Poll: Mother or girlfriend - who do you save?

Burnsy2023 · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:08

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-china-blog-34377611

So it looks like the "correct" answer to this is mother, in China at least.

China's ministry of justice later posted the "correct" answer: exam writers are duty-bound to save their mothers. It would be a "crime of non-action" to choose romantic love over filial duty.

But what about here? If it was a straight question with only one answer what would you choose?

I also note this is assuming judges are male...

Cosimo · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:12

Burnsy2023 said:
But what about here? If it was a straight question with only one answer what would you choose?

Not voting?

StriderX · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:15

Your mother is a permanent fixture in your life, a girlfriend could very well leave the second you save her.

Even just using logic, the answer is obvious, if however the girlfriend has a child, the answer would change clearly.

Burnsy2023 · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:15

Cosimo said:
Not voting?

Kinda difficult for me to answer due to having neither at the moment.

The Dread Pirate · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:15

I don't have the GF so... Mum gets saved!

MooMoo444 · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:16

Unless you are detached from your parents, I can't understand why you wouldn't choose mother here. You owe your own life to your parents after all.

Hades · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:18

Mother. Because my wife would be upset if I saved my girlfriend.

** No I don't have a girlfriend.

Twirlywoos · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:19

MooMoo444 said:
Unless you are detached from your parents, I can't understand why you wouldn't choose mother here. You owe your own life to your parents after all.

maybe it is a Western thing.

Cosimo · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:19

MooMoo444 said:
Unless you are detached from your parents, I can't understand why you wouldn't choose mother here. You owe your own life to your parents after all.

But what if you have a wife?

Spacedeck · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:19

StriderX said:
Your mother is a permanent fixture in your life, a girlfriend could very well leave the second you save her.

Even just using logic, the answer is obvious, if however the girlfriend has a child, the answer would change clearly.

My answer is based purely on us expecting next year. Plus my mum has had a good life, my girlfriend has a longer time to live

. Plus I get on / talk more with my GF than anyone in my family.

MikeTheNative · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:20

Makes the decision easier if they are the same person.

MooMoo444 · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:20

MikeTheNative said:
Makes the decision easier if they are the same person.

thats deep, bro

haz_pro · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:21

MooMoo444 said:
Unless you are detached from your parents, I can't understand why you wouldn't choose mother here. You owe your own life to your parents after all.

Plenty of reasons.

I would choose my girlfriend because:

She is the mother of my 3 young children
She has more life to live than my mother
I couldn't look my children in the eye knowing I had chosen my mother over theirs.

Edit: On the contrary, I can't understand why you would vote Mother unless you're single (in which case, it's not really a choice) or your girlfriend isn't long term.

Spacedeck · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:22

MooMoo444 said:
Unless you are detached from your parents, I can't understand why you wouldn't choose mother here. You owe your own life to your parents after all.

Why? I didn't ask to be born. I was forced here

MooMoo444 · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:24

Spacedeck said:
Why? I didn't ask to me born. I was forced here

You seem happy in life though, so you should be grateful to your mother for giving you life.

Maybe I'm just too old fashioned.

haz_pro · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:27

MooMoo444 said:
You seem happy in life though, so you should be grateful to your mother for giving you life.

Maybe I'm just too old fashioned.

Are you single?

I find it hard to comprehend someone who has a partner, who they think they will spend the rest of their life with, choosing their mother.

e: just to clarify, this isn't a dig, i'm genuinely interested.

Firestar_3x · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:29

haz_pro said:
I find it hard to comprehend someone who has a partner, who they think they will spend the rest of their life with, choosing their mother.

Indeed, hard choice.

StriderX · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:29

haz_pro said:
Are you single?

I find it hard to comprehend someone who has a partner, who they think they will spend the rest of their life with, choosing their mother.

Plenty of other females in the residual pool of humans, you only have one unique mother.

Spacedeck · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:29

MooMoo444 said:
You seem happy in life though, so you should be grateful to your mother for giving you life.

Maybe I'm just too old fashioned.

Sure, because all I can do is make use of what I have. That doesn't mean I'm happy to be here though or if given the option, I would have come on my own free will.

cheesyboy · 28 Sep 2015 at 16:29

I would save my wife over my mother, no question at all.

It's not even a close call.

We do have kids, though. Some one above made the very good point of looking your kids in the eye and telling them you chose your own mother over theirs.

Poll: Mother or girlfriend - who do you save?

Mother or girlfriend - who do you save?

Girlfriend

Mother