Would you sacrifice it all?

[modernday]

I have been with my boyfriend for about 5 years, and we are both early 30s and I know it's cliché but we really clicked from the first day.

However, our careers are very different. He's in the armed forces (spends 80% of the year at his base tho) and I work a regular office job. Ever since we met he's been very clear about the strong possibility of not wanting children/marriage. Whilst this is not something I absolutely dream about, I do sometimes envision myself getting married and/or having children but have also thought of sacrificing it for the right person (if he happens to be so long term).

Have any of you been in this situation? Did you actually sacrifice your wants and needs for the person you consider to be your other half? Was it worth it?

Wasted 6 years with a military man who didn’t want to commit. He loved having a “weekend relationship” and absolutely took the piss out of me.

I ended it and have since met an amazing man who wants everything I want and we are expecting our first baby in June.

Why would you ever want to settle. You say you don’t think you’ll ever want children/marriage but there’s a reason you’re even asking the question on here.

As someone who did make sacrifices, I would absolutely NEVER recommend doing this.

And it is nearly always the women making sacrifices, just ponder on what that says.

Left a previous relationship because he didn’t want children. It’s important to be with someone with the same family outlook as you whatever that is.