Women and men have ways of motivating each other for the greater mutual success. The need for a partner with drive and ambition is an overarching common criterion among people looking for healthy relationships.Ambition affects how we choose our partners and is an attractive quality when a person gives you the confidence that they will always be looking to improve on their successes. It begs the question of what role ambition plays in the dynamic of our relationships; how do we reconcile our need for better things? It is important to know that when ambition, positively or negatively motivated, is driving or dragging on your partnership. Here are just a few ways ambition plays a significant role in a relationship:
Career: This is where the prospect of ambition becomes a two-pronged situation. Ambition is a dangerous factor in the scope of a relationship – it can bring goal-oriented love birds together or it can split you in two different directions. Someone ambitious for a life as a successful writer who is dating someone ambitious for immediate success in a finance career might have a hard time making that work. Our level of ambition affects the way we make career and social choices.
Finances: The notion that “love conquers all” is difficult to uphold when you have a mortgage to pay. This, of course, is different than gold digging. However, when people are looking for their potential life-long mate, they are essentially searching for someone who is, or plans to be, financially stable. In that reality, ambition walks hand in hand with how far you’re willing to take your relationship.
Love: Ambition should, at the very least, determine what kind of partner you pursue. It’s unfair to pursue someone who won’t help you achieve the things for which you’re ambitious. While it isn’t someone else’s job to adjust their entire life strategy in the interest of solely supporting the life you want, you should find someone who is willing to compromise in the means of supporting both you and their endeavors. In this sense, you should also make sure that you are both following paths that are more or less on the same track. The search of lasting love, being taken care of emotionally and being loved for who you are all timeless notions.
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Posted: at 25-05-2012 02:13 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
sophiebaby at 25-05-2012 02:28 PM (12 years ago) (f)
A woman who combines motherhood with a career, and that's perhaps the hardest combination of all, and the one that takes a lot of help from her spouse or significant other or what have you. (I'm not slightly a stay at home person, but they're still pretty much of a minority in today's day and age.) Anyway, it's never too early to let a potential mate know what you want out of life. Some women want, or already have a career, that they don't want to give up, even if they make a commitment to or get married to a guy who has a pretty good career of his own. It's a cliche that once a woman marries a man, she will set out to "change" and "improve" him. Men also expect to change and improve the woman they marry, as well depending on how much the wife is needed to advance his own career. well, honesty forms the beginning, about one's hopes, dreams and aspirations,
if you're a husband who expects his wife to work, and she is adamant about being a stay-at-home mom, perhaps she isn't the wife for you.
If your ambition is to be a career woman, and you have to sacrifice it because your husband travels all the time and makes it impossible for you to pursue what you want... perhaps he isn't the husband for you.
In a case of an Overachiever and an underachiever I don't think an overachiever is a good match for an underachiever. Overachievers are usually wealthy and charismatic, so why do they want to be with losers ho wont want to understand ?
Life is 2short to wake up in the morning with regrets. LOVE KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS*SOPHIEBABY* :*
Posted: at 25-05-2012 02:28 PM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero
helsinkinwata at 26-05-2012 10:00 AM (12 years ago) (m)
Quote from: sophiebaby on 25-05-2012 02:28 PM
A woman who combines motherhood with a career, and that's perhaps the hardest combination of all, and the one that takes a lot of help from her spouse or significant other or what have you. (I'm not slightly a stay at home person, but they're still pretty much of a minority in today's day and age.) Anyway, it's never too early to let a potential mate know what you want out of life. Some women want, or already have a career, that they don't want to give up, even if they make a commitment to or get married to a guy who has a pretty good career of his own. It's a cliche that once a woman marries a man, she will set out to "change" and "improve" him. Men also expect to change and improve the woman they marry, as well depending on how much the wife is needed to advance his own career. well, honesty forms the beginning, about one's hopes, dreams and aspirations,
if you're a husband who expects his wife to work, and she is adamant about being a stay-at-home mom, perhaps she isn't the wife for you.
If your ambition is to be a career woman, and you have to sacrifice it because your husband travels all the time and makes it impossible for you to pursue what you want... perhaps he isn't the husband for you.
In a case of an Overachiever and an underachiever I don't think an overachiever is a good match for an underachiever. Overachievers are usually wealthy and charismatic, so why do they want to be with losers ho wont want to understand ?
Yeah girl,pretty much the trend in the society today.This has taken another dimension and women want to also call the shots too.Inasmuch as I encourage diligence from all and sundry,be it a woman or man,there has to be a balance in between.Like you rightly explicated,some women have sacrificed their conjugal responsibilities on the altar of their careers which in my opinion,is unacceptable."Do you expect me to sit at home and do nothing",is what they say! No one expects you ladies to be idle,but get a job that will afford you ample time to take care of your home and not the other way round.
Posted: at 26-05-2012 10:00 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
SAINTKITTS at 26-05-2012 01:14 PM (12 years ago) (m)
There is no universal advice to be given on how ambition should define the scope of your relationship. Everyone is ambitious for different reasons - success, money, healthy love, being taken care of financially or being able to provide. How that ambition affects the steps you take together is up to you. Don't put yourself in a position to be disappointed. Above all, the things that we are ambitious for determine the arc of our life paths; so, if you're ambitious for happiness you'll never fall short.
GIVE MEANING TO LIFE,NOT WAIT LIFE TO GIVE MEANING,IS LIKE A SAILING USE ANY WIND TO ANY DIRECTION
Posted: at 26-05-2012 01:14 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
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