Would you take a bullet for your partner?

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Was chatting to a friend who said the way she believes you can tell if you’re with the person you should be with/soulmate is if you feel like you would take a bullet for them.
I said the only people I would take a bullet for is my children, not even my parents, siblings etc who I also love.
she said that that means I don’t truly love my partner. What do you think? I don’t think you can ever unconditionally love anyone except your children

Yes, for my mum, husband, daughter and best friend. I love all 4 so much, in totally different ways.

Oh God I would probably have a terrible moment of trying to work out which of us would be the best surviving parent by which point we would both be shot.

No TBH. I would for DS and probably the dog 😂.

I probably wouldn’t to be honest. I would worry about leaving my son without a mum. Obviously losing his dad would be awful too but I’m often the default parent so I do think losing me would be a bit worse for him. I don’t think that means I don’t love my husband, just that I would want to put our son’s needs first. I would take a bullet for my son without question.

Yes. Without question.

For him and my kids.
I love them all completely.

No - only my children. They’re adults now but I would still take a bullet for them (and also my dog 😂)

I used to think I’d take a bullet for my husband and then he discarded me as soon as the youngest finished school.

Bastard stole years of my life!

Now I’d use him as a human shield.

Yes

Nope.

Only person I'd ever take a bullet for is my Dd.

I love my DP but my situation is slightly different in that he's not my DDs dad. If either me or DP had to be shot I'd not be volunteering to take bullet on the basis I couldn't face the thought of me leaving my young dd without a mum (my DP doesn't have dc).

Similarly, I would not take a bullet for either of my parents. We're super close and I love them unconditionally - no doubt whatsoever. However, my Dd comes first and until she's at an age where she no longer needs her main caregiver I would put her first and not put myself at risk for anyone.

I don't think it's me being selfish - it's me putting my Dd first

Only for my children. I expect my DH would say the same (as in if he would take a bullet for me) and I’m happy with that.

I would. Of course my kids but at the time I would have done for my ex wife and then ex gf. No question.

How cringey.

I'd catch a grenade for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Throw my hand on a blade for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I'd jump in front of a train for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
You know I'd do anything for you (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for you, baby
But you won't do the same

Before our children were adults, no. Now that they are, yes.

I would take one for the dogs as long as it was in a limb or something fixable. Not for my partner, parents or siblings or friends. No one loves you like a dog.

Absolutely not. My kids yes.

No. My life is as important as his so if he was about to be shot why should I die instead?

It depends, if both of us were going to die and I had the means to save him then yes of course. If I wasn't going to die otherwise then no because I wouldn't want to leave ds he'd be my priority. I would take a bullet for ds in an instant.

Yes, absolutely and vice versa (I asked him 😁)

Do men ask their mates if they'd take a bullet for their wife? I don't think they do.

Christ no, he's much bigger and healthier than me and far more likely to survive being shot than I am.

No, I've got a child.

No, I’m not sure I would, though I love and like him a lot.

Sorry to derail, at the moment I'd do the opposite for DH, as in I'd give a bullet 🔫😠

Nope. I have no doubt me being dead would impact my children far more than my DH being dead as they're very clingy to me, and they'd be better off financially that way round too.

This exactly.
Not sure why logically he deserves to live over me.
I'd do a lot for my husband but die for him? No.
Wouldn't blame him for thinking the same about me.