A serious question

Lifestyle Relationships
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:omg: I was thinking the same answer why don’t they just share.

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I was going to give this answer but thenn I thought no one is gonna take it seriously.

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...the way the question is presented is that the nourishment can keep only one of them alive. If you break it up, everyone dies.

SHAITAN / SATAN - The Leader of EVIL
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:hmmm:
That’s very deep.

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Yes. I guess I must have eaten up half the question thinking it was the bread :hinna:

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I think they usually do more of the "sinking boat" situation than the bread one, it just presents the dilemma more clearly.

Timepass November 2014 (Iqbal ka maheena)
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Whatever you do, dont give it to Priest

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Toss it in a pond, everyone sleeps hungry!

Reema Ka Amreeka on ARY Digital
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Ma'am, with due respect, that's exactly why i said while quoting u, that it might be taken as naive. We can argue that i am still single so that might be the basis of my answer, but... its actually not.
N e ways, yet again, that *replaceable *word, is actually meant for a specific scenario... which i tried to depict in as an example... and again and again i have been asked with such audacity that I feel like a complete moron.
Maybe I am, but lemme tell u this, if my boat will ever be sinking... my mom will be my first target... no matter what. Finito.

And on the other hand, i am not having any boat trips with family...
Ever.
Over n out.

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Thank Goda ness.... have i mentioned that i do lubb you for exactly thinking like u do.
;)

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Wallahi maine kabhi kisi ganje ko ganja nahin keha…

Haan use ‘Abe o Taklu’ aur ‘abe teende kahan’ keh ker zaroor mukhatib kiya ho ga!!!

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i have another example but its much more morbid. :(

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And I said that didn’t I… :slight_smile:
The problem was that bread was described to be small.

P.S. In western culture in general man gets rukhsati and in eastern culture woman goes to husband house.

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"If you, your wife and mother are struck by poverty and have just a small piece of bread, who would you give it to, your mother or your wife?"

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Whoever can fight it out and win it :p

Just kidding, most likely it will be my mother who will get it. Becuase even if i will offer it to my wife first, she will refuse and will say: " Mere sai zaada aami (mother in law) ka haq hai is per":)

Beside, your mother comes before your wife, atleast in my eyes. I just love my mother and will just give that bread to her.

I will tell my wife to wait for 5-10 minutes more while i get another piece of bread from somewhere. I won't just let my wife die, i might starve her a littler longer but i will definately make sure she don't die out of Hunger, even if i have to lay down my life for her;)
:D

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These questions although silly are asked for a reason. Of course the situation is hypothetical but if a guy’s answer is my mother and his rational is that wife and kids are replaceable then the girl marrying him would know what he thinks of their relation and marriage before getting into the whole thing.

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my husband said he will give it to both of us. :D

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Nice post Niksik, I dont know how I missed this.

I am going to take it at a very logical level. If a 4rth person enters that area where these 3 people (son, wife and mom) are sitting, and he needs to make the decision, whom will he give the bread to.

Between ladies and a guy, he is going to pick the ladies (remember the 'Children and Women' first rule during sinking ship accidents) ...

now between an older woman and a younger one, I think I would offer it to the older woman. I am assuming that the younger one can go out and earn some money and can survive without food for longer period of time.

I tried to cut down the emotions by becoming the 4rth person in this scenario. I could very well be the son now. Should my decsion be any different just because emotions are involved. I doubt.

and to be honest, I know that between my mother and my wife, my wife is a much stronger person. She can survive much hardship. I would give the bread to my mom because of the confidence I have on my wife's strength, not because of more love for my mother.

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A boy who says he'd choose his mother is just that - a boy. One who still needs his mother. When/if he matures enough to realize the sanctity, permanence and responsibility of marriage and his responsibility to be a husband, he will say "I must save my wife". This is what the catholic priests attempt to bring out during the "pre-cana", or pre-marital counseling sessions. Its to protect the potential wife and to help the potential husband realize his responsibilities. A mother of a wedded son has lived her life. A wife has just begun hers.

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MO3, i was trying to tackle the situation without bringing any emotional or religious obligations, though I understand your POV

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Actually if I were the wife in that scenario, I would make it easier for my husband by saying I’m not hungry, in fact I’m having diarrhea, so I’d have him give it to his ma… and knowing his mother, she would ask him to give it me and in the end, we would give it to our neighbor’s dog because we are one big crazy family :smack: But that is the truth. My MIL and I would shove the piece of bread in hubby’s mouth!

Timepass December 2014 (Bheega Huwa Mosam)