QOTD

Kupuggie

What's the biggest sacrifice you've ever made?

MarJo03

My vagina! No just kidding, actually it really bothers me when people say that.

 

I can't think of a big one right now, so let me think about it a little bit more today and I'll get back to you.

shelley1002

Not sure this is a sacrifice or not but it's the only thing I can think of at the moment.

I gave up my lifelong dream/goal of living in Boston and working for a huge manufacturer to start my life with DH.  Since I was very young (3 or 4ish) I wanted to live in Boston and work for a huge factory.  I acheived this goal in 2000 when I was hired to work for a very large sneaker manufacturer just outside Boston and moved in with some friends that lived just outside Boston (had a great view of the entire skyline) and was very happy.  But in order for DH and I to continue/start our life together I had to give all of that up.  I do not regret leaving because I am very happy now but I really miss the city and try to get there a few times a year.

And on a funny note, it was that Crayola factory tour clip from Mr. Rogers that made me want to work in a factory.  And while I was working in my first real factory in Boston one of the people I worked closely with was Mr. Rogers grandson.  Funny how that worked out.

moviesprincess

I think my biggest sacrifice was when I moved here to Atlanta when Ben got his job. We were fresh out of college and I could have gone anywhere and actually started my career instead of watching it die. Rather, I gave up my career and being near my family to be with him.

FutureMrsNAH

Hmm, I'll have to think about this. I don't know if it's good or bad that I can't really think of any sacrifice I've made off the top of my head. Either I don't see it as a sacrifice or I'm selfish - lol.

MarJo03

I My biggest sacrifice is my riding time. Even pre baby, with three dogs and the position for work that I was in.. I barely had time to go do things by myself. My horse has, sadly, taken a back burner - which I hate. I really need to schedule time to go see him and ride, but when there is time I'm usually so exhausted that I nap. Hopefully now that I've stepped down from that position so I can have a life, it'll be easier to find time to go see my pony.

brie&drew

I'm torn between two. There's the amount of free time that I've given up to pursue this MBA, and that's a lot. But I'm not the only who's sacrificed to make it work, Drew has definitely made some adjustments with me.

The other one that I was thinking of is converting. Shortly before we got married, I completed the convert classes and went from being Catholic to Lutheran. We go to church with Drew's parents, my parents aren't terribly active and as long as we're in Indy, we want to raise out kids in a unified household. I hate to say it because I know that on paper it was the right choice, but I regret it. I wish I hadn't done it and still consider myself to be Catholic. I think I rushed the decision. We could easily have kept going to the same church as the ILs, just without me converting. It'd be some extra discussions with the kiddos at some point, but I'd be ok with that. I've actually toyed with the notion of converting back.

Mitzzi23

I'd say my relationship with my younger sister, if you could call it a sacrifice. When I chose to run away I knew that would be the end of my relationship with my sister and father and stepmother. I couldn't put up with living there anymore and needed to leave for my own sanity and happiness. She has been brainwashed and only recently began speaking to me again (I left in 1997) I hope it all works out.