love or career???

@chingkz (230)
Philippines
January 18, 2007 3:06am CST
well im a graduate of preschool education... i had my first work here just in our city.. i find it hard to earn money,,ofcourse teachers here in the Philippines are not really paid well..because of this ive been thinking about going abroad and work there... but my boyfriend doesnt want me to leave the country...i am really confused about my situation right now..well if you are in my situation which one would you choose? your lovelife or your career?
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• Romania
18 Jan 07
I guess u better follow your heart and you take your boyfriend with you aboard...This is the easiest way.Good luck!
@Tamilan (220)
• India
19 Jan 07
ya i agree lolloldrag idea. so that u never lose ur b.friend also ur career
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@pusiket (1756)
• Philippines
18 Jan 07
It really depends on you. But if you will prioritize your future, better choose your career. Because love can always wait.
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
18 Jan 07
well ive been thinking about that too.. but its so hard for me to be apart from my boyfriend... this is one of my problems about going abroad...oh its so hard... :(
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
hehe take the advise of pusiket. it will help you a lot.
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
your boyfriend seems to have fears of your going and leaving him behind. talk to him about these fears, these insecurities. talking about them may give him comfort somehow. if your love is strong enough, it withstand the distance.
@mr_ilham (1608)
• Indonesia
19 Jan 07
im choose both of them because i love career and love my wife too thank you
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
20 Jan 07
wow how sweet...^^
@friend722 (343)
• South Korea
19 Jan 07
for me i follow my heart i give up my career right now...its a long long story....
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
20 Jan 07
wow! i think your the 2nd person who chose love... i really admire those people who chooses love than career... they really prioritize their lovelife...^^
@janejaa (412)
• Pakistan
19 Jan 07
I'd definitely choose love but only if he is sincere, honest and loyal with me. U can build ur career any time in your life but love doesnt come in our life again. If you think carefully and find some other jobs, you can solve you thise problem easily. Its not the end of world.
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
wow! i think your the first time who chose love than career.. are u inlove too right now? i hope u will not experience this situation im having right now coz its really hard...:(
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
We have the same situation. I'm seriously planning to be a flight attendant, which means I will be based in another country for three years. My boyfriend can't go with me because he has a thriving career here. He says he will be really happy for me if I become a flight attendant because it has been my dream to travel the world. However, we will have to end our relationship because he says long-distance relationships are very difficult and most often end in betrayal. He says three years is long and if we make promises, we just might break it in the long run. And that would really ruin even our friendship. He says that if we decide to break up, at least the friendship is still intact because we didn't do anything to hate each other.
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
huhu... i hate situations like this... i thought its only in movies or telenovelas.. but in our situation its real...:(
@Goranimal (315)
• United States
19 Jan 07
This is a hard situation, but my opinion is this, he is your boyfriend and not your husband, you need to work on your life and whats right for you, if he truely loves you he will follow you, whats to say 3 years from now your still not married to him and you break up? now you have wasted 3 years of earning good money, learning new skills ect... Sometimes its easier to think with your heart...and its easy for others to say what you should do..but its your life and your decision to make...best of luck and it will work out whatever you decide.
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
you are right there... oh no! its so hard for me to decide... :(
@Thiru178 (460)
• Sri Lanka
19 Jan 07
Career must b ur choice. Cos I dont want love ruin ur future like mine.
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
why?? if u dont mind can u share it with me? i just want to learn something from your experience...
• United States
19 Jan 07
Call me a romantic, but I doubt I would be able to stay without my love. It really depends on where this relationship is going. I know you said boyfriend, but are you all planning on getting married? What are your future plans? If you all are marriage minded, I wouldn't leave (I'm a sap), if he is indeed just a boyfriend who may not be in your life next month anyway, go abroad.
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
well were planning to get married after 3-5 yrs...huhu.. and he's afraid that i might have a new lover when i go abroad and not marry him... but im also afraid that he might just leave me when he finds someone new... u know guys attitude... i hope his not that bad..:(
@darckj (885)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
love and career is like having an ice cream on your left hand and chocolate on the right.. you do not know what to choose.. but if you analyze things well and weigh that out, it would be easier.. think of your priorities and plans in the future.. if ill eat chocolate first, ice cream would not stand the heat and will melt.. if ill eat ice cream first, my tongue may become numb, and cannot taste the chocolate well.. its up to you what to prefer first.. its not the follow-heart-or-brain stuation, it is rather the follow-BOTH-heart-and-brain one..
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
huhuh... ur giving me a headache... :( if only i can choose both of them... but as they say u cant have it all!! grrr!! huhu :(
@sanekate (13)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
It should be career but its easier said than done. Y? coz were sometimes motivated by our lovelife. The sad thing is if theres something you really wana do coz you know that it will do good to your future and he doesn't support you or understand. I believe working abroad is also difficult especially if your not the survivor type. Well you could stay here in Pinas..I believe there still a way to improve our lives here.. Its not about getting a high paying job. Its about financial literacy.
