How importance is (1) love (2) children (3) sacrifice means to sustain a marriage (% wise). Why?

Answer 1

Different things to different people. Some people would factor money into the equation, too. Different situations would require different percentages. For instance, you can love your spouse but love your children in a different way. Because your children need you to survive, there are sacrifices you need to make to be sure the children are safe. In that case, I wouldn't choose the love of my mate over the safety of my children, but we read in the papers every day about women who have and the disastrous results. However, when children reach a certain age, there are sacrifices they will need to make for themselves. It's called self-sufficiency. (It also means Junior isn't living in the basement playing video games).

So to put it in a nutshell, I believe love is putting someone else's feelings before your own -- sacrifice. I believe children require more of you than your spouse -- sacrifice again, but love as well. Sacrifice means not being selfish -- being an adult, and mature enough to know when to sacrifice and when to stand your ground. See, life is not easy so can't be reduced to percentages!

Answer 2

The first two are important, but children are not important to sustaining a marriage. In fact, most couples divorce soon after the birth of their children. To no fault of their own, the stress of children is probably one of the main causes of divorce.

Answer 3

All of them are equally important. You need to love the other person, but love by itself isn't enough. You have to know that you want the same things out of life. You have to know whether the both of you want kids or if you don't. Sacrifice will always come up in a marraige or any bond between two people, but don't ever let anyone browbeat you into thinking that you HAVE to in order to keep the marraige going.

For instance, if you don't want kids but s/he does, don't let them manipulate you into having them unless you want it 100%. Going into something this serious with reservations or not wanting kids will only lead to more tensions, more trouble, & will actually put your marraige into more jeapordy than if you were to talk it out & wait until you were ready.

Answer 4

one king has three sons and he is happy that they can make his kingdom better, but now they want to divide his kingdom and cares only about percentage... wow, percentage, that's so so important, how can i find the right ones for you, my dear?

Answer 5

Love 60 %
Kids 30%
Sacrifice10%
Why, just the way it is that's my opionion anyway.