love. It has to make your time together awkward.
Follow your heart, and allow your mate to have a fair turn at pursuing his/her own happiness.
2007-03-01 16:11:22 · answer #3 · answered by Jaywolves 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happiness is more important than money. I would absolutely leave a financially stable relationship for someone who makes me truly happy. Why would anyone waste their time on being unhappy? Being with someone you truly love and that makes you happy is what life is all about. You will regret it for the rest of your life if you let it pass you by....
2007-03-01 16:41:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For many years I was in a Financially stable relationship, but we were not happy in the end (last two years). We did Divorce and went our separate ways and I fell in Love with a Painting Contractor who had very little money. He always made me Laugh and enjoy being with him. Five years later, he is still making me Laugh and we are making ends meet financially. Life is short, be Happy..
2007-03-01 16:11:02 · answer #5 · answered by donna_honeycutt47 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does the financially stable mate make you happy? Make sure you won't leave for the wrong reasons. Love and happiness is more important than money (gosh I can't believe I said that). BUT, is it the person that excites you, or the "taboo" factor? Romance novels end when they get to spend the rest of their lives together for a reason. It's all downhill from there. When the excitement fades, what does he have to offer?
2007-03-01 16:10:12 · answer #6 · answered by catsovermen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How is it that you are able to spend so much time with this person who makes you happy if you are in a relationship with someone else?
Why can't you talk to the financially stable person about your feelings and see if he/she can "make you happy."
You are not treating the person you are presently with right. You are also not treating the other person right. Fish or cut bait.
2007-03-01 16:09:50 · answer #7 · answered by Blue 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnt rush into things with these other guy, cuz what if you deside that you really wouldnt want to be with them, and your financially stableness is gone. If you dont really love the stable guy and he doesnt make you happy most of the time, i would just ditch him now, but becareful.
And if Stable guy really loves you then if you wanted him back he might still be there, depends how much you hurt him.
2007-03-01 16:12:14 · answer #8 · answered by Emmie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I left a financially stable relationship to be alone! Money can't buy happiness.
2007-03-01 16:09:46 · answer #9 · answered by katydid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter how hard you try, you cannot find happiness thru money. Some of the best marriages I know of started out very poor and the couples struggled financially. That's what brought them even closer together as a couple.
2007-03-01 16:09:51 · answer #10 · answered by hotgramma 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