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
yeah its really hard living away from ur family and loved ones...huhuh..
• United States
19 Jan 07
Gosh that is a hard one. I had left an ex before when I was in college to work back in my hometown and then met my husband. You always have to go with your gut. Your gut will always lead you to the right path.
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
gosh so u did not end up marrying ur ex... ;( so sad...
• India
19 Jan 07
Yes, I completely agree with you that, to decide between your love and career is very much difficult. It should be completely your own decision. Allow everyone to give their opinions but never allow anyone to decide on your behalf. Its your rights to do whatever you wants to do. I am not saying that you should not listen to your boyfriend or not give attention to his feelings. After 30 years of experience, I've found thatyou can't have one without the other. Which do you tackle, first? Listen to your Heart. Your work will become even better, once you get embolden with the emotions of being loved. But don't let the emotions, get in the way of doing what it takes, to earn a Living. So, what I think, the best thing foryou, is to take your boyfriend to candle-light dinner. Make him understand that career is as much important fof you as your love. I think love can always wait. So, I don't see anything wrong in going out of country for developing your career. In fact, if you get good experience in your work, you can come back home, find some better opportunity and live happily ever after with your boyfriend. Secondly, what you could do is, find some good job out there for your boyfriend too. Take your boyfriend with you and so no one will have to sacrifice anything. You, your career, your boyfriend and your love everything will be just fine. All the very best to you. Just remeber, whatever the decision you take, respect it very well and never regret about that in future.
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
oh thnx a lot there,... well i hope i will really not regret the decision that i will choose in the future....
@ediza02 (107)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
Go for what you like and don't mind ur boyfriend..
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
well do u guys have relationship right now? y is it so easy for u to choose career?? huhu.. i hope its easy for me too...
• India
19 Jan 07
love is understanding n u r at that junture where u need to uplift ur self ,u need money n ur boyfriend is still studying ,so only one option is left ,make sure ur friend u love him n let u to go for job ,once u have settle u enjoy ur love aswell.
@martzkie (110)
• Philippines
18 Jan 07
You concentrate first in your career. I think you want to leave the country to look for greener pasture abroad. Your main purpose to earn more money. Why we want more money, for us to help our family, to have a decent living, first to buy our needs, then wants, further to have a luxury in life, and preparation to next stage of our life to have financial stability when we start our own family. By choising career you can have this. But if your boyfriend can provide all the above, he love you, your family, he will give you everything then you can forget your career and choose you boyfriend. Why bother go abroad for work, just stay in your city and have a business if two of you has enough money.
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
wow! i hope my boyfriend can really provide me all my needs in the future.. but he is still studying right now..sad to say... and im not so sure if we will be financially stable in the future...:(
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
There was a book that i've read about, and the title of the book is "I kissed dating goodbye" by Joshua Harris and i've been blessed so much because of that book. It helps and discipline me what to do (like of your circumstances) during what we called "lovecrisis". My friend i am very much thankful of you that you are a teacher, and that i can relate to you myself because i am also a intern teacher in my school...Yes it is very hard to have a teaching carrer here in the philipines because of what we called "work more, pay less" system here. I am a student here in our place and by God's grace, i havn't involve yet in any such kind of relationship primarily because "there is time and place for everything." To have a girlfried is good but what do you do to your girlfriend if you havn't yet any job or sources of your income?...Now in your case, can LOVE makes your life be complete? can it makes your future more comfortable because of it? Think about that my friend. There is one proveb that says "heart is deceitful above all things." If you allow feelings rather than your right thoughts driven by truth, it mainly fooling you..and consequently at the end you will only suffrer because of that. I will frankly to say that i will prefer career than lovelife. I really believe in saying that there is a right person for you in a right timing. If i were you, i'll prefer to chose carrer. Why? many of the filipino today have a common mindset in their mind, especially student that they will study hard and after studying hard will marry early. I think that is illogical kind of thinking. Sorry if i am using a hard kind of qoutations but if you will contemplate of that things, surely it will make you more wiser to think a right and exact decisions. May the Lord help you decide the right Decisions. God Bless!!!!
@ms_fery (251)
• Philippines
18 Jan 07
for me career! if he really love you he will wait,but my friend tell me asked your boyfriend to marry you before you leave.
@chingkz (230)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
he cant marry me yet.. he is still studying :(
• New Zealand
19 Jan 07
concentrate on your career first. if you two are really serious with each other, you will be supportive of each other's dreams and ambitions. your boyfriend doesn't want you to leave the country, but what about what you want. meanwhile, what if you two break up in a few year's time. will you feel like he held you back for nothing.
• Pakistan
20 Feb 07
the ist i hope you will be fine and happy wherever you are.i simly say you that career is more important that life.i donot know what kind of problem you facing in canada. where you wanna to go and what you see about your career i absouletely unaware of this.i simply say you that donot go away because every opportuniy is available here in canada.the time is not for away i will be in canada and over there i need your comany as well.further if you got problem you can share me.thanks