It needs to be similar or lower for women.
Guys aren't really bothered by a lack of ambition or an high level of ambition in women. But girls often stress it, so it's a demand they need met to accept him and feel content; the guy needs to at least *show** higher ambition, even if he isn't really as interested as he seems. He needs to act ambitious and go after things for the woman's sake if he's going to keep her. I don't know if such women can change their attitudes or not, but that's the world we live in.
I don't think ambition levels have to match.
I mean that isn't going to hurt, but society used to function just fine when women were mostly stay at home moms and housewives.
Guys mostly don't really care. I think things like actual chemistry matter a lot more.
I don't think it really makes much of a difference when it comes to a relationship. If a low ambition lady is married to a high ambition man (or vice versa), she'll match best with him if she is supportive of him and his ambitions. Equally ambitious people will probably relate to each other well and have the same priorities. I think the only issue that comes up is if both individuals have very high ambition; they might not have the time to dedicate to their relationship.
both should be on the same wavelength.
a motivated, ambitious person with a lazy person will self destruct. one will grow to resent the other in some way.
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Yes. Because if you are not on the same page, the other will not depend on you and may seek elsewhere. If you lack drive, then the person who has drive is going to want another person. So if you lack ambition, you won't attract somebody who does.
Your level of ambition doesn’t mean shit. It’s where you direct your energy that matters. Someone could be very ambitious about running marathons and constantly trying to improve their time. If a gold digger that loves to shop comes along and is completely focused on money, she’s not going to give a damn how ambitious he is about running. Having common interests is more important.
Ambitious women are more likely to choose career over family, don't they?
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Not really. Relationships are about how you connect as people not how you connect as professionals. Sometimes a highly motivated person dating somebody with low ambition creates a balance, other times it's a disaster. Not ever couple can be a power-couple, you know?
I don’t think the ambition needs to match, but that people need to be on the same page in what to expect from their partner.
If one is crazy ambitious and the other is happy floating through life they could easily be happy as long as they don’t want to change each other or expect the other to meet their own personal standards
I'd say no, but they need meet the expectations of the other person. I've seen a woman expect ambition of the man, whch is typical of women, but he didnt' match... it causes friction.
I've seen a woman not have ambition and it bugged the man in the sense she didn't want to do much, didn't have energy.
It's an area of compatability.
Making as much money as possible isn't my goal at all.
My goal/ambition is to find a good SO to raise a family with, spend lots of time together with my family playing games with my kids and teaching them stuff, taking them to fun places sometimes, having good meals together, and stuff like that. I like to have a job where I get plenty of time off to enjoy any future kids I may have.
Yes. It doesn't have to be the same as far as some of the areas but the common goal and the effort must be. In correspondence to each other
Doesn't matter. What matters is that they accept each other as they are and appreciate what the other brings to the relationship.
My ex actually had a lower standard of ambition than me and eventually started getting jealous that I was reaching my goals and not settling. So from now on our energy needs to match for the most part.
It helps to have similar levels of ambition, but eventually one partner will have to compromise for the other... that's just kind of the way of things.
Not really. Many "opposite couples" actually help to balance out each other's thinking. A go-getter helps spur the other on, when the quiet one helps the go-getter get some needed downtime.
Depends what sort of ambition they have. It can be intellectual, economical, etc and that is a large factor
I hope he has more ambition than me. I don't really care. As long as he a good dad to my baby.
women generally expect/desire a higher achieving mate than themselves
It really depends on the couple but in my case, yes. That's what I want
Yes because ambitions affect your long visions of the future
It is not important but it is good if it do
Doesn't matter for me.
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