snoop

You are standing on the side of a raging river swollen by flood, the bridge has been swept away whilst your family were crossing, you only have enough time to save one of the following:

Mother
Wife
Child

Who do you choose to save and why ?

tenchi069

Child. It is part of you and your future.

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Cynthetiq

Child. wife and mother will pass sooner than the child.

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remiel

I don't have a child. Wife, because my mother is a very very good swimmer

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lurkette

Mother, because I have neither a wife nor a child.

Whew, that was easier than I thought.

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The_Dude

same here (mother).

i dont have wife/kid.


if i had all 3, i would go with my wife.

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bobw

Child

ratbastid

I have no children, so this is an either-or question for me....

And my answer is: Wife.

Sorry, Mom.

Vyk

Child.

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sixate

I save myself. Screw the rest.
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splck

Easy one...child. I have twins so I'd be in a pickle, that's for sure.

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Ralvek

Child

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joe100

You tell your wife to hold on to your child and then you save your wife. Which in turn saves your child.

You tell you mother that you will come back for her and she knows that you will. So then she will try to make it herself which in turn saves you from attempting to come back.

Who is the hero. You? Your mother? Your wife?

baboora

mother...no wife and child yet

clavus

You hollow out your mother and make a canoe. Paddle the rest of the family to safety.

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Jdermit101

Child. The wife would understand.

RoadRage

If this situation were to actually occur, you probably wouldn't be given a choice; both mother and wife would be trying to get the child to safety; if you rescued one of them and the child died, they make you wish you'd died too.

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tj2001cobra

I agree that the child is the only way to go. A mother's love for her child would not allow you to save her instead of the child. What an aweful decision to have to make, though.

How about we post whether you have to choose between a hot dog, a hamgburger, or a corn dog for lunch.

Hard8s

Definitely my baby!

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zxello

Lol..... hollow out your mother and make her into a canoe..... SOOOO wrong!

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badflsh

Child. Still has its whole life ahead of it.

Minx

Without question, you save your child. As badflsh said, it still has its entire life ahead of it. And a parent's love for their child is so strong that your spouse/mother would understand and agree with the decision.

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remiel

Hamburger. No question

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MikeyChalupa

Child, and hamburger.

-Mikey

slant eyes

well, i have no wife nor child yet, so it would have to be my mother.

but if it were up to that, i'd have my mother take my child, i'll hold my wifey, kiss her our last kiss, and die holding her.

but in light of this wife/child decision. let's change the scenario, if you may, and snoop, i don't mean to steal your thread, just tryin to put a dif in point of view to it.

let's say that your wife is giving birth to a child, and because of complications during labor, either the child is to go or your wife. i would choose my wife as we could try again with the child. plus with the way kids are growing up these days, you'll never know what you are saving. at least with the wife, you know.

tho it may seem different, i see it as potentially the same.

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remiel

childburger?

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sstennes

Child, no doubt about it! The adults are far more likely to have a chance at staying calm and surviving.

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Mr. Spacemonkey

I don't have a wife and i don't have a child so i guess i would be saving mother.

However, if i had all three i would definitely save the child, no question.

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Fallon

If I had a child, I don't believe I'd forgive myself if I let my wife, my child, or my mother die. If there were two of the three going to die, I'd make sure to try to save at least two of them at the loss of my life.

Hamburger, more to it.

raeanna74

Definately the child. As a wife and mother that is what I'd choose. You couldn't drag me across the river if my child was still on the other side. I would insist on the child.

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h2g2Fan

wife

everyone else is expendible

hotzot

child, but my wife will insist I jump back in and join her in our death.

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Wile E

I'll second this. And the reason for this is that the child has the most ahead of him and is the least corrupt of the group.

Btw, I am amazed at how many people cannot grasp the concept of a hypothetical situation.

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ARTelevision

I'd be OK with any one of the three.
People are all of equal value aren't they?

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LittleOralAnnie

twisted and wrong but oh so funny!

I'd save the child. The child would have so many more years to live than the wife or the mother

clavus

Wrong? I disagree. You couldn't exactly make a decent-sized canoe out a child, so you'd have to use your mom...unless your kid is one of those really huge ones.

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ace81385

Wife so i can produce more off spring :0

ace81385

I Did this exact thing in psychology but it was a bit different. it went like WHo would u save ur 1 yr old baby or ur 3 yr old baby
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denim

Easy, in descending order of priority: child, wife, mother.

If I take the wife first, she'll kill me, so that's no good.

Mother is my past.