biggest sacrifice you've had to make in your life.

Black Diamond

See the "Just got my vasectomy 3 days ago ..." post below for my answer

CityMouse

I guess I also made some sacrifices last year to be in a relationship. I don't regret the relationship, but I regret some of the sacrifices, if that makes any sense-because I'm still stuck with reprocussions even though the relationship is long gone.

SENROCK

GraySaturday wrote:

Life in the chi is good

dammit Gray!!!

patrickredeyes

Leaving Denver/happyness so I can be with my dad who is ill here in Wisconsin.

Denver will always be there but my dad won't always be. It was a easy but tough choice.

Touchofgray16

decides2dream wrote:

exactly.

thus why really i see most of these types of things as trade-offs as opposed to actual sacrifices. sure, i get that they can be viewed as sacrifices, some of em anyway.....just perspective eh?

i am an optimist.


i can go off and rant and rage with the best of em, but at the end of the day....i usually see the good.

I hear ya and that is why I actually looked up the meaning of sacrifice because I didn't see it that way, either. But then I read this from the Answer website:

Sacrifice: Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

Spending the time with Mom during the last few months of her short life was of greater value than a high school edumacation.

And, Hi M - this is Ronnie. We met on the 10c ticket line for MSG night 1 last month. Then again in McGarry's. I will see you next week on night 2.

Drop The Leash 10

SENROCK! wrote:

Shouldnt you have listed YOUR biggest sacrifice in here?

fine, ill edit it now.

JOEJOEJOE

I once sacrificed a goat to soothe the anger of the gods.

But seriously, I've sacrificed some professional success so that I could remain true to myself and deal with the sort of clients I currently represent.

decides2dream

Touchofgray16 wrote:

I hear ya and that is why I actually looked up the meaning of sacrifice because I didn't see it that way, either. But then I read this from the Answer website:

Sacrifice: Forfeiture of something highly valued for the sake of one considered to have a greater value or claim.

Spending the time with Mom during the last few months of her short life was of greater value than a high school edumacation.

And, Hi M - this is Ronnie. We met on the 10c ticket line for MSG night 1 last month. Then again in McGarry's. I will see you next week on night 2.

i guess i always see sacrifice in bibilical terms, hahahahaha. abraham sacrificing his son, people offering up goats in pagan rituals, etc. ha. so to me it always carries a negative connotation. but absoutely, you are right! i guess i just can't warm up to the word in a positive light. damn upbringing.


and hey there! good to see you. and very cool on night 2, most definitely see you there!


i'll be 'sacrificing' a night home with hubby to see ed on my own.
what a sacrifice!

Brain of J.Lo

Drop The Leash 10 wrote:

im young, mine is pretty minor. in early winter last year, i sacrificed my girlfriend and best friend for self dignity.


what about you people???

My husband and I left a city that we loved so that I could continue being a stay-at-home mom, and so that there would be more family for her to grow up with.

Also, I left my career just as it was really picking up steam to stay home with the kiddo. I'm sure that if I end up going back to the same career, I will have set myself back pretty far. Oh well. Edited to add: that's sort of not really a sacrifice, though....because I definitely did it for myself as much as I did it for her. I know she would have been fine in daycare and if I have another baby, that one might go to daycare out of necessity.)

Jeremy1012

I sacrificed my happiness and self-respect for a person I cared deeply about who, at the time, showed themself unwilling to repay the favour.

It took a long time to right that situation in my mind.

But i'm young, it's nothing that major.

failedpersephone

not my self respect...but my sense of self. I sacrificed that toward getting the future that I sort of bought into...

you know the bells and whistles and the starry future crap.

turns out...it isn't for me. and now i know who I AM which is freaking priceless.

for the most part I like to look back and see all the experiences I have had and I know that I stayed true to myself...there is just this ONE little black smudge time...when I was NOT me...so that was a sacrifice in a way for experience...

times when I put other things on hold or I made decisions that seemed to be at odds with any life plans...I generally feel good about the results and I don't really ever see any of my "putting others first" time as being "sacrificial" since I gained experience...

so, all in all...the only one I see as a sacrifice is when I pretty much subdued my natural personality in order to fit into the mainstream (American) concept of a white picket fence dream.

meme

curmudgeoness wrote:

I left Seattle to spend three years in a s---hole of a city for my husband's job.

I quit my work/career to care for and homeschool a special-needs child who was refused an education by the schools. I have been doing that for seven years.

Given the horror and misery that exist all over the world, I guess I should consider myself lucky that these are the biggest sacrifices I have had to make.

Those are pretty big actually. Good on you, and shame on the school system.

mattcozea

Anyone here watch Coupling? This topic reminds me of when Susan was pretending to be Patrick's wife.

Patrick: What would you say was your biggest sacrifice?
Susan: That's easy, my penis.... KIDDING! I still have my penis... KIDDING! never had a penis and that's what we have in common.

THC

I sacrificed a 6 year $30 million dollar multi-year contract to play for the NY Rangers to post on this website...

Allie

I think of sacrifices in terms of things people do for their children or things of that nature. I took care of my mother last year when she broke her leg, I would say that's the 'biggest' thing I've done so far but I don't think it's that "big". It had to be done, it is what it is.

Touchofgray16

Jeremy1012 wrote:

I sacrificed my happiness and self-respect for a person I cared deeply about who, at the time, showed themself unwilling to repay the favour.

It took a long time to right that situation in my mind.

But i'm young, it's nothing that major.

Wow, that was a humble statement. Good for you, Jeremy.

DonJon

Studying my arse off for the last few years and having to forego shindigs with friends and loitering at the beach during summer.

And using this as an excuse to not get involved in a 'serious' relationship.

sponger

I sacrificed any chance of a bright future so I could feel really good for a few hours a few times a day for several years.

Jeremy1012

Touchofgray16 wrote:

Wow, that was a humble statement. Good for you, Jeremy.

Thanks

I guess I'm just tired of telling myself that it was some monumental occurence in my life. It sure as hell felt like it at the time and it greatly affected my personality for some time but in the grand scheme of things...

I'm still alive.

Rhinocerous Surprise

Jeremy1012 wrote:

Thanks

I guess I'm just tired of telling myself that it was some monumental occurence in my life. It sure as hell felt like it at the time and it greatly affected my personality for some time but in the grand scheme of things...

I'm still alive.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI